Wildlife Highlights at Freshkills Park

Freshkills Park’s grasslands, wetlands, and woodlands, are home to numerous birds and other wildlife.

Bird Updates

Cliff Swallows Discovered (2021)
Sedge Wren Return to Nest (2021)
Fledgling Season for Osprey (2021)
Sedge Wren Discovered (2020)
Osprey Fledgling Cam (2020)
Osprey Monitoring (2020)
Bird Banding Reveals New Species (2019)

Birding Information

Winter Birding
Weird Duck Time
Sparrows of Freshkills 
Grassland Birds
Raptors of Freshkills

 

Other Wildlife

Insects & Environmental Health
Grassland Pollinators
Motion Sensor Cameras Wildlife Footage
Red Fox Monitoring Project
Bivalves: Ribbed Mussels & Oysters 
Fish Monitoring Seining 

 

Habitats

Superstorms & Wetlands
Urban Forest: Trees on the New Springville Greenway
Biodiversity in New York City
Freshkills Park Grasslands: Good for the Birds, Good for the Climate
Soil Moisture provides insight on Bird Preferences

 

Previous BioBlitz’s

Parks for Pollinators BioBlitz (2021)
6th Annual City Nature Challenge (2021)
Backyard Birdcount (2021)
Christmas Bird Count (2020)