We’ll explore and look for birds in the  along the Walking City Trail in the Stony Brook Reservation in the heart of Boston, in collaboration with Boston Birding Festival and Walking City Trail. Expect about 2 miles miles on trails that will be difficult in places. The trails can be rocky, have exposed roots, and somewhat steep. They can also be muddy if it has rained recently.

Established in 1894 as a city greenspace, Boston’s Stony Brook Reservation is managed by the Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston and the DCR. This urban gem deserves and has special value to people who live nearby. The wilder sections of this property are known for their dramatic rocky cliffs and outcroppings and include woodlands, brooks, a beautiful pond, floodplain and marshes, shallow wetlands, and certified vernal pools. At the north, Bellevue Hill, at 338 feet, is the highest point in the city of Boston and can be good for hawk-watching.

For this walk, we’ll explore the eastern side of Stony Brook Reservation and see what late migrants and resident birds we can find.

This is an opportunity to learn a bit more about the Boston Birding Festival and the Walking City Trail. (This bird walk will walk on a section of the WCT.)

New birders are welcome, and we will have some binoculars to lend.

Registration with Boston Birding Festival is required at this link (https://www.bostonbirdingfestival.org/posts/stony-brook-reservation-walk/). In addition BBF requires a waiver (made available through the registration process) which you should print and sign and bring with you. They will have waiver forms available if you forget.