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North Shore Wildlife Sanctuaries Map Marketing Department and Contact Information ...... Inside Front Cover Mass Audubon 208 South Great Road, Lincoln, MA 01773 Notes & Announcements ...... 2-3 781-259-2135 [email protected] Cover photos: Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary Programs Yellow Warbler at Ipswich River—Carol Decker© Adult and Special Event ...... 4-9 Kayakers Exploring in Plum Island Sound— Children & Families ...... 10-17 Walt Thompson© © Fragrant Water Lily at Ipswich River—Jeanne Li Joppa Flats Education Center Programs Great Spangled Fritillary—Scott Santino© Adult ...... 18-26 Back cover photo: Birders—Melissa Vokey© Children, Families, & All Ages ...... 27-29 Ipswich River Preschool Logo: Trips and Tours ...... 30-34 Victor Atkins© General Information ...... 35 Printing: DS Graphics Funding provided in part by: Registration Procedures & Policy Guidelines ...... 36 Registration Form ...... Inside Back Cover

Register Online! You can register for many of Mass Audubon’s programs online. See page 36 for details.

Explore the outdoors at Joppa Flats Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary Summer Camp!

Day Camp Programs Creative and fun nature day camps for children ages 4-14 for children ages 6 to 13 NEW in 2016: Full weeks • Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary, Topsfield and aftercamp care! • Hamond Nature Center, Marblehead • 5-day camp sessions for ages 6 to 11 with excursions • Essex County Greenbelt Association’s to varied habitats by motor, foot, and boat Cox Reservation, Essex • 5-day adventure-based ecology camp for ages 11 to 13 For more information, see page 29. For a camp brochure, call 978-887-9264 or For a camp brochure, visit www.massaudubon.org/joppaflats download a copy: www.massaudubon.org/ipswichrive r or call Kirsten Lindquist at 978-462-9998 x6805. s t n e m e c n u o n n A

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It’s Bird-a-thon Time, May 13-14 Volunteer News Bird-a-thon is Mass Audubon’s friendly competition among Volunteer Appreciation Event: Thursday, May 5 sanctuaries for the highest statewide count of birds, and an Ipswich River’s annual Volunteer Appreciation Event will opportunity for us to raise money to support our education be held on Thursday, May 5, 4:00-8:30 pm. Invitations will and conservation programs. Please help by pledging a certain be sent with details, but mark your calendar now—you will amount of money for each bird species recorded by our not want to miss this very special evening. team during the 24-hour event. Donation forms can be Volunteer Opportunities downloaded from our website. If you are interested in For details on these volunteer opportunities, please visit our birding for the Ipswich River team and gathering sponsors, website massaudubon.org/volunteer or contact Sue Baeslack please email us at [email protected]. If you’re at 978-887-9264, ext. 7707, or [email protected]. not one for getting out of bed early, you can still fundraise for the sanctuary by being a Bird-a-thon Booster and setting Gardeners up your own fundraising page with Team Ipswich River. Go to Join our small gardening group on Tuesday mornings to help massaudubon.org/birdathon and click on the Ipswich River maintain the sanctuary’s butterfly and bird gardens. team to set up your fundraising page or make a gift. Audubon Nature Festival Raffle Volunteer Join our small working group to put together some creative Teens—Join our Teen Bird-a-thon Team! raffle items. For more information contact Carol Decker Know a teen who would like to take part in Bird-a-thon? at [email protected]. Check out the teen programs box located in the Children and Families section of this brochure for more information. Weekend Visitor Services Greet and assist sanctuary visitors in our Visitor Center Audubon Nature Festival June 5 on Saturdays or Sundays. Join us on Sunday, June 5, for an unforgettable natural Eastern Point Shore Cleanup history experience. Our ad on page 4 lists just some of Saturday, April 16 / 9:00 am-noon the activities we have planned. We need volunteers to Please contact Sue Baeslack to sign up and get directions. help with admissions, parking, children’s activities, food Work for Wildlife Statewide Volunteer Day sales, baking, fundraising, the raffle, and more. To join the Saturday, April 30 / 9:00 am-noon fun, contact our volunteer coordinator, Sue Baeslack, at Property work projects at Cedar Pond and Endicott wildlife 978-887-9264, ext. 7707, or [email protected]. sanctuaries in Wenham. For details and to sign up, go to Important Note: Because this is a fundraiser, every car massaudubon.org/workforwildlife. (members and nonmembers) entering the sanctuary on June 5 until 4:00 pm will be charged the festival admission Members-Only Opportunities fee. We hope you will join us. A small cabin known as the Innermost House is available to members for $40 per night. We also have a primitive Summer Day Camp camping area on Perkins Island, accessible by canoe, open We still have openings in most of our day camp programs, May 1–October 31. Please call for reservation information. and scholarships are available. For a brochure or more Members may rent canoes to take out on the Ipswich River information, call the sanctuary at 978-887-9264 or visit May 1–October 31. Canoes cannot be reserved, but feel our website: massaudubon.org/ipswichriver. free to call ahead for information on availability. Details are available on our website or call the sanctuary. Stay in Touch with Ipswich River Wish List Visit our website at massaudubon.org/ipswichriver. Subscribe to our monthly e-newsletter, Ipswich River Your donations mean so much! We can use the following Meanderings, at massaudubon.org/ipswichriver. items at the sanctuary: wireless microphone ($200); electronic defibrillator ($2,000); widescreen TV ($300); LCD projector facebook.com/MassAudubonIpswichRiver ($700); Bobcat trail utility vehicle.

