CANOE: Beginner (all skill levels): Bird-Watching on Newtown Creek

Birding on Newtown Creek

• Skill level: Beginner (all skill levels) (see what this means here).
  
• Meet: 4:00 PM: Manhattan Avenue Street End Park
  
• Launch: 4:30
  
• Tide: Falling tide; high tide 3:56 PM. (Tide chart.)
  
• Return: 7:00
  
• Release: 7:30
  
• Trip leaders: Michael and Patterson / michael at thelasthaskell.com and pbeckwith at the ol' gmail
  
• What to wear and bring

The bird-watching trips are back for the 2023 season! We are launching from Manhattan Avenue Street End Park! (Map.)

A low-intensity paddle on Newtown Creek focusing on finding the birds! We will use one of our 29' Langley canoes for all participants, but if there's enough interest, we will deploy the second boat as well.

Binoculars will be provided, or bring your own. A lowering tide is a great chance to see wading birds.

We'll head up the creek and see who has arrived. We'll look for black-crowned night heron, blue heron, cormorants, swans, and other local and migratory birds.

If you are able to come half an hour early or stay half an hour after to help with the 29' Langley canoes, just let us know. See them in action here!