Early Fall Clean Up & Guided Nature Walk with David Jakim of NY Wild Walks

Join the Baxter's Pond Foundation on Saturday, September 20, at 9 am for our Early Fall
Clean-Up followed at 10 am by a Guided Nature Walk along Baxter’s Pond and through the
Barbara Johnson Park & Preserve with expert field biologist David Jakim of the Port Washington
Coalition for Biodiversity and Director at New York Wild Walks. 
Meet at the flagpole at Baxter’s Pond wearing comfortable clothes. We will provide collection
bags, gloves, and snacks. Families are welcome!
The free, guided 45-minute nature walk alongside Baxter's Pond and creek will take participants
through a forested path of majestic trees, fascinating wildflowers, and diverse flora and fungi. The
pond is alive with animals including frogs, fish, turtles, and dragonflies. You might spot fish and
frog-eating birds like the reclusive great blue herons, black crowned night heron, green heron,
great egret, and snowy egret. Baxter's Pond Creek is nourished by springs and streams from as far
as Beacon Hill and Main Street. This creek, rich with a woodland canopy of tulip trees and white
oak trees up to 5 feet in diameter, also supports the sole habitat for two-lined salamanders in Port
Washington. As you traverse the woods, you'll encounter both edible and medicinal plants.