Queens Out of Doors

Alas, the schedule issues continue because I’ve been dealing with Covid this week! But still wanted to let you know about a few fantastic outdoor events this weekend. Strawberry Festival at Queens Farm Museum Solar Observation with the Amateur Astronomers Association at Atlas Park LaGuardia Community College Urban Agriculture Event LaGuardia Community College’s Sustainable Urban Agriculture Progra...

A schedule blow up means that you get to have an extended version of Outdoor Highlights this week. And there’s LOADS going on! Idlewild Park Black Birders Week Bird Walk Morning Bird Walk at Gantry Plaza State Park Joe Michaels Mile Salt Marsh Planting Alice in Wonderland Victorian Tea Party at Queens County Farm Museum Celebrate the Trees of Kew Gardens Teen Girls Softball at Flushing Meadows-Cor...

Stonehenge? Whatever…it’s time for Manhattanhenge and this is your guide! Manhattanhenge info: American Museum of Natural History Outdoor Highlights Smiling Hogs Head Ranch: Farming Friday Historic New York: Ridgewood Reservoir Fort Tilden and Dunes Hike

It’s time to celebrate (and learn about) the real native New Yorkers — horseshoe crabs! Horseshoe crab: Wikipedia Horseshoe crab: NYC Parks How to flip a horseshoe crab video Report a tagged horseshoe crab Project Limulus at Sacred Heart University Horseshoe Crab Festival at Jamaica Bay Horseshoe Crab Walk and Coastal Cleanup in the Rockaways Outdoor Highlights See above for the Horseshoe Crab Fes...

The QueensWay is an exciting new green space under development that you are sure to enjoy! Learn more about this wonderful green space for Queens. The QueensWay website The QueensWay - Get Involved Outdoor Highlights It’s My Park: Andrews Grove It’s My Park: Lawrence Triangle It’s My Park: Catharine Turner Richardson Park It’s My Park: Hallets Cove Playground Eastern Queen Alliance — garden volunt...

It’s the season when American Robins get active and that means I’m extra happy! Learn why on this species deep dive. All About Birds: American Robin Outdoor Highlights Earth Day Shoreline Clean Up at Broad Channel American Park Saturday fun at Queens Farm Hands On History: Gardening Day! at Rufus King Park Birding: Spring Migration at Powells Cove Park

Talking with Wing Kong, an environmental artist, nature photographer, sustainability educator, and all around lovely person doing wonderful work right here in Queens! Wing’s website Butterflies & Wing on Instagram Wing on Fine Art America Outdoor Highlights Earth Week at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Park Pals: Signs of Spring Historic New York: Environmental Impacts of the Civil War

This is Episode 52 and means one year of giving you the Queens Out of Doors podcast! Let’s celebrate! Outdoor Highlights Magnetic Archery and Foam Axe Throwing at Detective Keith L. Williams Park Grow and Gather Gardening Program at Queens Farm Tree and Compost Giveaway at Queens Botanical Garden

Spring has sprung and blooms are blooming! Listen up and learn about some of our spring flowers. Spring Flowering Bulbs from GrowNYC Cornell Flowering Growing Guide Plants in Bloom at Brooklyn Botanic Garden Outdoor Highlights It’s My Park at MacDonald Park Forest Bathing Walk at Alley Pond Environmental Center Discovery Hike: Disturbed Habitat and Invasive Plant Ecologies

Spring is still a few days away but the calendar is full of spring fever! It’s My Park - Rockaway Freeway Dog Park Gardening with the Eastern Queens Alliance It’s My Park at Detective Keith L Williams Park Forest Park Winter Vine Sweep Rockaway Beach Coast Cleanup Urban Wildlife Discovery Hike - South Jamaica Infinity Garden Willow Lake Nature Exploration Nature Journaling: Poetry - Gantry Plaza S...

Spring is still a few days away but the calendar is full of spring fever! It’s My Park - Rockaway Freeway Dog Park Gardening with the Eastern Queens Alliance It’s My Park at Detective Keith L Williams Park Forest Park Winter Vine Sweep Rockaway Beach Coast Cleanup Urban Wildlife Discovery Hike - South Jamaica Infinity Garden Willow Lake Nature Exploration Nature Journaling: Poetry - Gantry Plaza S...

