For Birders And Sealers
A search for offshore species of birds has been scheduled by the South Fork Natural History Society for Saturday. Assuming decent weather, a boat will take birders from Montauk Harbor more than 30 miles offshore to Block Canyon to find pelagic species, including shearwaters and petrels.
The cost is $80. Reservations can be made by writing the guide, John Askildsen, at P.O. Box 32, Chappaqua, N.Y. 10514. His phone number is available by calling the society's Natureline in Amagansett.
On Sunday, the society has a trip designed for those with a passion for bikes and seals. Sam Sadove, a seal expert and former research director of the Okeanos Ocean Research Foundation, will join forces with the society's Andy Sabin in Montauk to lead pedalers to the seals beginning at 8:30 a.m. Those interested may call the society's Natureline in Amagansett for the meeting place.
John Benedict of the East Hampton Trails Preservation Society will lead a hike through the Walking Dunes on Sunday. Hikers are asked to meet at 10 a.m. at the end of Napeague Harbor Road. On Wednesday, the society plans a perambulation of Sammy's Beach in East Hampton. Abbie Barber will lead the pack and has asked hikers to meet her at the end of Sammy's Beach Road at 10 a.m.
The monthly membership meeting of the East Hampton Trails Preservation Society is scheduled for Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the house of Richard Lupoletti at 66 Oyster Shores Road in Northwest.
The Southampton Trails Preservation Society is offering a one-hour walk through the Tuckahoe Woods of Southampton Town Saturday beginning at 10 a.m. Hikers are asked to meet at the Tuckahoe School at the intersection of Sebonac Road and North Magee Street in Southampton.
The Long Island Greenbelt Trail Conference is offering the Northern Pine Barrens Special, a fast-paced 10-mile hike taking in Rocky Point Preserve and Brookhaven State Park, on Saturday. The hike may turn into a cross-country ski tour if by some chance there is a heavy snowfall. The meeting time is 9:30 a.m. at the southwest corner of the Shoreham-Wading River High School parking lot off Route 25A, a quarter-mile east of William Floyd Parkway.