Breezy Point

Date: Saturday, January 27, 2024

Leader: David Spawn
Participants will be responsible for their own transportation. However, the registrar will help connect those in need of a ride with other participants who are able to offer one. (The exact meeting place and time will be shared with attendees after their registration is confirmed.)
Schedule: The trip will end during the mid-afternoon.
Relative difficulty: We plan to walk for several miles over sand at the water’s edge.

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 is managed by the National Park Service. This isolated, 200-acre area includes an ocean-facing beach, a shoreline on Jamaica Bay, sand dunes, and marshland. 

We expect to see both Common and Red-throated Loons, Common Eider, 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.

Please read The Linnaean Society of New York COVID-19 Field Trip Guidelines before registering.

Registration opens at 9 am on Monday, January 15. After that time, click here to register. Registration closes at 6 pm on Wednesday, January 24.

Please read the About Our Trips page, especially 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.

If after visiting the About Our Trips page, you still have questions, feel free to contact the registrar via email (or phone, if listed) between the hours of 9 am and 9 pm.