3rd Annual Digital Data Conference, Yale: Difference between revisions

| colspan="4" style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; background-color:#eed1a9;"|'''Field Trip 1 - Horse Island Field Trip<br>8:15 am - 1:00 pm'''<br> On this short excursion to a 17-acre uninhabited island in Long Island Sound, we’ll see a mix of coastal and early successional vegetation, with wide rocky intertidal zones. The island is almost completely wooded with small stands of beech, pine and cedar trees among mixed scrub and hardwoods. Please be aware that some of the walking will be over uneven, sometimes slippery, very rocky terrain so appropriate footwear is required. Horse Island is among Connecticut’s Thimble Islands, 1.5 miles offshore from Stony Creek in Branford, Connecticut. Upon returning from the island, there will be an opportunity to have lunch in one of the local eateries in Stony Creek, a small seaside village which retains its roots as a summer vacation location with old Victorian hotels and a working granite quarry.<br>

| colspan="4" style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; background-color:#eed1a9;"|'''Field Trip 2 - Bird Walk in East Rock Park<br>8:30 am - 11:00 am'''<br> Late spring migrants may still be lingering in this urban park as we walk along the Mill River in search of birds.  East Rock Park, located close to New Haven Harbor, acts as a green haven to migrating birds coming in from the ocean, with upwards of 20 warbler species per day present during peak migration. From our starting point at the Eli Whitney Museum, we will make a 2-mile easy loop through riparian habitat where we may find swimming Wood Ducks with their young and Yellow Warblers on nests. The dirt path meanders along the deciduous woodland slope, where Scarlet Tanagers and Wood Thrush are common.<br>