BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//WordPress - MECv7.32.0//EN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.linnaeannewyork.org/ X-WR-CALNAME:The Linnaean Society of New York X-WR-CALDESC:Founded in 1878 X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=03;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T010000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H X-MS-OLK-FORCEINSPECTOROPEN:TRUE BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-fb4ea06503aa04a60eb1988bd67ecbde@linnaeannewyork.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250222T060000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250222T180000 DTSTAMP:20240731T130000Z CREATED:20240731 LAST-MODIFIED:20240729 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:1 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:Pelham Bay Park – Orchard Beach Area DESCRIPTION:\nDate: Saturday, February 22, 2025\n\n\n\nLeader: Jack RothmanTransportation: Public Transportation – Participants can use public transportation to arrive at the meeting location.Meeting Point: After your registration is confirmed, the Registrar will share directions, the exact meeting place, and time with attendees.Schedule: Half-day trip.Relative Difficulty: The terrain varies from level to hilly.Trip Description: Pelham Bay Park is New York City’s largest park, covering 2,772 acres. Our winter walks start at Orchard Beach and center around the northern forested areas of Hunter Island and Bartow-Pell Woods. The waters off Orchard Beach and Twin Island are excellent spots to scan flocks of overwintering waterfowl, loons, and grebes and Harbor Seals. Sightings from prior walks included Red-necked Grebes, Purple Sandpipers, American Widgeons, and Razorbills in the water. Tree Sparrows and hawks were seen on the land and in the air.\n\n\n\nPlease read T ( https://www.linnaeannewyork.org/wp-content/uploads/PDF/LSNY-COVID-19-Guidelines-2021-06-20.pdf )he Linnaean Society of New York COVID-19 Field Trip Guidelines ( https://www.linnaeannewyork.org/covid-19-field-trip-guidelines/ ) before registering.\n\n\n\nRegistration: Registration opens at 9 am on Monday, February 10. After that time, click here to register ( https://www.linnaeannewyork.org/registration-nocarpool/?debug=n®start=2%2F10%2F25+9%3A00+am&tripdate=2%2F22%2F25&tripname=Pelham+Bay+Park+-+Orchard+Beach+Area&tripleader=Jack+Rothman®name=Evelyn+Huang®email=evelynhuang1@yahoo.com&tripwd=Saturday&confirmemail=evelynhuang1@yahoo.com®end=2%2F19%2F25+6%3A00+pm ). Registration closes at 6 pm on Wednesday, February 19. Members (and those who have applied for membership) will be prioritized over non-members.\n\n\n\nPlease read the About Our Trips ( https://www.linnaeannewyork.org/about-our-trips/ ) page, if you’re going on a field trip for the first time. It details our field trip policies, recommends what to bring on a trip, and offers other useful information, pro tips, and tricks.\n\n\n\nIf after visiting the About Our Trips ( https://www.linnaeannewyork.org/about-our-trips/ ) page, you still have questions, feel free to contact the Registrar via email.\n URL:https://www.linnaeannewyork.org/events/2025-02-22-pelham-bay-park-orchard-beach-area/ ORGANIZER;CN=Evelyn Huang:MAILTO:evelynhuang1@yahoo.com CATEGORIES:Field Trips LOCATION:The Bronx, NY ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.linnaeannewyork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Field-Trip-Icon-Color-150x250-1.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR