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Birding for Everyone: Paradise Pond Saturday, June 25, 7:45am Smith College Botanic Garden, 16 College Lane, Northampton, MA Event Details: We will meet at Paradise Pond (across the street from the botanic garden) for a short, accessible, walk. Herons, kingfishers and a number of other birds reside in this area. Keep your fingers crossed that …
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Birding for Everyone: Paradise Pond Saturday, June 25, 7:45am Smith College Botanic Garden, 16 College Lane, Northampton, MA Preregister at: dallard@hampshirebirdclub.org Event Detail: We will meet at Paradise Pond (across the street from the botanic garden) for a short, accessible, walk. Herons, kingfishers and a number of other birds reside in this area. Keep your …
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Andrew DeVries Sculpture Trail Friday-Sunday, 11am-4pm weekly Open and free to the public Sculpture Trail, 36/42 East River Road, Middlefield, MA Details: Celebrate the expanse of the human spirit with thirty-seven (and counting) bronze sculptures that sit along a meandering nature trail on the artist’s fifteen-acre property. Generally, a thirty-minute walk, the trail follows the …
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5 planets align in the sky in June: Best time to see Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn group in morning sky “For the first time in 18 years, the five brightest planets in the sky will appear closely aligned and in their correct order from the sun. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn — …
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Flower Festival Sunday, May 15, 11am-1pm New England Peace Pagoda, 100 Cave Hill Rd, Leverett, MA Free and open to the public, donations accepted Event Details: Join us in our annual commemoration and celebration of the birth of the Buddha. Music and light lunch offered. Free to all. Volunteers and contributions always appreciated. As we …
Turtle Talk Tuesday, April 26, 6-7pm Hosted by Forbes Library Free, register to attend: https://forbeslibrary.libcal.com/event/9054426 Event Details: Join us for a Zoom presentation about the impact of environmental change on freshwater turtles, hosted by Ben Phillips. This presentation will introduce the freshwater turtle species found in New England and background information about freshwater turtle biology and ecology. …
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Experts say you should immediately stop filling birdfeeders; Here’s why “Experts are issuing unusual advice – quit filling your bird feeders. The reason, according to Dr. Victoria Hall with the Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota, is an “unprecedented outbreak” of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI, strain H5N1 in wild birds.” Get the details …
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