Then, cap off the day with a private birding tour in Central Park led by local expert Dr. Robert “Birding Bob” DeCandido—binoculars provided! Spring migration will be in full swing, so expect plenty of feathered visitors.
About Birding Bob
Bob is a lifelong New Yorker from the Bronx who has combined academic research with hands-on conservation and public engagement. He earned his MS and PhD studying the flora of New York City while working full-time as a biologist for the NYC Department of Parks, and since 1992 he has led annual bird walks that introduce people to the city’s wildlife.
He pioneered autumn raptor migration studies at Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx in the late 1980s and later at Belvedere Castle in Central Park, then helped reintroduce Eastern Screech-owls to Central Park and monitored breeding birds there, including a Peregrine Falcon nest on Central Park West. Building on this work, he launched major raptor migration research sites in Nepal (from 1999) and Thailand (from 2003), both of which have become globally important hotspots for studying bird migration.