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Sunday, August 16
10am - 2pm Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 10 Cross Bay Blvd. Broad Channel, NY 11693 [map directions] Free Join us and our partners for the Annual Shorebird Festival. August is the perfect time to explore the diversity of New York City’s shorebirds! Festival attendees will have the opportunity to spot and learn about the scores of shorebird species and their natural habitat of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, filled with marshland, fresh and brackish water ponds, and grassy fields.
Meet at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center in Broad Channel, Queens, NYC. Visit the east and west ponds to view shorebirds as they migrate southward. Free. Kids welcome. For more information visit this website. Thank you to all the partners that make this event possible: Gateway NPS, Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy, NYC Bird Alliance and NYC Plover Project. The Littoral Society's program is also supported by a grant from the Lily Auchincloss Foundation. Can't attend but want to become a member? Click here to read about membership benefits and how to join!
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