Have you noticed when walking along the beach there are more horseshoe crabs? This is spawning season. Pikes Beach is one of the few areas where Horseshoe crabs migrate to spawn. If you are interested in helping Cornell in their annual survey of spawning horseshoe crabs, please go to the following link to learn more: https://nyhorseshoecrab.org NY_Horseshoe_Crab/Get_involved.html
By participating in the educational aspects of this project you’ll help to collect data and to acquire biological information on horseshoe crabs in New York’s Marine District. Below is the schedule for Pikes Beach: