[ originally scheduled for April; postponed to August ]
Did you know that many of the larger dragonflies are several years old before they crawl up for air, break out of their “skins”, expand their wings and venture out on their first flight? Amazing!
This show-and-tell evening with Naturalist Laurie DiCesare will feature photos, samples, and hand-outs of “dragons and damsels”:
exploring their early life as underwater predators
revealing strange and remarkable habits, and
identifying their beautiful and diverse habitats
— all flavored with a bit of biology and dash of folklore!
Learn how to swing a cone net; carefully retrieve and hold the Odes for photo ops; then safely release them.
What are pollinators and where do they go in the fall?
We explore, analyze, conclude and make predictions about pollen, pollinators, and more through our observations and understanding. Crafts and activities too!
Ages 4 – 8
Included with admission
(Become a museum member and get free admission all year!)
The most relaxed birding around. And around and around …
How many birds can we identify from a 17-foot diameter circle?
Can we beat last year’s record? Join Team Loonatics and find out.
Free! Pledges and donations welcome. Snacks and coffee provided. Please bring your own binoculars.
Sign up to join us from Dawn to Dusk. Or just drop by.
What are pollinators and where do they go in the fall?
We explore, analyze, conclude and make predictions about pollen, pollinators, and more through our observations and understanding. Crafts and activities too!
Ages 4 – 8
Included with admission
(Become a museum member and get free admission all year!)
What can you print from a fern, a leaf, a fish? Explore shapes and silhouettes of the natural world with printmaker Coleen O’Connell, and learn techniques of natural printing art.
$50 (Museum member price: $40)
Pre-registration required
Register soon! Only 8 spaces left! Best for adults
Summer is in full swing around here! every day we fill and watch the feeders, learning new bird identifications, or watching behavior subtleties in birds species we know .It’s amazing to start to pick up on tiny differences in the bibs of Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, or behaviors of one Blue Jay and another.
Great Crested Flycatcher on office window netting, May 2019We started off our opening month with fantastic birds and birders and bird walks.! Even some surprising observations, like this one:
It seems to be nesting nearby, as it has returned to the window several times—for nesting material? Territory? Foraging? We don’t know yet…
As for other May birds, seen by more people through the bigger window: read on!
We hope you are enjoying the turning of the year, by light and by calendar. We often find winter refreshing, an opportunity for useful reflection and a chance to plan and prepare.
Holy mackerel, May is intense! Not to detract from our month-long-we-all-add-to-it Viewing Window list, but did you get to see the eBird lists too, from what has been seen and heard here? Did you see or hear some of the rich migrations? Enjoyed the predictions on Birdcast? What a month!
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