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This year Mass Audubon celebrates one hundred 19th Annual years of its sanctuary system that now totals 54 sanctuaries spread throughout the Commonwealth. Audubon

H C I W S P I Our sanctuaries offer vital habitat to wildlife, and outdoor learning experiences to thousands Nature Festival of people each year. How fortunate we are at Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary, where almost Sunday, June 5 2,000 acres were purchased from the Proctor

10:00 am-4:00 pm Estate in 1951 with monies from the reinvestment Rain or shine R E V I R of an original bequest from Annie Brown. Look for a plaque in her honor by the wisteria arbor on the trail to the canoe landing. Likewise, due Featuring to farsighted individuals, humans and wildlife benefit from lands preserved from development EYES ON OWLS at our Cedar Pond, Marblehead Neck, Nahant An unforgettable natural history Thicket, Endicott, and Eastern Point wildlife experience for the whole family! sanctuaries on the North Shore.

Mass Audubon recently introduced a Community • Live owl presentations throughout the day Partners Program that presents local businesses and nonprofits with an opportunity to offer great • Butterfly plant sale benefits to their employees, while supporting • Insect zoo Mass Audubon’s efforts to protect wildlife and wildlands in the local community and across • Native reptiles & amphibians exhibit Massachusetts. It’s a wonderful program for • Children’s games & activities the sanctuary since it allows for businesses to provide their employees with Mass Audubon • Fabulous raffle memberships. This means free admission to all of • Henna & face painting our beautiful wildlife sanctuaries, special savings on programs such as summer day camp, and • Craft demonstrations & sales discounts on gift shop purchases. There are four • Food! Bake sale! Captain Dusty’s ice cream! levels of the program, with a range of benefits to fit any local business or nonprofit’s size and • Naturalist-guided walks & pond explorations needs. We all know that being active and getting • Guided tours of our butterfly & bird habitat gardens outdoors is beneficial for body, soul, and mind, so please pass the word along to any company or • Exhibits & activities on solar power, sustainability, nonprofit that you think would like to offer this & being green! wellness benefit to their employees. Please email • Music all day long [email protected] for more information. A complete schedule of activities will be posted We have lots of great programs to get you and on our website a few weeks prior to the event: your family outdoors this spring and summer. www.massaudubon.org/ipswichriver We hope to see you at the sanctuary. Admission is $15 per car Carol Decker, Sanctuary Director (members and nonmembers)

