Moonlight In The Swamp

The Nature Conservancy has scheduled a walk on Saturday in its Wolf Swamp Preserve in Southampton, beginning at 9 a.m. Hikers will see late fall-migrating birds and late-season botany in the red maple and tupelo swamp on the shores of Big Fresh Pond.

The East Hampton Trails Preservation Society's Richard Lupoletti will lead a hike through Northwest Woods on Sunday, beginning at 10 a.m. Mr. Lupoletti's group will trek through what is perhaps the most majestic white pine forest on Long Island, passing Jason's Rock, Chatfield's Hole, and the Two Holes of Water on the way before finishing at the grave of young Benjamin Hubbard.

Hikers have been asked to meet at the corner of Swamp Road and Bull Path in East Hampton.

A moonlight stroll is planned by the Group for the South Fork for Saturday, in the Sagg Swamp Preserve in Sagaponack. As the sun sets and the moon rises, hikers should be able to hear the territorial calls of screech owls, and perhaps, with luck, the mating calls of great-horned owls. Vikki Hilles will lead the listeners.

Reservations for the Nature Conservancy hike and the Sagg Swamp stroll are required. The Conservancy's office is in East Hampton; the Group is headquartered in Bridgehampton.