Central Park Evening Bat Walk

Date: Thursday, July 10, 2025

Leader: Danielle Gustafson
Transportation: Public Transportation – Participants can use public transportation to arrive at the meeting location.
Meeting Point: After your registration is confirmed, the Registrar will share directions, the exact meeting place, and time with attendees.
Schedule: Early evening to 9:30 pm.
Relative Difficulty: It is a short, easy evening walk with lots of standing. You might also want to lie in the grass to look at the night sky. Bug spray is recommended.

Trip Description: This evening walk will be led by the New York City Bat Group’s Danielle Gustafson. We will meet near the American Museum of Natural History, walk over to Central Park as a group, and sit at a spot on a lawn that affords the best view of a number of bats. Danielle will discuss the ecology and dynamics of NY bats and bring heterodyne bat detectors for participants, as well as a bat iOS detection device. If you would like to record the bats, you can download the free iOS app: Echo Meter Touch Bat Detector by Wildlife Acoustics. Bring a blanket, binoculars, and a flashlight or headlamp for bat viewing. When the session ends at 9:30 pm, the group will be escorted out of the park by the leader.

Because bats are facing a devastating disease called “White Nose Syndrome,” a toxic fungus affliction of the nose and bare skin that disrupts hibernation, we request a $5 donation per person for Bat Conservation International.

Please read The Linnaean Society of New York COVID-19 Field Trip Guidelines before registering.

Registration: Registration opens at 9 am on Monday, June 30. After that time, click here to register. Registration closes at 6 pm on Monday, July 7. Members (and those who have applied for membership) will be prioritized over non-members.

Please read the About Our Trips page, if you’re going on a field trip for the first time. It details our field trip policies, recommends what to bring on a trip, and offers other useful information, pro tips, and tricks.

If after visiting the About Our Trips page, you still have questions, feel free to contact the Registrar via email.