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Spring Birds ADULT of Dodge Reservation NEW! Saturday, April 30 / 7:00-10:00 am Rain date: Sunday, May 1 Leader: Jim Berry, Breeding Bird Atlas II Coordinator for Free Bird Walks Essex County in Essex County $15 member, $18 nonmember May 5, 7, 12, 19, & 26 / 9:00-11:00 am Join Jim Berry for an early-morning walk to look and listen for Leaders: Carol Decker, Sanctuary Director, or spring migrants and returning breeding birds at a new open Scott Santino, Teacher-Naturalist space area in Rowley, the Dodge Reservation. Discover this beautiful woodland as we look for returning warblers and The Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary is pleased to once other songbirds, barred owls, Cooper’s hawks, woodpeckers, again offer a series of free bird walks in Boxford, and more. Groveland, Marblehead, Wenham, and West Newbury that have been made possible by the Massachusetts Meets at the Dodge Reservation in Rowley. Directions will

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Cultural Council and the Local Cultural Councils of the participating towns, as noted below. Participants will learn about bird migration, breeding behavior, and Spring Birds of the basic identification skills. The walks are free, but please Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary register and get site directions by calling the sanctuary at 978-887-9264. Bring binoculars if you have them Sunday, May 1 / 7:30-10:30 am (we’ll also bring extra pairs) and dress for the weather. Leader: Mike Baird, Birder-Naturalist Good footwear is advised. $12 member, $14 nonmember IPSWICH Boxford State Forest, Boxford The sanctuary’s freshwater marshes, ponds, river edges, fields, and deciduous and evergreen woods provide food Thursday, May 5 and shelter for a variety of wood-warblers, vireos, and Boxford LCC other songbirds. We’ll observe migrant and breeding birds in their colorful spring plumage on this walk through the sanctuary. Cedar Pond Wildlife Sanctuary, Wenham Meets in front of the Nature Center. Dress for the weather Saturday, May 7 and bring binoculars. Hamilton-Wenham LCC The Ice Age Geologic History NEW! Marblehead Neck Wildlife Sanctuary, of the Sanctuary and Environs Marblehead Sunday, May 1 / 9:30 am-12:30 pm Thursday, May 12 Leader: Fred Surowiec, Sanctuary Field Teacher, Geologist, and Science Teacher Marblehead LCC $16 member, $19 nonmember Crane Pond Wildlife Management Area, Join Fred Surowiec as he explains how the Ice Age shaped Groveland and formed our sanctuary and New England. An indoor presentation will be followed by a hike on the sanctuary. Thursday, May 19 Learn how millennia of glacial advances and retreats created the landforms and topography of the sanctuary and the Groveland LCC surrounding terrain. Then we will walk to key locations on the sanctuary to learn how to identify the various distinctive Mill Pond Recreation Area, West Newbury glacial landforms, their characteristics, how they were formed, and how they continue to influence the living world today. Thursday, May 26 Meets in the Barn. Dress for a hike since we will be out for West Newbury LCC about an hour.

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Spring Migrants at Mount Auburn Warbler Workshop Friday, May 6 / 5:50-11:30 am Sunday, May 8 / 6:00-10:00 am Leaders: Carol Decker, Sanctuary Director, Leaders: Warren Tatro and Chris Sullivan, Birder-Naturalists and Scott Santino, Teacher-Naturalist $15 member, $18 nonmember $26 member, $30 nonmember Bring your mother or favorite aunt, or treat yourself, to Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge is famous for its an early-morning bird walk on the sanctuary to celebrate concentrations of warblers and other migrants. It’s possible Mother’s Day. Learn to identify warblers by sight, sound, to see 16 to 18 species of wood-warblers here in one day. habits, and the habitats they prefer. The sanctuary’s freshwater Join Carol Decker and Scott Santino for a walk through this marshes, ponds, river edges, fields, and deciduous and beautiful and historic cemetery at the peak of spring migration. evergreen woods provide food and shelter for 15 to It’s a great way to see and learn about spring-migrating birds. 20 species of warblers at this time of year. We’ll observe H C I W S P I Meets at the sanctuary for van transportation or, if you migrant and breeding birds in their colorful spring plumage on this walk through the sanctuary. We’ll begin with a short prefer, meet us at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge indoor introduction, and then venture out onto the trails. at 7:00 am. Van seating is limited; please indicate when you register if you wish to reserve a van seat, or if you need Meets in the Nature Center. Dress for the weather and directions to the cemetery. Dress for the weather. Bring bring binoculars (we’ll have some to lend if you need to

binoculars or let us know if you need to borrow a pair. borrow a pair; please let us know when you register).