Check out rockets and an expansive view of New York City, without even leaving Queens! New York Hall of Science Rocket Park Queens Museum: Panorama of the City of New York Queens Museum: Event Calendar Outdoor Highlights: Spring Clean at Brant Point Wildlife Sanctuary Park Pals: Good Night, Good Morning - Nocturnal Animals Women’s History Month: Know Your Female Birds at Baisley Pond Park

Tis the season to enjoy regular sightings of two goose species that visit us in the winter. And who knew that one was once believed to come from barnacles?! All About Birds: Brant Goose All About Birds: Snow Goose Outdoor Highlights: World Wildlife Day Celebration at the Park of the Americas Signs of Spring Scavenger Hunt at Juniper Valley Park Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Sunset Wellness Walk

It’s a Not Quite Queens episode of the podcast as I’m exploring Brooklyn’s Canarsie Pier on a cold winter afternoon. Canarie Pier links: Canarsie Pier/Gateway National Recreation Area Canarsie Pier/The Cultural Landscape Foundation Canarsie Pier/Urban Archive Brant Goose/All About Birds Outdoor Highlights: Plant Pressing and Zine at Jamaica Bay Watercolors by the Seaside at Rockaway Beach Boardwal...

It’s National Bird Feeding Month and the Great Backyard Bird Count is this weekend! And I get to talk about both with Margaret Fox-Jackson again! What a good day… National Bird Feeding Month National Wildlife Federation Backyard Habitat Program Great Backyard Bird Count Great Backyard Bird Count - How To Participate Follow Margaret on: Facebook Instagram Tik Tok Outdoor Highlights: Winter Bird Wal...

Before there was a Flushing Meadows-Corona Park and before there was a Van Wyck Expressway, there was the Flushing River. Most of it’s filled and diverted, but some remains and Jason D. Antos takes us on a historical tour of the river and beyond. Life Along the Flushing River exhibit at the Queens Historical Society Outdoor Highlights: US Fish & Wildlife at Queens Farm Muscum Lunar New Year at...

Too much to do and not enough time to do it — that’s the story for me this week. So for this episode, I’m expanding the Outdoor Highlights. Gosh — there’s a lot going on! Alley Pond Park Trail Maintenance Morning Earth Explorers: Oceans, Climate and Space Birding for Beginners Walk at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge World Wetlands Day Discovery Hike at Brookville Park World Wetlands Day Celebration at...

A polar vortex has decended and my outdoor time is limited. So sad! But let me tell you about the wonders outside my apartment window. Willow Lake Preserve podcast episode National Save the Eagles Day Outdoor Highlights: National Seed Swap Day at Queens Farm Museum Astronomy: Intro to Stargazing at Fort Totten Art on the Farm Series: Watercolors

Just a few hours east of Queens is Montauk — a beautiful beachside location that is even nice in deep winter! American Littoral Society Northeast Chapter on Facebook Outdoor Highlights: Watercolor Workshop at Queens Botanical Garden Outdoor Highlights: Animal Tracking MLK Day of Service Events: Forest Park Highland Park Idewild Park

January 10 is National Save the Eagles Day. Learn more about this iconic species and where to see them! Where to See Bald Eagles in New York All About Birds: Bald Eagle National Save the Eagles Day NJ Meadowlands Eagle Fest Outdoor Highlights: Park Pals (Junior Junior Ranges) at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Mulchfest: Astoria Street Tree Care Event Mulchfest: Travers Park Street Tree Care Event Adv...

Welcome to 2025! It’s the time of year to set some goals — here are ideas for outdoor ones to make the new year perfect.

Thinking out of the box (and outdoors) for an upcoming wedding? Listen up for some ideas! Queens Botanical Garden Queens Farm Museum Queens Zoo Bayside Historical Society Gantry Plaza State Park Weddings in NYC Parks Outdoor Highlights: Episode 36 — Outdoor Holiday Events Wildlife Sketch Workshop at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Far Rockaway PopUp Clean Up Winter Bird Walk Birding For Kids

Holiday evergreens get you confused? Yeah, me too. Let’s figure out our pines from our spruces and our firs and others! NYC Tree Map Evergreen ID article Another evergreen ID article Winter Solstice Evergreen Tree ID Hike Outdoor Highlights: Episode 36 — Outdoor Holiday Events It’s My Park at Margaret I. Carman Green Ice Age Hike Outdoors Skills: Firebuilding and Safety

The holiday season is here and there’s loads to do! Let me help you plan your outdoor calendar with some seasonal events coming up this month. Winter Wonder at Queens Botanical Garden Winterfest 37th Annual Holly House Tour Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Nature Walk Queens Farm Museum holiday events Christmas Bird Count at Highland Park Christmas Bird Count at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Lektrik ligh...