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-7b3b85acc94d2df9ba27b7188e30d667@linnaeannewyork.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270612T060000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270612T180000 DTSTAMP:20260730T161944Z CREATED:20260730 LAST-MODIFIED:20260730 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:7 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:Van Cortlandt Park Nature Walk: Birds, Butterflies, and Insects DESCRIPTION:\nDate: Saturday, June 12, 2027\n\n\n\nLeader(s): Ken ChayaTransportation: 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: Van Cortlandt Park is New York City’s third largest green space. It contains a variety of natural habitats within its 1,146 acres, including woodlands, marshes, meadows, and a lake. Here, we will search for Green Herons, Mute Swans, Red-winged Blackbirds, Tree Swallows, Eastern Wood-Pewees, Double-crested Cormorants, Great Egrets, Gray Catbirds, and Northern Flickers. We will also search for dragonflies and damselflies, including the Ebony Jewelwing, beetles such as the Net-winged Beetle, butterflies including the Banded Hairstreaks, and one of our prime target species, the Silvery Checkerspot butterfly. These species are only a fraction of the bird and insect species encountered during past Linnaean walks. Attendees should bring lunch, water, and insect and sun protection. There is a restroom at the beginning of our walk and another about halfway through the park with a water fountain.\n\n\n\nRegistration: Registration opens at 9 am on Monday, May 31. After that time, click here to register ( https://www.linnaeannewyork.org/registration-nocarpool/?debug=n®start=5%2F31%2F27+9%3A00+am&tripdate=6%2F12%2F27&tripname=Van+Cortlandt+Park+Nature+Walk:+Birds%2C+Butterflies%2C+and+Insects&tripleader=Ken+Chaya®name=Dom+Ricci®email=domricci@gmail.com&tripwd=Saturday&confirmemail=domricci@gmail.com®end=6%2F9%2F27+6%3A00+pm ). Registration closes at 6 pm on Wednesday, June 9. 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/2027-06-12-van-cortlandt-park-nature-walk-birds-butterflies-and-insects/ ORGANIZER;CN=Dom Ricci:MAILTO:domricci@gmail.com CATEGORIES:Field Trips LOCATION:The Bronx, NY ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.linnaeannewyork.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Field-Trip-Icon.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR