Birding at the Bridge: In Search of Every Bird on the Brooklyn Waterfront

“Partly a bird guide, partly a memoir, and partly a triumph of nature photography.”—The New Yorker

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 chal...