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Weekend Plans: Hiking, Beachcombing, and Bees

Weekend Plans: Hiking, Beachcombing, and Bees

Here are a few ways to explore the natural world in NYC and beyond (July 9 –13 , 2016):

Go Outside

Hike through Forest Park with Urban Park Rangers
Beachcomb on NYC’s 14 miles of beaches
Suit up and meet 50,000 bees in Wave Hill

Honeybee_MartinLaBar — Photograph by Martin LaBar

Listen

Monday July 11: listen to Heather Wolf read from her new book Birding at the Bridge: In Search of Every Bird on the Brooklyn Waterfront
Wednesday July 13: join the Secret Science Club and astrophysicist Priyamvada Natarajan for an exploration of black holes and dark matter

Read

The New York Times delves into the New York Whale Census
Check out your fellow New Yorkers’ strange and beautiful views
Then re-acquaint yourself with your own piece of sky

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3 responses to “Weekend Plans: Hiking, Beachcombing, and Bees”

Sally

July 16, 2016

Traci, what a great job you of making it easy for people to experience nature. I really like your idea of breaking out the categories (Go Outside, Listen, Read) … absolutely no excuse now! 🙂

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1. Slow Nature Fast City
  
  July 20, 2016
  
  Thank you so much, Sally, for the positive comment on my new “Go Outside/Listen/Read” format. It’s great to hear : )
  
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  1. Sally
    
    July 20, 2016
    
    Keep on keeping on Traci!
    
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