R E V I R Birding by Ear Basic Drawing Workout NEW! Saturday, May 7 / 9:00-11:00 am Sunday, May 8 / 9:00 am-noon Leader: Scott Santino, Teacher-Naturalist Leader: Doreen Bolnick, Botanical Illustrator and Author $14 member, $16 nonmember $45 member, $54 nonmember Male songbirds sport their brightest plumage and finest song Drawing can be a great way to unwind, to explore the world in the spring. While songbirds may be inconspicuous, quiet, around you in a different way, and to tap into your creative and difficult to see, their characteristic songs often help energies. This class is suitable for anyone, from beginners— you to identify them or at least help pinpoint their location. even those who may only want to draw for their own We’ll begin with a short introduction to songbirds and their pleasure—to intermediates who want to rediscover the joy. vocalizations, listen to some songs we are likely to hear, and Leave your fears at the door and come spend a morning then venture outdoors to “bird” with our ears first, then doing an “art workout.” our eyes. The instructor will lead the class through a set of basic Meets in the Nature Center. Bring binoculars if you have drawing exercises from Kimon Nicolaides’ book, The Natural them (we will also have some loaners on hand). Way to Draw. Included will be contour, gesture, action, and memory drawing, in addition to shading and composition. The instructor will also demonstrate an approach to drawing Rectangular Cherokee-Style wildlife, trees, and simple landscapes. You will be given a set Storage Basket of optional “homework” exercises to help you integrate this activity into your normal routine, for five minutes a day, five Saturday, May 7 / 9:30 am-4:30 pm days a week, as long as you like. Leader: Dianne Stanton, Master Basket Maker Meets in the Barn. Bring a sketchbook (minimum size $55 member, $65 nonmember 8.5" x 11") and 2B pencils. Materials fee: $45 Using traditional Cherokee designs for inspiration, students will create different patterns on the sides of this deep basket by combining various colors and widths of dyed flat reed. Emphasis will be placed on hand-shaping the basket as you Natural History Tours weave. This useful basket has dyed and natural spokes and with Ipswich River Staff a filled base. Your basket is completed with sturdy rims and double lashing. The finished basket measures 12 inches Puffins and Peatlands: July 7-10 by 7 inches by 13 inches high. This class is suitable for all Monhegan Island Weekend: weaving levels. September 16-18 Meets in the Barn. A list of equipment to bring will be Block Island Birding Weekend: sent. Please pay the class fee to the Ipswich River Wildlife September 23-25 Sanctuary. Make out a separate check for $45 to cover the Trinidad Birding: March 25-April 1, 2017 cost of materials, payable to Dianne Stanton, and bring it with you to the class. Birding Northern California: May 3-10, 2017 For program details, please see pages 31-33.

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Spring Migrants at Lowell Cemetery NEW! Friday, May 13 / 6:30-11:30 am Leaders: Scott Santino, Teacher-Naturalist, and Mike Baird, Birder-Naturalist $24 member, $28 nonmember Evening Paddle for Rails Lowell Cemetery is a beautiful garden cemetery that was modeled after Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge. The Wednesday, May 18 / 6:00-8:00 pm physical beauty of garden cemeteries isn’t only appealing to Leaders: Scott Santino, Teacher-Naturalist, people; it also attracts spring migrants. Join us for a walk and Cheri Corrado, Sanctuary Nature Guide through this historic location to look and listen for warblers, $16 member, $19 nonmember vireos, flycatchers, and more. The stunning colors and distinctive songs of these birds will make for a fun morning outing. The freshwater marsh known as Bunker Meadows can be a magical place for viewing and listening to breeding wetland Meets at Ipswich River for van transportation or, if you birds. Usually, the only opportunity visitors have to observe

