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There's never a dull moment at Mass Audubon. Here, you can find everything that's happening within our statewide community, from the latest news to seasonal highlights (and everything in between).

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Special Events
Upcoming special programs, festivals, and events around the state.

Wellfleet Bay Turtle Festival - May 25 & 26
Have Fun Learning about the Turtles and Terrapins of Cape Cod.
Audubon Nature Festival - Sunday, June 2
Join us at Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary for a day of nature and fun!
Celebrate Biodiversity at Joppa Flats - June 2
Learn more about biodiversity at this free full-day family event!
Dairy Day! - June 8
Kick off National Dairy Month with Drumlin Farm.
Family Fun Day at Pleasant Valley - June 8
Join us for this free family event!
Hands-On Wetland Creation Workshop for Professionals - June 25-26
Part of the Spadefoot Toad Restoration Project, hosted at Long Pasture.
Teachers! Graduate Course offered by Mass Audubon & MITS Summer 2013
Registration is now available. For Upper Elementary & Middle School Educators.

Regional News
The latest news from our wildlife sanctuaries.

Central & Western Massachusetts

Broad Meadow Brook, Worcester

Current Outdoor Exhibition
View Carolyn Lewenberg's sculpture, "Portals", installed at Broad Meadow Brook.    

Barbara J. Walker Butterfly Festival - August 10
Enjoy educational fun for all ages and see butterflies fly free in their natural habitats at Broad Meadow Brook!   

Get Connected!
To stay connected to your favorite wildlife sanctuary, sign up for our enewsletter!   

We WOO at Broad Meadow Brook! Do you?
Broad Meadow Brook is a proud participant in the WOO Card program – where culture, creativity, and community come together!   

Canoe Meadows, Pittsfield

Canoe Meadows Community Garden
We hope you plan on joining us for the upcoming 2013 gardening season.   

Pleasant Valley, Lenox

Family Fun Day at Pleasant Valley - June 8
Join us for this free family event!   

Save the Date! Crickets, Critters, and Cocktails - July 20
You are invited to a summer celebration at Pleasant Valley!   

Wachusett Meadow, Princeton

Rent a Canoe at Wachusett Meadow
Watch beavers and birds and experience the peaceful tranquility of canoeing on a sanctuary pond.    

Thoreau Comes to Wachusett Meadow - June 2
Join Mr. Thoreau to learn about his life and "local" connections.   

We WOO at Wachusett! Do you?
Wachusett Meadow is a proud participant in the WOO Card program – where culture, creativity, and community come together!   

Greater Boston

Blue Hills Trailside Museum, Milton

The Secret Lives of Fireflies - June 8
Don Salvatore of the Museum of Science’s Firefly Watch Citizen Science project will be at Blue Hills Trailside Museum.   

Birding Fowl Meadow - May 5 & June 7
Meet with Trailside Naturalist Perry Ellis to explore what spring migrants may be found in Fowl Meadow.   

Pond Discoveries - May 11 & June 8
Join us on a Saturday afternoon to discover the wild creatures who live in the pond just a few steps away from Trailside Museum.   

Wildlife Guardians Progam
You Can Make a Difference! Help an animal today.   

We Need Your Help for the Snowy Owls at Blue Hills
Donate to the Snowy Owl Project and help us get the owls back on exhibit.   

Boston Nature Center, Mattapan

BNC Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2012
Each year we gladly embrace the opportunity to reflect on and share our recent achievements with you – our supporters and donors – who make our work possible.   

Streamlined Recycling for Boston Public Schools
BNC is proud to play a role in launching a single-stream recycling program in all Boston Public Schools by June 2013.    

BNC Celebrates 10th Anniversary
Join us in commemorating this milestone with a series of fun events and programs.   

Broadmoor, Natick

Spring Migration
It's not just the birds that are moving.   

Clive W. and Mona M. Lacy Native Cultivars Garden
The Native Cultivars Garden demonstrates how a carefully chosen selection of nursery cultivated native plants can provide a beautiful, environmentally sound garden.   

All Person's Trail Audio Tour Available April 1 - November 30
Quarter mile loop trail offers a microcosm of the sanctuary's field, forest, and wetland habitats to everyone.   

At Broadmoor, Green is Good!
Converted from an antique horse barn built in 1911, the Saltonstall Nature Center, renovated in 1983, uses a variety of environment friendly materials and employs renewable resources as natural energy.   

Drumlin Farm, Lincoln

Dairy Day! - June 8
Kick off National Dairy Month with Drumlin Farm.   

Teachers! Graduate Course offered by Mass Audubon & MITS, July 8-19
Registration is now available for Upper Elementary & Middle School Educators.   

Alaska Adventure Trip - May 29 - June 11
Join us for an adventure to one of North America's premier birding and natural history destinations.   

Drumlin Farm’s Video Library!
View our wildlife videos online.   

Drumlin Farm's Strategic Plan
Over the past year Drumlin Farm has completed a strategic plan that will help us remain true to our mission as we steer a steady course into the future.   

