Birds in Passage: A Spring Migration Walk in Central ParkSpecial EventIn-Person
Wednesday, Apr 22, 2026
5:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m
Join us for a spring migration walk in Central Park—one of the world’s great urban birding destinations. Together, we’ll slow down and observe the seasonal movement of birds through the park, using the walk as an entry point into practices of close attention, stewardship, and care.
Along the way, participants will explore adaptable activities and games that translate easily to the classroom and schoolyard, helping students cultivate observation, curiosity, gratitude, and kindness. These approaches are flexible across disciplines, grade levels, and learning environments—urban, suburban, or rural—and offer simple ways to invite nature into everyday teaching.
This program is open to everyone, from experienced birders to those just beginning to notice the life overhead and underfoot. Binoculars are encouraged; a limited number of loaner pairs will be available.
Cost: $10 (Includes Dinner)
Early booking exclusively for Academy Fellows*
Through March 25, Fellows can purchase a ticket for $10. Space is very limited!
*You are a Fellow of the Academy for Teachers if you have been accepted to, and attended, an in-person master class.
This is a Fellow led event.
Jeffrey Train
Jeffrey Train is the founder of Our Tern, the organization that successfully lobbied Hoboken’s City Council to pass a resolution naming the common tern the city’s honorary bird. Today, Our Tern is developing a floating island in the Hudson River estuary to create a permanent nesting site for terns and to attract additional avian species to the shores of the Mile Square City.
The organization is equally committed to public education in avian ecology and stewardship. Our Tern produces teacher-friendly tools that integrate nature and bird appreciation into curricula across grade levels and academic disciplines, enhancing student well-being, curiosity, and environmental literacy.
Train is an English teacher with more than 20 years of experience and a former teacher-in-residence at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. He aims to nurture stewardship, gratitude, and kindness through engagement with the natural world.