Meet live bats, butterflies, and birds of prey, some of which call Central Park their home. Look for migrating warblers and other songbirds in a Birding Basics for Familieswalk and learn how essential these winged beings are to the ecosystem.
Borrow a Discovery Kit and create your own Central Park adventure, exploring how the Conservancy's work has made the Park a sanctuary for birds, bats, and butterflies. This festival features interactive presentations from the Organization for Bat Conservation, Talons!, NYC Audubon Society, Long Island Aquarium, Artist, Jessica Daryl Winer, and more.
This event is free. Tickets are not required. Open to all ages.
Member Perk: Show your family membership card to receive a free Shakespeare Garden Discovery Journal.
Schedule of Events:
12:00 PM
- Shakespeare Garden: Secret World of Insects and Butterflies presented by Long Island Aquarium
- Birding Basics for Families Walk: Ramble
- Flight Patterns: Drawing the Shakespeare Garden with Artist, Jessica Daryl Winer
1:00 PM
- Live Bat Encounter presented by Organization for Bat Conservation
- Birding Basics for Families Walk: Ramble
- Flight Patterns: Drawing the Shakespeare Garden with Artist, Jessica Daryl Winer
2:00 PM
- Talons! Live Bird of Prey Experience presented by Master Falconer, Lorrie Schumacher
- Birding Basics for Families Walk: Ramble
- Flight Patterns: Drawing the Shakespeare Garden with Artist, Jessica Daryl Winer
On Going Activities:
- Discovery Kit exploration in the Ramble
- The Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Colors of flight activity
- Wild Bird Fund: Rescued City "Ambassadors" of flight
- Photo Opportunity with Talons! Bird of Prey Experience
- Meet and greet live insects, bugs, and butterflies that call Shakespeare Garden Home
This event takes place rain or shine, except in extreme weather conditions (heavy rain, sustained winds of 30mph or heat index above 95 degrees).
For more information, please call 646.208.4111.
Photo credit: Central Park Conservancy