A good chunk of the East River book is now online for free! Get some hot cocoa and enjoy?
Archive for the ‘Fish’ Category
Much of the East River Book Online for Free!
Posted in Atlantic Ocean, Bronx, Brooklyn, Crustaceans, Edible Plants, Estuary, Fish, Geology, Long Island Sound, Manhattan, New York Harbor, Parks, Queens, Recreation, Vertebrates, Water, fossils, tagged arcardia, bluefish, cordgrass, east river, erik baard, gotham strait, nature, nature calendar, new york city, nyc, richard melnick, spartina, striped bass, thomas jackson, urban ecologu, urban ecology on January 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Out With the Old: NYC Fossils!
Posted in Atlantic Ocean, Bronx, Brooklyn, Crustaceans, Estuary, Fish, Invertebrates, Manhattan, New York Harbor, Parks, Plants, Queens, Recreation, Staten Island, Streams, fossils, wild eyed on December 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
by Erik Baard
He walked up from below the high water mark beside the old seaplane ramp at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn and called out, “That’s it! New York City is done!”
Not comforting words from a man who measures time in mass extinctions. Paleontologist Carl Mehling is one of many native New Yorkers struggling at [...]
Trapped on Jelly World?
Posted in Atlantic Ocean, Bronx, Brooklyn, Crustaceans, Estuary, Fish, Invertebrates, Long Island Sound, Manhattan, New York Harbor, Queens, Recreation, Staten Island, Summer, volunteer, tagged arthritis, carlos suarez, climate change, cnidaria, collagen, dianne saenz, east river, erik baard, florida state university, global warming, gotham strait, hsieh, jelly fish, jellyfish, mayor's volunteer center, nature calendar, naturecalendar, new york city, oceana, peggy, rheumatoid, stephen jay gould, urban ecology, urban environment, vegan, veganism, wren longno, zooplankton on June 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
by Erik Baard
The Long Island City Community Boathouse hosted a “brunch paddle” from Anable Cove in Hunters Point down to “Dumbo Cove” in Brooklyn Bridge Park. On the way, one participant was surprised, and then reassuringly centered, by a simple encounter:
“Nature sightings started before we even left off when Dan saw a jellyfish bobbling around. [...]
WildWire: June 21-25
Posted in Astronomy, Atlantic Ocean, Birds, Bronx, Brooklyn, Crustaceans, Estuary, Fish, Flowers, Fresh Water, Gardens, Geology, Grasses, Insects, Invertebrates, Lakes, Long Island Sound, Mammals, Manhattan, New York Harbor, Parks, Plants, Ponds, Queens, Recreation, Reptiles, Staten Island, Streams, Summer, Trees, Water, butterflies, volunteer, wildwire, tagged audubon, bike new tork, biking, blue heron park, Bronx, bronx river alliance, Brooklyn, butterflies, canoe, canoeing, Central Park, clearwater festival, conservancy, Downtown Boathouse, east river, edible, erik baard, foraging, fort tryon, gowanus, hiking, hudson river, inwood, just foods, kayaking, lic, long island city, Manhattan, marine park, mike feller, nature calendar, naturecalendar, new york restoration, nyrp, orchard beach, peter tagatac, Prospect Park, Queens, queens botanical, recycle-a-bicycle, Rocking the Boat, salt marsh, sebago, socrates sculpture park, Staten Island, sustainable south bronx, topofthelawn, totten, urban park rangers, van cortlandt, walking, wave hill, wildflowers, wildman steve brill, wildwire on June 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Happy Solstice! Summer is here, and life is booming. Make sure you head down to Jamaica Bay to see cacti, horseshoe crabs, and diamondback terrapin turtles! Or get lost in a world of wildflowers and butterflies in Pelham Bay Park. As for the loveliness above…never again will you speak ill of Staten Island without feeling [...]
WildEyed: Manhattan’s Mysterious Black Skimmer
Posted in Atlantic Ocean, Birds, Brooklyn, Crustaceans, Estuary, Fish, Fresh Water, Manhattan, New York Harbor, Parks, Ponds, Queens, Recreation, Summer, Vertebrates, wild eyed, tagged amateur astronomers association, american museum of natural history, amnh, Birds, black, black skimmer, brad klein, bradley, cal vornberger, Central Park, central park in the dark, conservatory water, cornell, erik baard, gull, Manhattan, marie winn, nature calendar, naturecalendar, new york bat group, rockaways, skimmers, tern, tom mcintyre, turtle pond, urban ecology, urban environment on June 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Editor’s note: Sorry for neglecting Nature Calendar a bit this week. My grandmother died on Saturday so I was shuttling back and forth for the wake and funeral, while also trying to find ways to financially support myself. And now back to what’s up in our urban wilderness community!
by Erik Baard
It was after ten o’clock and [...]
Clearwater Festival on Randalls Island?