prefer, meet us at Lowell Cemetery at 7:15 am. Van seating Virginia rails, sora rails, or pied-billed grebes is from a distant RIVER is limited; please indicate when you register if you wish to observation tower or boardwalk. Tonight, we’ll venture into reserve a van seat, or if you need directions to the cemetery. the marsh by canoe for close-up views of these amazing birds. Dress for the weather. Bring binoculars, or let us know Other birds we are likely to encounter include the marsh beforehand if you need to borrow a pair. wren, swamp sparrow, wood duck, and many more. Meets in front of the Visitor Center. Basic canoeing instruction The Unfathomable Wild: Reflections will be provided, along with all equipment. A confirmation on “Spring” in Thoreau’s Walden with a list of what to bring will be sent. IPSWICH Saturday, May 14 / 9:00 am-noon Flower Moon Paddle Leader: Nancy Haverington, Emerson Scholar on the Ipswich River $20 member, $24 nonmember Thursday, May 19 / 6:00-9:30 pm In previous workshops we have walked in nature to sharpen our senses and raise our awareness of what we see, hear, Leaders: Carol Decker, Sanctuary Director, smell, taste, and feel. In this workshop, we will read from and Scott Santino, Teacher-Naturalist Thoreau’s chapter “Spring” and reflect on the mysteries $30 member, $36 nonmember of nature to cultivate an appreciation for the wild. We will Join us for a truly magical evening as we canoe the Ipswich walk in the woods and contemplate the unfathomable wild. River under the full moon light of the Flower Moon. We’ll When we return to the Barn, we will ask, What is the value watch for ducks, herons, and other birds flying by, and of the wild? bats flitting above the water catching insects. We’ll keep a Meets in the Barn. Please bring a notebook and pen, and lookout for river mammals such as muskrats and beavers, a copy of Walden if you can. Half of this workshop will be swimming or feeding at the river’s edge. As the light dims, held in the Barn and half in the woods. Please dress so that we will listen and call for owls and experience the sounds of you are comfortable indoors and out. the nocturnal river habitat. We will stop on one of the river’s islands to enjoy a campfire and snacks. Spring Birding on Plum Island Meets in front of the Visitor Center. Basic canoeing instruction will be provided, along with all equipment. A confirmation Sunday, May 15 / 6:30-10:30 am with a list of what to bring will be sent. Leaders: Warren Tatro and Chris Sullivan, Birder-Naturalists $17 member, $20 nonmember Birds in Watercolor The Parker River National Wildlife Refuge in May is a magnet Saturday, May 21 / 9:00 am-noon for migrating warblers, shorebirds, songbirds, and raptors on their flights north. Learn how to identify migrant and resident Leader: Brenda Sloane, Watercolor Artist birds in their colorful breeding plumages. The walk is appropriate $30 member, $36 nonmember for all birding levels but is especially geared to beginning birders, Come learn how to paint birds with an experienced watercolor so much emphasis will be placed on how to use field marks, artist. We will take a short walk to observe the resident birds habitat, and behavior to identify birds. of the sanctuary, and then return to the Barn where we will Meets in the parking lot of the Parker River National Wildlife use watercolors to paint images of birds in their natural habitats. Refuge headquarters in Newburyport. Directions will be sent. Learn techniques such as wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, salt, wax, Bring binoculars and a field guide to birds, and dress for and how to use plastic wrap to achieve special effects. the weather. Meets in the Barn. All materials will be provided.

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aspects as well as details their of life histories. Join naturalist Chris Leahy for a morning learning of about these fascinating beautifuland aerial insects differentseeking and many outthe species that live at the sanctuary. Meets in the Barn. Bring close-focusing or other binoculars if you have them. Join foraging expert Russ Cohen to learn to identify coastal wild edibles. We’ll hike over a sand spit to Crowninshield Island—aproperty Reservations of Trustees The(TTOR) of in Marblehead—to hunt for maritime edibles, then hustleback to the mainland before the tide comes in to explore a conservation area for woodland and wetland species. In additionfinding to sylvan species like Juneberry and sassafras, we will encounter Irish moss, used to thicken desserts; dulse, tastya and healthful substitute for chewing tobacco; and laver (or nori), the seaweed used for sushi rolls. Identification tips will be provided along with information on edible portion(s), season(s) availability, of and preparation methods, along with guidelines for safe and environmentally responsible foraging. Meets in Marblehead. Directions will be sent. Members of either Mass Audubon or TTOR pay the member fee. Butterflies and Dragonflies: What’s the Difference? Saturday, June 25 / 9:00 am-noon Leader: Christopher Gerard Leahy, A. Bertrand Chair of Natural History and Field Ornithology at Mass Audubon $20 member, nonmember$17 Butterfliesboth common. in They much dragonflies have and forms, sizes, variety of wide a in wings;come of pairs two have and colors; occur in many different habitatsspring from to late fall; early and are important players within complex ecosystems. they are Yet also very different in many physical Breeding BirdsIpswich of River Wildlife Sanctuary / 7:30-10:30Sunday, June 12 am Leader: MikeBaird, Birder-Naturalist nonmember $14 member, $12 Breeding birds afford an opportunity to observe courtship and territorial behavior that is not often evident in migrant birds. look We’ll for nesting birds, including rose-breasted grosbeaks,scarlet tanagers, swallows, warblers, bluebirds, and more. Meets in front of the Nature Center. Dress for the weather and bring binoculars. Edible Plants the of Seashore / 9:00Sunday, June 12 am-noon Leader:Cohen, Russ Author of and Eaten Cosponsor $20 $24 member, nonmember

