Walk-in Registration

Student registration for BioBlitz is now closed. We have limited availability for walk-in registration on shift E Sunday, September 14 at 8:30 am. Shift E is over at…

2025 BioBlitz Shift Timing

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Save the Date! Sept 13-14, 2025

The Class of 2028 will participate in BioBlitz on September 13-14, 2025 at Brooklyn Bridge Park. Registration will open on August 18.

It Turned into a BioBlitz!

Read Kelly O’Donnell and Lisa Brundage’s chapter “It Turned into a Bioblitz: Urban Data Collection for Building Scientific Literacy and Environmental Connection,” published in Transforming Education for Sustainability: Discourses on Justice, Inclusion, and Authenticity.

iNaturalist Data Download Guide

Follow these instructions for downloading CSV files directly from iNaturalist.

2025 Brooklyn Bridge Park BioBlitz Data

Updates: Complete BioBlitz Data and Results Below is the file that represents the complete BioBlitz data set, including the current species and observation lists for the 2025 Macaulay…

Isabella Torres

Isabella Torres is an environmental educator with a bachelor’s degree in Geosciences from Eckerd College. Most of her experience with wildlife surrounds New York Harbor and Tampa Bay….

Nic Comparato

Nic Comparato is a wildlife scientist specializing in bats and bioacoustics. They are an associate field biologist at NYC Bird Alliance and a PhD Student with the Aronson Lab…

Andrew Cannon

Andrew Cannon is an amateur mycologist and long time member of the New York Mycological Society. He has studied fungi since 2008, with a particular interest in phytopathogenic…

2025 Waiver

If you are under the age of 18, you must have a safety waiver signed by a parent or legal guardian. Email a signed copy to bioblitz@macaulay.cuny.edu by…

Gabriella Quartuccia

Dr. Gabriella Quartuccia is a postdoctoral researcher in Dr. Steven Franks’ lab at Fordham University, where she studies rice adaptation to drought. Her research interests are: species evolution…

Know Before You Go

Check-in for all students will be near Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 2. Enter Brooklyn Bridge Park from pedestrian entrances on Furman Street. Look for the tents and BioBlitz signs….

Jeremy Howland

Jeremy is a graduate student at CUNY studying lichens, which are important indicators of habitat and air quality. He is researching why some species are able to grow…

2025 Student and Leader Check-In

The check-in area this year will be near Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 2. Enter Brooklyn Bridge Park from any of the pedestrian entrances on Furman Street. Pay close…

2024 Van Cortlandt Park BioBlitz Data

Last Updated: October 22, 2024 – Updated compiled dataset file posted. Spelling corrections and new species added. See file for full details.  Prior Updates: October 1, 2024 –…

Van Cortlandt Park Check-In Area

We can’t wait to host you at the 2024 Macaulay Honors College Van Cortlandt Park BioBlitz. All BioBlitz workers will be wearing yellow BioBlitz shirts and you can…

Jacqueline Liang

Jacqueline Liang is currently a researcher at the American Museum of Natural History, working in the cultural halls. In her free time, she is a wildlife photographer with…

Molly Rouzie

Molly Nash Rouzie leads plant walks for Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery and is currently teaching botany at NYBG’s School of Professional Horticulture. Molly is also a council member of…

2024 Waiver Download

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Zeke King Phillips

Zeke King Phillips is a PhD Candidate in Geosciences at the University of Cincinnati where he studies the dietary habits of terrestrial land snails. He can most often…

2023 Prospect Park BioBlitz Data

Last Updated: October 3, 2023 – corrections to some entries, one new species added! Prior Updates: September 30, 2023 – initial data file posted Here is the current…

Register for the 2024 BioBlitz!

Registration for the 2024 BioBlitz is now closed. We are no longer able to process requests for changes to shift times. Students who have not registered may attend…