Jamaica Bay Summer Shorebirds and More with Gabriel Willow (8/7)

Meet at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and search the mudflats and ponds of Jamaica Bay (the NYC locale with the most recorded species of birds) for breeding herons and egrets, Forster's and Common Terns, Clapper Rail, and American Oystercatcher, as well as the many migratory plovers and sandpipers that will already be headed south. Bring water, snacks, and shoes you don't mind getting muddy.

$40 for NYC Audubon members, $50 for non-members. Limited to 15 people.

Photo: A Black-bellied Plover stands with two American Oystercatchers, and two Marbled Godwits on a Jamaica Bay beach. Credit: Don Riepe