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Photo Credit: Michael Gil

Hike Leader: Jean Dodds, Secretary, Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt

Co-sponsored by Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt & South Fork Natural History Museum (SoFo)

During this month the winter cold fastens its grip, and nights are at their longest and darkest. Sometimes this moon is also called the Long Night Moon as the winter nights lengthen and the moon spends more time above the horizon opposite a low sun. Join us for this leisurely paced one-hour hike in Vineyard Field, the field behind the South Fork Natural History Museum (SoFo), and afterward, for some convivial conversation and refreshments in the moonshine.

Advance reservations are required for all events. For more information, reservations, and directions to meeting places, please call: (631) 537-9735.

Walk Leader: Xylia Serafy, South Fork Natural History Museum Environmental Educator

Are you tired of the stuffy indoors? Join Xylia outdoors for a walk through the woods! Morton Wildlife Refuge is a nature preserve full of many different animals and plants, even during the winter! We’ll see winter birds and learn how to identify trees even though they have lost their leaves. Whether you are hoping to learn a lot or just want to take a trip outside with the family, this program will be worthwhile for all! Make sure to bring layers of clothing.

There is a $4 parking fee per car.

Advance reservations are required for all events. For more information, reservations, and directions to meeting places, please call: (631) 537-9735.

Cosponsored by the South Fork Natural History Museum and the Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt

About Chris: Born and raised on Long Island, Chris has been exploring the wilds of the Island for over 30 years. As a wildlife photographer, writer, lecturer, and General class, licensed falconer, he enjoys bringing public awareness to the diverse wildlife that calls the island home. His passion for coastal ecology, fishing, and the outdoors led him to obtain a BS in Marine Science from LIU/Southampton, and he currently manages the new Marine Sciences Center at the Southampton campus of Stony Brook University.

About Emmy: Emmy is a female Red-Tailed Hawk who makes her home with Chris and his family. Chris will tell you more about Emmy’s history.

Join us as Chris presents a short history of falconry and then describes the steps he took to become a falconer and collect his first bird. Chris will talk about the training he and Emmy went through to learn to work together, and the other species of hawks and falcons used in the sport of falconry.

Advance reservations are required for all events. For more information, reservations, and directions to meeting places, please call: (631) 537-9735.

Walk Leader: South Fork Natural History Museum Environmental Educator

With the cold of winter, many northern animal visitors come to the South Shore of Long Island to find food, among them Pinnipeds—or seals. The three most common species of seals that visit Long Island at this time of year are Harbor Seals, Grey Seals, and Harp Seals. Join SoFo on a walk toward the ocean at Cupsogue Beach County Park, where at low tide you can expect to see some of these seals sunning themselves on the distant sandbar. It may be cold and windy, so please bundle up.

Advance reservations are required for all events. For more information, reservations, and directions to meeting places, please call: (631) 537-9735.

Program Presenter: Melanie Meade, South Fork Natural History Museum Environmental Educator

We’ll listen to a story-poem about a young girl and her father when they go owling one winter’s night in search of the majestic and secretive Great Horned Owl.

Advance reservations are required for all events. For more information, reservations, and directions to meeting places, please call: (631) 537-9735.