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Birds of Prey Wildlife Encounter: Earth Day Family Program

Concord Museum 53 Cambridge Turnpike, Concord, MA, United States

Visit the Concord Museum on Earth Day and meet birds of prey and learn about their importance to the ecosystem with an educator from Mass Audubon. Species may include owls, falcons, hawks, vultures and eagles. Feel through these powerful and graceful birds a true connection and appreciation for all wildlife and the habitat we share. […]

Free

Recurring

Winter Birding Series – Online

Virtual

Which species should every winter birder be familiar with? Snowy Owls are popular, recognizable visitors, but can you distinguish between the different grays of the gulls they can be found alongside? Ducks are sporting their colorful winter plumages, but there are no color clues when it comes to distinguishing between crows and ravens. While you […]

$85 – $100
Recurring

Winter Birding Series – Online

Virtual

Which species should every winter birder be familiar with? Snowy Owls are popular, recognizable visitors, but can you distinguish between the different grays of the gulls they can be found alongside? Ducks are sporting their colorful winter plumages, but there are no color clues when it comes to distinguishing between crows and ravens. While you […]

$85 – $100
Recurring

Winter Birding Series – Online

Virtual

Which species should every winter birder be familiar with? Snowy Owls are popular, recognizable visitors, but can you distinguish between the different grays of the gulls they can be found alongside? Ducks are sporting their colorful winter plumages, but there are no color clues when it comes to distinguishing between crows and ravens. While you […]

$85 – $100

Recurring

Winter Birding Series – Online

Virtual

Which species should every winter birder be familiar with? Snowy Owls are popular, recognizable visitors, but can you distinguish between the different grays of the gulls they can be found alongside? Ducks are sporting their colorful winter plumages, but there are no color clues when it comes to distinguishing between crows and ravens. While you […]

$85 – $100
Recurring

Winter Birding Series – Online

Virtual

Which species should every winter birder be familiar with? Snowy Owls are popular, recognizable visitors, but can you distinguish between the different grays of the gulls they can be found alongside? Ducks are sporting their colorful winter plumages, but there are no color clues when it comes to distinguishing between crows and ravens. While you […]

$85 – $100
Recurring

Winter Birding Series – Online

Virtual

Which species should every winter birder be familiar with? Snowy Owls are popular, recognizable visitors, but can you distinguish between the different grays of the gulls they can be found alongside? Ducks are sporting their colorful winter plumages, but there are no color clues when it comes to distinguishing between crows and ravens. While you […]

$85 – $100

On Belonging in Outdoor Spaces: Claudia Fox Tree

Decolonizing Contributions by Indigenous People February 22, 2023 | 7 PM EST How do we decolonize what we have learned about Native American achievements? We add important missing information and change the dominant narrative. This presentation will help connect the dots from understanding the land to understanding Indigenous People. We will move from the past […]

Free

On Belonging in Outdoor Spaces: Leah Penniman

Virtual

Black Earth Wisdom: Afro-Ecological Survival Strategies March 8, 2023 | 7 PM EST “I love to think of nature as unlimited broadcasting stations, through which God speaks to us every day, every hour.” ~Dr. George Washington Carver, Tuskegee University, 1887 The Queen Mothers of Kroboland, Ghana admonished their Black American students in disbelief, “Is it […]

Free

On Belonging in Outdoor Spaces: José G. González

Virtual

Wayfinding and Belonging in the Outdoors March 29, 2023 | 7 PM EST We move as stories through narratives spaces as much as physical and cultural spaces. The outdoors, as a construct grounded on the land, is one we co-create, and as the nation's demographics continue to be more diverse, we have the opportunity, and […]

Free

A Wing and a Prayer: The Race to Save Our Vanishing Birds

Concord Museum 53 Cambridge Turnpike, Concord, MA, United States

Join us for a conversation with Anders and Beverly Gyllenhaal on their new book, A Wing and a Prayer: The Race to Save Our Vanishing Birds. The book is the result of a 25,000-mile journey across the Americas in 2021, which they spent documenting the efforts of ornithologists and conservationists to save the world’s birds, almost […]

New Year’s Hike

Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary 113 Goodnow Road, Princeton, MA, United States

Whether your resolution is to spend more time outside or to get in shape, a guided hike is a great way to start the new year! Enjoy the fresh air, Wachusett Meadow's beautiful trails, good company, and some seasonal natural history along the way. We will either hike or snowshoe, depending on conditions. Adult Member […]

$25