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Alas, the schedule issues continue because I’ve been dealing with Covid this week! But still wanted to let you know about a few fantastic outdoor events this weekend.

A schedule blow up means that you get to have an extended version of Outdoor Highlights this week. And there’s LOADS going on!

Stonehenge? Whatever…it’s time for Manhattanhenge!

It’s time to celebrate (and learn about) the real native New Yorkers — horseshoe crabs!

The QueensWay is an exciting new green space under development that you are sure to enjoy!

Let’s talk ticks not because they are pleasant, but because it’s an important subject if you like the outdoors. Dr. Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann helps calm us (me) down.

Rob MacKay from It’s In Queens shares his favorite outdoor spots and activities in Queens!

It’s the season when American Robins get active and that means I’m extra happy! Learn why on this species deep dive.

Talking with Wing Kong, an environmental artist, nature photographer, sustainability educator, and all around lovely person doing wonderful work right here in Queens!

This is Episode 52 and means one year of giving you the Queens Out of Doors podcast! Let’s celebrate!

Spring has sprung and blooms are blooming! Listen up and learn about some of our spring flowers.

I’m talking turtles with Alexandra Kanonik from the American Littoral Society.

Spring is still a few days away but the calendar is full of spring fever!

Check out rockets and an expansive view of New York City, without even leaving Queens!

Tis the season to enjoy regular sightings of two goose species that visit us in the winter. And who knew that one was once believed to come from barnacles?!

It’s a Not Quite Queens episode of the podcast as I’m exploring Brooklyn’s Canarsie Pier on a cold winter afternoon.

It’s National Bird Feeding Month and the Great Backyard Bird Count is this weekend! And I get to talk about both with Margaret Fox-Jackson again! What a good day…

Before there was a Flushing Meadows-Corona Park and before there was a Van Wyck Expressway, there was the Flushing River. Most of it’s filled and diverted, but some remains and Jason D. Antos takes us on a historical tour of the river and beyond.

(Photo courtesy of Queens Historical Society)

Too much to do and not enough time to do it — that’s the story for me this week. So for this episode, I’m expanding the Outdoor Highlights. Gosh — there’s a lot going on!