Winter Wildlife Ecology in Cities

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In winter, New York City becomes a busy resort for scoters, eiders, geese, grebes, loons, owls, songbirds, and even seals that visit to wait out colder weather to the north. Explore the various seasonal behaviors of these animals-from their spectacular migrations to the ingenious strategies they use to seek out food as well as the dramatic change in habits and appearances to survive these colder months. This class includes a field trip to Pelham Bay Park to observe local wildfire within its forested rocky coastlines.

Please bring binoculars (8x42 or 10x42 standard birding binoculars preferred). 

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Schedule:	Online: Thursday, 2/5, 6pm-8pm; Offsite: Saturday, 2/7, field trip to Pelham Bay Park, 10am-1pm
Times:	06:00pm-08:00pm EST
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Meeting Date Start Time End Time Thursday, February 5, 2026 06:00pm 08:00pm Saturday, February 7, 2026 10:00am 01:00pm Meeting Date Start Time End Time Thursday, February 5, 2026 06:00pm 08:00pm Saturday, February 7, 2026 10:00am 01:00pm
Instructor:	Russell Jacobs Russell Jacobs Russell Jacobs Russell Jacobs is a writer and a naturalist from New York City. His reporting and essays about sharks, herring populations, obscure native plants, weather forecasting, flying squirrels, seaweed, and the morphology of urban archipelagos have appeared in publications such as Slate, Hell Gate, and Urban Omnibus, as well as local papers such as Rockaway's The Wave, and The Rockaway Times. He's also the author of Landlubber, a regular newsletter about marine ecology, seabirds, maritime history, and seafood. His environmental work has spanned habitat restoration initiatives, field research, and education, including large-scale coastal rewilding projects, wetland restoration, community-driven native plant propagation, and numerous initiatives to monitor wildlife and habitat, from glass eels migrating up Staten Island creeks, to horseshoe crabs, to fish. As an educator and a program manager, he has worked with large government agencies, for-profit environmental groups, and many non-profits around New York City, leading nature tours, classes, and education programs for all ages and backgrounds on everything from birds, to seals, to environmental history, and coastal and marine ecology with organizations such as NYC Bird Alliance (formerly NYC Audubon), Classic Harbor Line, and RISE Rockaway. Russell writes articles for an online publication: Landlubber - newsletter about urban coastlines, oceans, rivers, lakes etc: https://waterways.substack.com
Location:	Some sessions meet offsite. Some meet online.,
Session Number:	263NAT358BL
Price:	Price Non-Member : $173.00 Member : $156.00

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