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-64ad8f3af92ef8d9a1c7dfd7265e577d@linnaeannewyork.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270505T060000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270505T180000 DTSTAMP:20260721T155445Z CREATED:20260721 LAST-MODIFIED:20260721 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:7 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:Randall’s Island Spring Migration DESCRIPTION:\nDate: Wednesday, May 5, 2027\n\n\n\nLeader: Mary Beth KooperTransportation: 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: Start in the early morning and bird until early afternoon.Relative Difficulty: Expect to walk about two miles on paved and unpaved paths, with some moderate inclines.Trip Description: Randall’s Island is unique as it provides one of the only salt marshes in the borough of Manhattan. Historically, this location was not known as a popular birding destination for New York City birders. However, the island became a birding hotspot after Alan Drogin discovered Nelson’s Sparrows in the northeast section near the backstop of field 42 in the Bronx Kill salt marsh in 2012. Since then, mid-October has been the time to bird Randall’s for sparrows—Savannah, Swamp, Song, Chipping, Field, and an occasional Vesper, but especially the elusive Ammospiza sparrows of the marshes—Nelson’s, Saltmarsh, Seaside. We also get late-migrating warblers and, sometimes, interesting gulls.\n\n\n\nRegistration: Registration opens at 9 am on Monday, April 19. After that time, click here to register ( https://www.linnaeannewyork.org/registration-nocarpool/?debug=n®start=4%2F19%2F27+9%3A00+am&tripdate=5%2F5%2F27&tripname=Randall%E2%80%99s+Island+Spring+Migration&tripleader=Mary+Beth+Kooper®name=Mary+Beth+Kooper®email=marybeth@nyc.rr.com&tripwd=Wednesday&confirmemail=marybeth@nyc.rr.com®end=5%2F2%2F27+6%3A00+pm ). Registration closes at 6 pm on Sunday, May 2. 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/2027-05-05-randalls-island-spring-migration/ ORGANIZER;CN=Mary Beth Kooper:MAILTO:marybeth@nyc.rr.com CATEGORIES:Field Trips LOCATION:Randall‘s Island, NY ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.linnaeannewyork.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Field-Trip-Icon.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR