Staten Island Hot Spots and Early Spring Migrants

Date: Saturday, March 30, 2024

Leader: Seth Wollney
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: Full-day trip.        
Relative difficulty: A fair amount of walking over mostly easy terrain.

This annual trip is led by Seth Wollney, a faculty member in the Biology Department at the College of Staten Island. The choice of locations will depend on current sighting reports. Past trips included stops at Conference House Park, overlooking Raritan Bay at the southernmost point of New York State; Mount Loretto (Bald Eagle); Great Kills Park (Royal and Caspian Terns, Little Blue Heron, Saltmarsh Sparrow); Arden Avenue Beach (Lesser Black-backed Gull); Oakwood Beach (Yellow-crowned Night-Heron); Miller Beach (gulls and terns); and/or anywhere else that our leader expects to find interesting birds.

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

Registration opens at 9 am on Monday, March 18. After that time, click here to register. Registration closes at 6 pm on Wednesday, March 27.

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.