Tag: outdoors

In Brooklyn, the Great Backyard Bird Count connects people with birds and contributes to science that protects them

brooklyn great backyard bird count

Feb. 21, 2025 By Alesandra Tejeda The timer started at 8:11 a.m last Saturday morning. Almost immediately, Laura Waterbury, an environmental educator with the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy and the leader of the morning’s birdwatching walk, shouted: “Oh! In the water!”  Everyone turned to peer through their binoculars at the Double-crested Cormorant that had…

Prospect Park trail closed to visitors for decades reopens to the public

Fallkill Trail in Prospect Park

Oct. 31, 2023 By Ximena Del Cerro

Prospect Park is bigger and more unexplored than many realize. For 28 years, the Fallkill Trail, which led to a man-made waterfall was closed to the public by a metal gate. Some visitors managed to get around it or over it, but for most, the area remained off-limits — until now.