New book searches for every bird on the Brooklyn waterfront
Brooklyn BookBeat
“Birding at the Bridge,” a new book by Heather Wolf, will be published on June 14. It features a stunning collection of photographs taken where you might never expect to find more than 100 species of birds — our very own Brooklyn Bridge Park.
Wolf will be teaching a class related to her book on June 22 at the Brooklyn Brainery (6-8 p.m. at 190 Underhill Ave.), and she will also speak at Brooklyn Bridge Park on July 11.
The Brooklyn Bridge once overshadowed a decaying industrial waterfront, but today it points the way to a new green oasis: Brooklyn Bridge Park. When avid birder Heather Wolf moved from tropical Florida to a nearby apartment, she wondered how many species she might see there, and soon came to a surprising realization: Not only is the park filled with an astonishing variety of birds, but the challenges that come with urban birding make them even more fun — and rewarding — to find.
Camera in hand, Wolf has captured scores of memorable scenes — a European starling pokes its head out of a hole in a snack shop, a marsh wren straddles two branches, common grackle nestlings clamor for food above the basketball courts — in more than 150 photographs that will entrance birders and bird lovers.