Join ornithologist Paul Sweet on walks through Central Park during spring migration.
Session I - Mondays, April 8 - 27, 2013
Session II - Tuesdays, May 7 - 28, 2013
BOTH EVENTS ARE SOLD OUT

Observe the vibrant spring migration of birds in Central Park.
Session I - Tuesdays, April 9 - May 28
Session II - Wednesdays, April 10 - May 29
Session III - Thursdays, April 11 - May 30
Session IV - Fridays, April 12 - May 31

Bring your shells, rocks, insects, feathers, bones, and artifacts to the annual Identification Day.

Researchers are racing to uncover the implications for the Artic of rapidly vanishing polar ice—and they’re enlisting help from the very creatures that stand to gain the most from their discoveries: narwhals, and bowhead and beluga whales.

Convening experts in science, conservation, and the humanities, this lively symposium, moderated by news anchor and best-selling author Tom Brokaw, will explore ways to build on TR’s conservation legacy and to reconstruct an American identity forged in an intimate relationship to its natural history.

For a year, David Haskell watched one square meter of old growth forest in the mountains of Tennessee, then wrote a book - The Forest Unseen (Viking, 2012) - telling the stories of the creatures that he encountered. Join us for his scientific insights and personal reflections at this talk.

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The celebrated dioramas, dinosaur skeletons, and other distinctive features of the Museum serve as the setting for an intensive after-hours drawing course with illustrator Patricia Wynne.

What is the future our food system? What role will genetically modified foods play in the lives of our children? How will the growing “financialization” of the food trade affect what we eat? THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT

Catch a glimpse of owls, songbirds, and woodpeckers in the woods, seed-eating birds in the fields, and multiple species of ducks and gulls in the lakes as ornithologist Paul Sweet guides you through three Central Park habitats to observe the varied bird species of New York City.