Earth Day Bird Walk at Danehy Park Cambridge
Celebrate Earth Day with springtime bird walk at Danehy Park. In partnership with Many Helping
DATE – Saturday. April 19, 2025
TIME – 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM ET
WHERE – Danehy Park, Cambridge, MA
We will meet at the New Street Parking Lot. (166-190 New St, Cambridge, MA 02138).
QUESTIONS? hello@bostonbirdingfestival.org
This event is free, but you must register in advance. Spaces are limited. You’ll receive an email with additional info after you register.
We also request a signed release, which you can complete on line or print, sign, and bring or complete onsite.
Please look for the email we send in advance for updates.
GPS ADDRESS:
166-190 New St. Danehy Park , Cambridge
We’ll meet in the parking lot next to the Dog Park off New Street. Parking is free. There are usually porta-potties at this location.
PLEASE USE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, BIKE, OR CARPOOL to this event if you are driving.
DIRECTIONS AND PARKING
The closest subway stations are Alewife and Porter Square. There are several buslines and a Blue Bike station at Danehy Park. Parking is available in in several lots aroud the park.
LINKS
Celebrate Earth Day with a morning bird walk at Danehy Park, one of the largest and most popular of Cambridge’s green spaces. Earth Day matters now more than ever.
Danehy Park is also home to a Miyawaki Forest, planted by volunteers in 2021. There are now 140+ trees and 32 native species of plants. We’ll take a look….
We’ll also keep an eye and especially an ear out for newly arriving songbirds and other migrants as well as resident birds.
Beginners are welcome and encouraged to join us—we’ll even have some binoculars to lend. You can also download the free Merlin app if you would like to learn a little more about bird songs on this walk.
Registration in advance is required. Limited to 24. A second walk may be added if there is demand.
After this walk, you’re invited to join us in sitting down to write a postcard or two to your representatives about an environmental issues of your choice. We’ll bring everything you need—pens, stamps, etc.
We are excited to offer this walk in partnership with Many Helping Hands 365 and, if you are a Cambridge neighbor, plan to join us in celebrating the next MLK Day of Service.
PHOTOS: Redwing Blackbird, Baltimore Oriole, Yellow Warbler, White-throated Sparrow, Getty Images,
TRAILS
This walk is easy/moderate, about 2 miles over mostly paved surfaces. If our group is interested, we can also explore a less developed trail. The area is hilly and some places are uneven but is regarded as “stroller friendly”
CHALLENGES
We may encounter leashed dogs at this property.
For more than 16 years, Many Helping Hands 365 has organized the Cambridge MLK Day of Service, which has grown into one of the largest community service events in New England beloved by thousands of repeat volunteers.
MHH365 also regularly works with local partners to create and promote special events—from gun buy-back days to teach-ins and workshops, organize a wide range of racial justice events in partnership with others to bring people together to fight racism and increase equity and environmental justuce. We also register people to vote.
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MAILING ADDRESS
Registered Agent
The Boston Birding Festival
82 Wendell Ave. Suite 100
Pittsfield, MA 01201 USA
hello@bostonbirdingfestival.org
(617) 329-9518 messages only
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