www.massaudubon.org/ipswichriver adult the lives our of local bees and wasps. Meets in the Barn. Dress for the weather since we will be going outside for a portion of the class. of course, what just stung me! After a briefpresentation, PowerPoint we will hike out to explore the fields and forest to track down these wonderful creatures. So put your fears aside and join as we venture out to discover predators, and parasites of their mysteriousinsectsthesethat valueecosystems the our bring to discover world and learndifferences simple the between lives.We’ll our as well as a bee and a wasp, whether they are social or solitary, and, Come explore the fascinating and intriguing lives of the beesthe exploreCome fascinatingintriguingof the and lives lawns, gardens, our in encounter commonly we that wasps and homes, and landscapes. We will explore the pollinators, Leader: Richard Wolniewicz, Property Manager, Author, and Naturalist nonmember $16 member, $14 What Just Stung Me? / 10:00Saturday, June 11 am-noon Meets in front of the Visitor Center. Basic canoeing instruction canoeing Basic Center. Visitor the of front in Meets will be provided, along with all equipment. A confirmation with a list of what tobring will be sent. great-crestedflycatchers, willow and Baltimore orioles,yellow warblers, and many more. We’ll make our way upstream to Perkins Island and enjoy a yummy quiche and biscuit brunch with coffee and juice. Join us for a morning canoe trip along the Ipswich River to look and listen for wetland breeding birds. There areso many wonderful birds singing at this timewarblingandyellow-throated encounter vireos, to likely ofwe’re year, and Leaders: Scott Santino, Teacher-Naturalist, and AngelaWalsh, Sanctuary Field Teacher $25 $30 member, nonmember Birds and Brunch Along the Ipswich River Saturday, June 4 / 10:00 am-1:00 pm weather and bring a lunch, water, binoculars, a spotting scope if you have one, and a field guide. sparrows, and more. It’s likely we’ll encounter more than75 species birds of today! the for transportation.Dress van for sanctuary the Meetsat in Newburyport, and Martin Burns Wildlife ManagementhabitatuniqueNewbury.Area location providesa Each in for a great diversity species. of In addition to field identification, we’ll also focus on the diverse songs of wood-warblers, Essex County has a good number of lesser known birding locations, and these “gems” will be our focus today. We’ll visit Crane Pond Wildlife Management Area in Groveland,Mill Pond Reservation in West Newbury, Oak Hill Cemetery Friday, May 27 / 7:00 May / Friday, 27 am-3:00 pm Leader: Scott Santino, Teacher-Naturalist $36 $43 member, nonmember Gems Essex of County 8

