Sunday, April 29, 6am
Join us at dawn at the Grand Army Plaza entrance of Prospect Park for a silent walk through the woods with urban nature blogger and bird-listener Matthew Wills.
Each spring, tens of millions of birds migrate north along the Atlantic Coast of North America heading for breeding grounds from Florida to Labrador. Amidst the metropolitan sprawl, relatively intact swaths of woodlands like Prospect Park act as magnets for these birds as places to rest and re-fuel. Some of these birds will stay to nest here, some are just passing through. What unites them all is their vocalizations, the “dawn chorus” of hundreds of birds calling and singing.
We will walk in silence with ears open and all electronic devices off. The Listening Tour is a walking meditation, a natural sound concert, and a re-awakening of our often-abused urban ears.
