Thank you to all who have visited this page and helped out in the Urban Oasis community native plant garden over the years. NYC Audubon is no longer managing the garden or volunteer planting and w**ding events, but if you are interested in helping out in the garden and in McGolrick Park in general, please contact Konstancja Maleszynska of the Open Space Alliance North Brooklyn ([email protected]). This page will remain up to serve as a resource for those who are interested in learning more about the plants originally installed in the garden from 2014-2015, but will not be actively managed. Enjoy the birds and the bees!
Urban Oasis at McGolrick Park
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Love to garden & provide habitat for native creatures? Come join the volunteers at McGolrick Park's native plant garden. We encourage you to come out any time.
In 2014 and 2015, volunteers, along with NYC Audubon and the NYC Parks Dept., planted this .25 acre native garden with 22 species of native plants to enhance the biodiversity of the neighborhood. The plants include things like milkweed & Joe-Pye weed, which the birds & butterflies make the most of, lovely flowers like NY Aster and black-eyed Susans, and some edibles, such as blueberries and raspbe
09/29/2016
NYC Audubon's 6th and final citizen science bird survey of the year in McGolrick Park will take place next Tuesday, October 4th at 8am! Fall migration is in full swing and there will hopefully be lots of sparrows, thrushes, and warblers like this cute black-throated green warbler to see. Beginners are welcome, and it’s free! More information and registration at the link below.
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NYC Audubon Bird Survey of McGolrick Park! Calling all citizen scientists! Join NYC Audubon on Tuesday, October 4 at 8am for its final bird survey in McGolrick Park. We'll be counting birds throughout the park, and keeping an eye out for other wildlife as well! Help us contribute to knowledge about which birds use McGolrick Park and may bene...
09/08/2016
Interested in helping out at the Urban Oasis native plant garden? Come join the McGolrick Park Neighborhood Alliance and PS 110 The Monitor school this Saturday, 9/10 at 10am to help clean up and w**d the garden!
08/31/2016
Join us next week on September 7th (8-9am) for our 5th bird survey in McGolrick Park! Before our surveys began earlier this year, only 11 species of birds had been publicly recorded in the park on eBird.org. Now with the help of volunteers and other organizations working in the park, the list is now up to 33. All those birds depend on quality green spaces in Greenpoint to eat, rest, and nest!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nyc-audubon-bird-survey-of-mcgolrick-park-tickets-27419503473?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&aff=escb&utm-source=cp&utm-term=listing
NYC Audubon Bird Survey of McGolrick Park! Calling all citizen scientists! Join NYC Audubon on Wednesday, September 7 at 8am for a bird survey in McGolrick Park. We'll be counting birds throughout the park, and keeping an eye out for other wildlife as well! Help us contribute to knowledge about which birds use McGolrick Park and may benefit…
07/28/2016
07/28/2016
Wildlife seen in and around the Urban Oasis native plant garden
07/28/2016
Some of these are now a lot bigger and may or may not have fruits and flowers.
Join NYC Audubon next week on Tuesday, July 12 at 8:00am for our next bird survey in McGolrick Park! The Urban Oasis native plant garden is in bloom and these surveys funded by the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund will help contribute important information about which birds are using the park and the native plants in the garden. We'll likely see American robins, fish crows, and other birds nesting in and around the park.
We’ll be meeting at the southwest corner of the park at Driggs Ave. & Russell St. Bring binoculars if you have them, but beginners are welcome! Rain date is Wednesday, July 13.
To register or for more information about this and upcoming surveys, please email [email protected].
06/16/2016
They may look pretty, but thistles are w**ds that can establish very quickly. They are very prickly so use gloves! These need to be cut down at the base repeatedly to exhaust the resources of the root system. If you try pulling them and don't get the entire root, it can split and create additional plants!
06/06/2016
Calling all citizen scientists! NYC Audubon will be conducting several bird surveys this year in McGolrick Park to see what birds are using the park and our Urban Oasis native plant garden. Come join us for our next survey on Tuesday, June 14 at 8:00am to look for and learn more about birds using the park. We’ll also be on the lookout for butterflies, bees, and more!
We’ll be meeting at the southwest corner of the park at Driggs Ave. & Russell St. Bring binoculars if you have them, but beginners are welcome! Rain date is Wednesday, June 15.
To register or for more information about this and upcoming surveys, please email [email protected].
Surveys are funded by the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund.
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