Posted in Atlantic Ocean, Bronx, Estuary, Fish, Manhattan, New York Harbor, Parks, Queens, Recreation, Summer, Trees, Water, volunteer, tagged 1972, clean water act, clearwater, community boathouse, council, croton point park, department of environmental conservation, erik baard, Estuary, festival, friends of brook park, hudson river, lic, natural resources defense, pcb, pete seeger, rachel carson, randalls island, silent spring, sloop, sustainable south bronx, urban ecology, urban environment, westchester on June 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
by Erik Baard
I’m excitedly anticipating my chance to step sideways into a greener parallel culture this weekend with the Clearwater Festival, and I hope you can join in. I say “sideways” because while many green gatherings in NYC are slick and smart previews of possible sustainable futures, this “Great Hudson River Revival” is an odd [...]
Mark Kurlansky on “The Big Oyster”
Posted in Atlantic Ocean, Estuary, Fish, Geology, Invertebrates, Long Island Sound, Manhattan, New York Harbor, Parks, Ponds, Queens, Recreation, Staten Island, tagged african american, american indian, baykeeper, book, canal street, colonial, dutch, Estuary, history, interview, mark kurlansky, middens, native american, new york city, New York Harbor, nick schultz, oysters, pearl street, rockaways, Staten Island, TCS daily, the river project, urban ecology, urban environment on June 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Forgive us if we go a little oyster crazy ahead of the Tuesday, June 17 event at Pier 40 to celebrate this species with The River Project and NY-NJ Baykeeper.
Below is a fun and informative interview with acclaimed author Mark Kurlansky about his New York Harbor-centered book, The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell. [...]
WildWire: June 13-June 18
Posted in Astronomy, Atlantic Ocean, Birds, Bronx, Brooklyn, Crustaceans, Edible Plants, Estuary, Fish, Flowers, Fresh Water, Gardens, Geology, Grasses, Insects, Invertebrates, Lakes, Long Island Sound, Manhattan, New York Harbor, Parks, Plants, Ponds, Queens, Recreation, Spring, Staten Island, Streams, Summer, Trees, Vertebrates, Water, butterflies, volunteer, wildwire, tagged adventures nyc, amateur, Astronomy, audubon, backpacker magazine, battery park city, bike new york, Birds, blue heron, boathouse, bronx river, Brooklyn, butterfly, canoe, Central Park, conservancy, critical mass, department of parks and recreation, Downtown Boathouse, east river, erik baard, floyd bennet field, forest park, fort tryon, fort washington, gantry neighborhood parks, great kills, greenpoint, hudson river, inwood hill, inwood hill park, jane bailey, kayak, kayaking, kissena park, lic, mulberry, National Parks Service, nature calendar, nature center, Nature Network, naturecalendar, new york city, new york restoration project, nyrp, park, pelham bay, Prospect Park, river project, Rocking the Boat, salt marsh, sebago, time's up!, Trees, urban ecology, urban environment, urban park rangers, van cortlandt, volunteer, wagner park, wave hill, willowbrook on June 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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Oh, the burden of choice! With a hyper-fun suite of Adventures NYC events sponsored by Backpacker Magazine adding to our usually full menu of eco-recreation, you may find your head spinning a bit!
As always, FREE is the rule and we have a mix of family-friendly events and adult socials.
A few highlights include: a [...]
WildWire: June 5-June 11
Posted in Amphibians, Atlantic Ocean, Birds, Bronx, Brooklyn, Crustaceans, Edible Plants, Estuary, Fish, Flowers, Fresh Water, Gardens, Geology, Grasses, Insects, Invertebrates, Lakes, Long Island Sound, Manhattan, New York Harbor, Parks, Plants, Ponds, Queens, Recreation, Spring, Staten Island, Streams, Summer, Trees, Vertebrates, Water, butterflies, wild eyed, tagged alley pond park, alliance, american museum of natural history, amnh, battery park city, biking, Birds, blooming, blue heron park, Bronx, bronx river, Brooklyn, canoe, canoeing, Central Park, Central Park Conservancy, department of parks and recreation, Downtown Boathouse, erik baard, Estuary, Flowers, forest park, free, gantry plaza state park, garden, greenbelt, hudson river, kayak, kayaking, lic community boathouse, long island city, magical garden, Manhattan, marine park, national trails day, nature calendar, naturecalendar, new jersey, new york, new york city, portside new york, Queens, queens west, red hook boaters, ring, riverdale park, riverside, Rocking the Boat, Staten Island, time's up!, tour de queens, trail conference, urban ecology, urban environment, urban park rangers, valentino park, van cortlandt park, volunteer, volunteering, wave hill, wildman steve brill on June 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What a weekend and week ahead New York City’s natural world and its stewards offers you! We have a barrel of FREE events, and a couple of cheap ones (as you know, paid events are the great exception on WildWire) that support green allies and cover basic costs.
Highlights include the Tour de Queens, a [...]
