Migratory Songbird Trail Walk

Fall is one of the best times to go birding on Fishers Island with lots of species making their way south for the winter. Join us on a guided nature walk led by DPNC Outreach Coordinator Lauren Michael to explore the HLFM Land Trust's woodlands - which provide great habitat for migrating songbirds such as warblers, vireos, tanagers, thrushes, and more. This program is great for birders of all skill levels. WHEN: Sunday, September 20, 2026 TIME: 9:00-11:00 AM PLACE: Meet at the Museum's parking lot at 9AM and we'll drive to the first site from there. (If you don't have a car, you can carpool with others.) Please dress for the weather and don't forget your binoculars! This Penni Sharp Nature Walk is sponsored in loving memory of Penelope Penni Sharp, birder, botanist & HLFM president from 2003 until 2014. Lauren Michael is the Outreach Coordinator at the Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center in Mystic, CT. Before stepping into this role, she spent most of her twenties crisscrossing North America as a field biologist, studying a wide range of bird species -- from songbirds and seabirds to the elusive rail. She received her MSc from the University of Rhode Island, where she studied long-term trends in migratory songbirds on Block Island, RI. Lauren earned a BA in Biology from Kenyon College in Gambier, OH.