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Kettle Island Heron Paddle Warm-Water Seabirds Thursday, July 7 / 6:00-9:45 pm of Stellwagen Bank Leaders: Carol Decker, Sanctuary Director, and Kayaking Friday, August 5 / 8:00 am-1:30 pm Guides from Essex River Basin Adventures Leaders: Scott Santino, Teacher-Naturalist, $78 member, $94 nonmember and Jay Frontierro, Captain-Naturalist, 7 Seas Whale Watch Join us for a unique kayaking adventure to witness the return $40 member, $48 nonmember of inland feeding herons, egrets, and ibises as they fly back at Enjoy a summer morning looking for seabirds and marine sunset to their coastal nesting rookery. Located off the coast mammals aboard the 7 Seas Whale Watch vessel, the of Magnolia, Kettle Island supports nearly 400 pairs of wading Privateer IV. The seasonally warm waters of Stellwagen Bank birds and is the largest and most important heron colony in attract large numbers of bird species including shearwaters, the state. We will paddle around the island and then stop in storm-petrels, gannets, gulls, terns, and jaegers. Marine the cove to gain the best views of the various bird flights as mammals we’re likely to see include the endangered humpback they return to their nests. and finback whales. While aboard, Scott Santino will join Meets in Essex. Participants should have some kayaking participants on deck to point out interesting bird sightings, experience. All equipment, plus transportation to the put-in and Jay Frontierro will narrate the marine wildlife we see. RIVER site, will be provided. Double kayaks are available for those Meets in Gloucester. Directions and information on what to with limited kayaking experience. A confirmation with directions bring will be sent. and information on what to bring will be sent. Limited to 12. Paddle to Thacher and Milk Islands Introduction to Shorebirds Saturday, August 6 / 10:00 am-3:30 pm Saturday, July 16 / 7:30 am-noon

Leaders: Carol Decker, Sanctuary Director, and Kayaking IPSWICH Rain date: Sunday, July 17 Guides from Essex River Basin Adventures Leader: Paul Roberts, President of the NorthEast Hawk Watch $87 member, $103 nonmember $25 member, $30 nonmember Join us for a kayaking adventure to historic Thacher Island, off The “fall” shorebird migration is well underway. Join Paul the coast of Rockport. We plan to kayak around a low-lying Roberts for a special morning at the Parker River National rocky outcropping known as Milk Island to view the large Wildlife Refuge on Plum Island, where our focus will be on what number of double-crested cormorants that nest there as makes shorebirds so special and how to identify them. This is a well as look for black-crowned night-herons. We’ll paddle great trip for beginners, as well as more experienced birders. off Rockport’s rockbound shore to Thacher, where 22 acres We’ll look for the some of the most beautiful shorebirds in are maintained as a national wildlife refuge. We will visit an the world, including the threatened piping plover, the world’s active nesting colony of herring and great-black backed gulls, smallest sandpiper (the least), high-arctic sanderlings in their and observe the behavior of young birds, from nestlings to spectacular breeding plumage, and much more. fledglings. Then we’ll walk the mowed paths of the island to Meets in the parking lot of the Parker River National Wildlife the North Tower lighthouse and climb the stairs to the top. Refuge Headquarters on Plum Island Turnpike. We will carpool The views from the tower’s catwalk are stunning! into the refuge from there. Directions and a list of items to Meets in Essex. All equipment, plus transportation from bring will be sent. Essex to the put-in site, will be provided. Participants should have some previous ocean kayaking experience. Essex River Wildlife Adventure by Kayak Double kayaks are available for those with limited kayaking experience. A confirmation with directions and information Saturday, July 16 / 10:00 am-3:00 pm on what to bring will be sent. Limited to 12. Leaders: Carol Decker, Sanctuary Director, and Kayaking Guides from Essex River Basin Adventures $76 member, $91 nonmember Enjoy a paddle through the beautiful creeks and inlets of the Essex River basin, where mudflats provide feeding areas for returning shorebirds and snowy and great egrets, while common terns feed in the shallower waters. We’ll paddle around Choate Island searching for nesting ospreys, explore the marshes for black-bellied plovers and sandpipers, and possibly even find a northern harrier. We’ll stop and look at some of the unique plants of the salt marsh and enjoy our lunch beneath the dunes. Meets in Essex. Participants should have some previous ocean kayaking experience. All equipment, plus transportation from Essex to the put-in site, will be provided. Double kayaks are available for those with limited kayaking experience. A confirmation with directions and information on what to bring will be sent. Limited to 12.

