Volunteer Opportunities

Public Festival volunteers engage the public with conservation and birds at NYC Audubon festivals, primarily held on Saturdays and Sundays across New York City. Volunteers should be able to communicate comfortably with festival participants. Interested? Please fill out our quick and easy form to indicate your availability and we will be in touch when opportunities arise!

(Questions? Contact Public Programs Manager Roslyn Rivas at rrivas@nycaudubon.org.) 

Governors Island volunteers engage the public with conservation and birds at NYC Audubon's seasonal environmental center on Governors Island, as well as support NYC Audubon's Governors Island Artist in Residence (AiR) program. Volunteers are needed during our open season from May-October, Fridays-Sundays. Volunteers should be able to communicate comfortably with Island visitors. Interested? Please fill out our quick and easy form to indicate your availability and we will be in touch when opportunities arise!

Read more about our Governors Island programs before registering.

(Still have questions? Contact Advocacy and Engagement Associate Jesse McLaughlin at jmclaughlin@nycaudubon.org.)

New Yorkers find injured and baby birds year-round but are unsure of how to help. As an Injured Bird Response Team volunteer, you will be answering injured bird inquiries sent to NYC Audubon, and -- if needed -- putting out an alert to our Injured Bird Transport Team to take the bird to a rehabilitation center. This volunteer opportunity is fully remote and requires a low-time commitment. Volunteers are encouraged but not required to sign up for a weekly 5-hour shift. If interested, please email Katherine Chen at kchen@nycaudubon.org for more information.

Oftentimes, people find an injured bird in need of treatment but are unable to bring it to a rehabilitation center themselves. Injured Bird Transporters are needed to travel to locations throughout the city and carry injured or orphaned birds to the Wild Bird Fund or another rehabilitation center. Transporters can determine for themselves based on their schedule and location whether or not to answer a request sent to the Injured Bird Transporters team. In general, this volunteer opportunity calls for a medium-time commitment that is dependent on the transporter’s own location and the pickup location for the bird. If interested, please email Katherine Chen at kchen@nycaudubon.org for more information. 

Project Safe Flight registration for spring 2023 is now closed. If you have any questions, please contact communityscience@nycaudubon.org

Each year, Atlantic Horseshoe Crabs come to the eastern coastal shores of North America to breed by the hundreds of thousands, and NYC Audubon community science volunteers head to the beaches of Jamaica Bay to count and tag spawning horseshoe crabs. Data collected by volunteers helps us assess the stability of the horseshoe crab population, whose eggs serve as a crucial food source for shorebirds like the threatened Red Knot.

*Horseshoe crab monitoring registration for 2023 is now closed. Details on what to wear/bring as well as information about each of the three monitoring sites is available to registered volunteers by clicking the button below. For questions, please contact Katherine Chen at kchen@nycaudubon.org.