BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//WordPress - MECv7.33.0//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-0ae0787e280680f966defdcfeff02553@linnaeannewyork.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251207T060000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251207T180000 DTSTAMP:20250730T080000Z CREATED:20250730 LAST-MODIFIED:20250701 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:5 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:Jones Beach and Point Lookout DESCRIPTION:\nDate: Sunday, December 7, 2025\n\n\n\nLeader: Joseph DiCostanzoTransportation: Carpool Trip: Drivers willing to provide rides are encouraged to attend. The Registrar will work with participants without a vehicle to organize rides and share the suggested carpool fee for the driver. This usually works out, but we can not guarantee a ride without enough volunteer drivers.Meeting Point: After your registration is confirmed, the Registrar will share directions, the exact meeting place, and time with attendees.Schedule: We travel back home in the mid-afternoon.Relative Difficulty: Be prepared to walk about five miles on a slow upgrade and downgrade.Trip Description: Jones Beach State Park and nearby Point Lookout are among the best locations in the area for viewing wintering ducks, loons, grebes, geese, gulls, shorebirds, passerines, raptors, and owls. The state park occupies 6.5 miles of a barrier island along the Atlantic coast of Nassau County and contains varied habitats, including ocean beaches, bays, dunes, and forested areas. eBird records for January include over 100 avian species, and we will be on the lookout for exciting rarities, including Snowy Owl, Harlequin Duck, Purple Sandpiper, Razorbill, Murres, Horned Lark and Lapland Longspur.\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, November 24. After that time, click here to register ( https://www.linnaeannewyork.org/registration-carpool/?debug=n®start=11%2F24%2F25+9%3A00+am&tripdate=12%2F7%2F25&tripname=Jones+Beach+and+Point+Lookout&tripleader=Joseph+DiCostanzo®name=Miriam+Rakowski®email=rakowskimiriam@gmail.com&tripwd=Sunday&confirmemail=rakowskimiriam@gmail.com®end=12%2F3%2F25+6%3A00+pm ). Registration closes at 6 pm on Wednesday, December 3. 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\n\n\n\n URL:https://www.linnaeannewyork.org/events/2025-12-07-jones-beach-and-point-lookout/ ORGANIZER;CN=Miriam Rakowski:MAILTO:rakowskimiriam@gmail.com CATEGORIES:Field Trips LOCATION:Nassau and Suffolk Counties, 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