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The Merrimack River Eagle Festival - February 9, 2013 - Cancelled
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Newburyport and Amesbury, Massachusetts
Saturday, February 9, 2013
All Free
Presented by Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center
and the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge
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DUE TO THE SEVERE WEATHER FORECAST, THE 2013 EAGLE FESTIVAL HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Please check our website for other programs offered while bald eagles are in the area. For advice on looking for eagles in less challenging weather, please call Joppa Flats Education Center at 978-462-9998. The 2014 Eagle Festival is scheduled for Saturday, February 8. We hope to see you then if not before.
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ADDITIONAL WINTER BIRD PROGRAMS
Call Joppa Flats at 978-462-9998 for information or to register.
Wednesday Morning Birding
Wednesdays, 9:30-12:30. For adults. Preregistration not required.
Saturday Morning Birding
Saturdays, 9:00-11:30. For adults and children age 8 and up. Preregistration not required.
Imagine, Sing & Learn: Everything Eagle
Thursday, February 14, 10:00-11:30 or 1:00-2:30, or Friday, February 15, 10:00-11:30 or 1:00-2:30. For adults with children ages 3 to 6. Preregistration required.
Bald Eagles of the Merrimack River
Sunday, February 17, 10:00-1:00. For adults. Preregistration required.
The Wonder and the Wow: Bald Eagles along the Merrimack River
Sunday, February 24, 9:30-noon. For adults. Preregistration is required.
Take a Walk on the Wild Side: Bald Eagles
Sunday, February 24, 1:00-3:30. For families with children ages 7 and up. Preregistration required.
For additional wildlife programs at Parker River and Joppa Flats, go to www.fws.gov/northeast/parkerriver/ or www.massaudubon.org/joppaflats
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 Mass Audubon's Joppa Flats Education Center, located at One Plum Island Turnpike, is a natural history education center that is open to the public Tuesday through Sunday and Monday holidays, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Call 978-462-9998 for additional information, or visit www.massaudubon.org/joppaflats.
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 Operated by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge encompasses over two-thirds of Plum Island and consists of 4,662 acres of critical coastal habitats, including dunes, maritime forest, and salt marsh. The Refuge Visitor Center and Headquarters, at Six Plum Island Turnpike in Newburyport, is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm. Exhibits are open 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. Call 978-465-5753 for more information, or visit www.fws.gov/northeast/parkerriver. |
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