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-7b488ec59260645b79fdee06a2f28948@linnaeannewyork.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270123T060000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270123T180000 DTSTAMP:20260726T152806Z CREATED:20260726 LAST-MODIFIED:20260726 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:7 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:Breezy Point DESCRIPTION:\nDate: Saturday, January 23, 2027\n\n\n\nLeader: David SpawnTransportation: 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, ending in early afternoon.Relative Difficulty: We will walk 3-4 miles on mostly flat terrain.Trip Description: Breezy Point, Queens, is located on the western end of the Rockaway peninsula, between Rockaway Inlet and Jamaica Bay to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south. It is part of Gateway National Recreation Area, which the National Park Service manages. This isolated, 200-acre area includes an ocean-facing beach, a shoreline on Jamaica Bay, dunes, and marshland.\n\n\n\nWe expect to see both Common and Red-throated Loons, Common Eiders, Long-tailed Ducks, and Red-breasted Mergansers, and if we are lucky, we may get Razorbills and Purple Sandpipers. Be sure to dress for cold winter weather with possible winds.\n\n\n\nRegistration: Registration opens at 9 am on Monday, January 11. After that time, click here to register ( https://www.linnaeannewyork.org/registration-carpool/?debug=n®start=1%2F11%2F27+9%3A00+am&tripdate=1%2F23%2F27&tripname=Breezy+Point&tripleader=David+Spawn®name=Matthew+Fischer®email=matthewwfischer@gmail.com&tripwd=Saturday&confirmemail=matthewwfischer@gmail.com®end=1%2F20%2F27+6%3A00+pm ). Registration closes at 6 pm on Wednesday, January 20. 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/2027-01-23-breezy-point/ ORGANIZER;CN=Matthew Fischer:MAILTO:matthewwfischer@gmail.com CATEGORIES:Field Trips LOCATION:Queens, NY ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.linnaeannewyork.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Field-Trip-Icon.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR