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Meet Our Biodiversity Champions

Thanks to supporters like you, we’re preserving and maintaining all 550 acres of Hudson River Park and helping make biodiversity thrive. See below for our audience’s favorite HRPK species. Want to be a part of our biodiversity community and name a species in Hudson River Park? Donate by January 31, 2026 and join our biodiversity boom!

Grumpy the Oyster Toadfish
Species: Oyster Toadfish
Named by: Eliza K.
In honor of: Lea, Shannon, Julie

Fiddler Crab
Named byJudith W.

Rex (Rexford Hamilton Whitney Rose)
Species: Double-crested cormorant
Named by: Anna H.

Bottlenose dolphin
Named by:Anonymous

The geese at Gansevoort
Named by: Helen W.

Oyster, one of 35 million in HRPK
Named by: Gloria S.

Bottlenose Dolphin
Named by: Dinkar & Gabriele J.

Marsh Wren
Named by: Anonymous

Oyster, one of 35 million in HRPK
Named by: Jesse C.-N.

Bordeaux
Species: Mallard duck
Named by: Harris L.
In honor of: Anna Ulanova

Species: Monarch butterfly
Named by: Rich and Nancy Caccappolo
Oyster Toadfish
Named by: Anonymous

Bumblebee
Named by: Donna S.

Mallard duck
Named by: Marc F.

Marsh wren
Named by: Michael T.

Monarch butterfly
Named by: Marina Zurkow and Alison Cornyn

Merlin
Species: Bumblebee
Named by: Hadley I.
In honor of: Merlin

Bald Eagle
Named by: Marc D.

Oyster, one of 35 million in HRPK
Named by: Joel B.

Avery
Species: Mallard duck
Named by: Anchi F.
In honor of: Christine Crowley

Oyster, one of 35 million in HRPK
Named by: Aaron M.
Marsh Wren
Named By: Jill W.

Deer the Toadfish
Species: Oyster Toadfish
Named by:William A.

Toad fish
Species: Oyster
Named by: Anonymous

Bumblebee
Named by: Kristin K.

Oyster Toadfish
Named by: Anonymous

Named by: Alexis J.
In honor of: Woodsey Beale Pardo

Monarch Butterfly
Named by: Anonymous

Bottlenose Dolphin
Named by: Leslie D.

Fiddler Crab
Named by: Andrew W. V. H.

all the dogs
Species: Double-crested cormorant
Named by: Barbara C. M.