Audubon Mural Project Walking Tour

TO JOIN THIS WALK, YOU MUST REGISTER AT activities.outdoors.org.

Kick off the Spring Birding Migration Season with Licensed NYC Tour Guide, Leigh Hallingby on a special tour of the Audubon Mural Project in Upper Manhattan.

The goal of the Audubon Mural Project is to create murals of over 300 North American birds, mainly in the northern Manhattan neighborhoods of Hamilton and Washington Heights where John James Audubon spent the last 10 years of his life. We will walk mostly along Broadway between West 148th and 164th Streets, seeing about 30 murals.

Because the artists have license to represent the birds in any way that they choose, there is great variety in the styles of painting. And the murals range from lovely panels that fill a window frame to spectacular works covering the entire side of a building. All of the birds painted have been identified as being threatened by climate change. We also visit John James Audubon’s impressive gravesite in the Trinity Church Cemetery.

Leigh is a licensed New York City tour guide who specializes in her neighborhood, plus Harlem, Morningside Heights,and Washington Heights. Leigh is passionate about exploring all five NYC boroughs and beyond on foot, mostly through organized walking tours. She is retired from a 36-year career in NYC as a non-profit librarian. Leigh loves doing research about the neighborhoods in which she gives tours and sharing the information about them with attendees.

Registration on activities.outdoors.org is required. Meetup RSVP is not sufficient. 25 maximum registered participants.

Meeting Time: 10:00 am on Sunday, April 5 (Easter Sunday)
Meeting Place: Chipped Cup Cafe, 3610 Broadway (148-149), down a few steps. Closest subway is the 1/A/D/B/D lines at 145th Street.
Restrooms, food and drink are available.
Terrain: Paved sidewalk, mostly flat but there may be urban hills
Distance: tbd