Habitat, Belmont

On Exhibit: Sanctuary
Oil Paintings by Kay Hudgins.   

The Western Greenway Project
Join us on May 4th for a guided walk on the Greenway.    

Celebrate Your Wedding in Style At Habitat
Located just six miles northwest of downtown Boston, the 90-acre wildlife sanctuary Habitat in Belmont offers a unique, intimate setting for weddings, anniversaries, and other special events.   

Museum of American Bird Art, Canton

Massachusetts Masterpieces: The Decoy as Art A Curator’s Quest for Beauty
   

MABA Welcomes Visiting Artist Dana Schildkraut
The artist will be sharing her skills at the museum through the summer.    

Museum of American Bird Art at Mass Audubon 2012 Year in Review
Learn more by reading our Year in Review.   

A. Elmer Crowell - A Sampling
An ongoing exhibit featuring a small, but select sampling of the artist's work.   

Oak Knoll, Attleboro

Teachers! Graduate Course offered by Mass Audubon & MITS, July 8-19
Registration is now available for Upper Elementary & Middle School Educators.   

Adopt a Turtle at Oak Knoll
Do you love turtles? Do your children enjoy the hands on experience that they can have with them at Oak Knoll? If so please think about joining our Adopt a Turtle Program.   

North Shore

Endicott, Wenham

Mass Audubon and GOMI - Changing Behavior and Changing the Environment
The program brings teens and adults together in environmental stewardship teams to learn about issues facing the watershed that spans from Massachusetts to Nova Scotia.   

Ipswich River, Topsfield

Audubon Nature Festival - Sunday, June 2
Join us at Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary for a day of nature and fun!    

New Nature Play Area for Ipswich River
Want to explore an enchanted trail? Or build an imaginary city using natural materials?   

Joppa Flats, Newburyport

Celebrate Biodiversity at Joppa Flats - June 2
Learn more about biodiversity at this free full-day family event!   

On Exhibit: Images of the Natural World
Photographs by Mark Brown.    

Superbowl of Birding X Results Are In!
The Superbowl of Birding X was held on Saturday, January 26, 2013.   

South Shore, Cape and Islands

Allens Pond, Dartmouth

Give Peace - and Chicks - a Chance!
Latest news on piping plover nesting at Allens Pond.   

South Coast Sanctuaries Joins the Southeastern Massachusetts Time Exchange
Mass Audubon is offering the ability for Time Exchange participants to redeem ‘time credits’ for programming.    

2012 Duck Derby Winners Decide on Final Destination
Read on to find out where!   

9th Annual Duck Derby at Allens Pond - Results are In!
Thanks to all who joined in - the Duck Derby was a great success!   

Felix Neck, Martha's Vineyard

Learning Lepidoptera: A Student's Observation in the Field
Butterflies, climate change, and the importance of understanding how they are connected.   

Volunteer Spotlight: Dan McCormick
Since 2006, Dan has volunteered year-round at Felix Neck doing whatever needs doing.   

Long Pasture, Barnstable

Hands-On Wetland Creation Workshop for Professionals - June 25-26
Part of the Spadefoot Toad Restoration Project, hosted at Long Pasture.    

Saving the Spadefoot Toad
How to identify them and how you can help.   

North River - South Shore, Marshfield

Spring Street Woodlands added to North River Wildlife Sanctuary!
Thanks to an outpouring of support from the South Shore community and beyond, Mass Audubon has conserved the Spring Street Woodlands property in Marshfield!    

Wellfleet Bay, Wellfleet

New Energy-Saving Project Planned for Wellfleet Bay
Informational Meeting May 23 on Proposed Micro-Wind Turbine.   

Wellfleet Bay’s Sustainable Food Series, May 2013
Sweet Smells and Tastes of Spring.   

Kayaking With Us this Summer?
A guide to great paddling locations around the Cape.    

Susan Baur’s Hidden World of Turtles
Author to Appear at Wellfleet Bay’s Turtle Festival, May 25-26.   

Wellfleet Bay Turtle Festival - May 25 & 26
Have Fun Learning about the Turtles and Terrapins of Cape Cod.   

Making the Most of Spring Migration - Birding by Eye and Ear
Whatever your level of birding, join us this spring to bird by eye, ear, or both!   

Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary 2012 Annual Report
Here’s to One Great Year! Read Wellfleet Bay’s 2012 Annual Report.    

Wild, Wild Wellfleet! 2013
See Who’s Coming Back for this Year’s Annual Fundraising Event on July 18.    

Season's Best
What to see, hear, and do this season.

suet balls

Top 5 Best Bets For Attracting Birds

Want to see birds without ever having to leave home?

Outdoor Almanac

See our Outdoor Almanac, and find out what's happening in the natural world this season.

Top 5 Hawks to ID

Want to Learn More About Hawks Migrating this Fall?

Frequently Asked Questions of Fall

Get answers to questions about wildlife behavior.

25 Great Mass Audubon Trails for...

A few highlights from our hundreds of trails at wildlife sanctuaries all over the state.



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