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May Day Basket NEW! Open to families Spring Terrific Toddlers with children 4 years and older Open to families with children ages 2 and 3 Sunday, May 1 / 1:30-3:00 pm Tuesdays: May 3, 10, 17, 24, & 31 / 9:30-11:00 am Leader: Rebecca Spencer, Sanctuary Field Teacher $8 member, $10 nonmember Wednesdays: May 4, 11, 18, 25, & June 1

H C I W S P I children $7 member, $8 nonmember 9:30-11:00 am Thursdays: May 5, 12, 19, 26, & June 2 Come join us and continue the tradition of May baskets. The tradition is to make an individual basket with flowers and hang 9:30-11:00 am them on your family’s and neighbors’ doors without being 5 sessions per class; choose Tuesdays, Wednesdays, seen. We will create baskets, learn about the history of May or Thursdays Day, and take a walk on the sanctuary to look for signs of Leaders: Rita Gallant, Lead Field Teacher (Tuesdays);

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R E V I R Annette Swain, Sanctuary Field Teacher (Wednesdays Meets in the Barn. Please come dressed to go for a & Thursdays) short walk. $75 member, $90 nonmember per adult/child pair This five-session series introduces toddlers to the delights of nature at a hands-on level in an unhurried atmosphere. Each session includes an introduction indoors, and then we will go outside for a hike, stopping to discover nature’s Now Enrolling for 2016-2017 treasures along the way. Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary Fabulous Frogs: May 3, 4, & 5 Discover some of the fabulous frogs that are found in Nature Preschool Massachusetts. Join us as we explore a vernal pool for signs located at Endicott Wildlife Sanctuary in Wenham of frogs, eggs, and tadpoles. We will learn the magical way that a tadpole transforms into a frog. Get ready to participate in some fun froggy activities and games!

Cool Colors: May 10, 11, & 12 Discover how plants and animals use colors in special ways. We will go for a walk to observe the gradual emergence of color that is all around us and play a color-matching game.

Spring Birds: May 17, 18, & 19 Come see what birds are returning after spending the • Highly qualified teachers with backgrounds in early winter months in the warm south. Join us as we look for childhood and nature education birds, observe nests, and make bird feeders to take home. • Nature-based, emergent curriculum that promotes language, math, and social development Butterflies: May 24, 25, & 26 • We offer two-, three-, and five-day enrollment Using nets, we’ll explore the fields and gardens of the sanctuary options for 3-5 year olds from 9:00 am-noon in search of these winged marvels. We will learn about their life cycle and body parts, and we’ll transform ourselves into • Early-morning drop-off at 8:00 am and lunch bunch until 1:00 pm are available options little butterflies. • Beautiful classrooms, outdoor play areas, and gardens Wetland Wonders: May 31, June 1 & 2 For more information or to arrange a tour, contact: Come explore the wonders of a wetland. With buckets and Preschool Director Karen First, [email protected], strainers in hand, we will hike to the pond to observe and or call 978-237-0108. Please visit our website for details: examine the critters that live below the surface of the water. massaudubon.org/ipswichriver We will look and listen for frogs, turtles, and other wildlife. Meets in the Nature Center. Limited to 9 adult/child pairs. Please dress for the weather since we will be outside most of the time.

10 www.massaudubon.org/ipswichriver time outdoors. time our of most spend will we since weather the for dress Please pairs. 8adult/child to Limited Center. Nature the in Meets close. up insects observing boxes, and nets with fields the explore and antennae own our make Wewill nature. in importance and adaptations, parts, body insects—their about learn Come thingsalivethatare with go “buzz.” andfields Summer forests 10 June Buzz: that Summer...Things Welcome to world. our in of trees importance the about learn and senses, our using trees examine of atree, parts the observe We will sanctuary. of the of trees types different many the explore we as us Join 3 Tree?June that Naturalists—See Budding trails. the along hike we as discover can we what see to logs and rocks under look and litter leaf over We’ll turn lenses. hand and boxes bug using forest the of surface the under treasures hidden the Explore Asalamander? acentipede? it Is sanctuary? of the logs and rocks the under hiding that What’s 27 May Logs: and Rocks Under Life home. take to seeds plant and season, of the signs the smell and listen, look, will we senses, of our all Using of spring. colors and signs the discover to walk a on us Join us. around all blossoming are flowers bright and open bursting are Buds sprung! has Spring 20 May Power: Flower wildlife. other and beavers, turtles, for listen and look We water. will the below live that critters the examine and observe to apond to hike will we hand, in strainers and buckets With wetland. a of wonders the explore Come 13 May Wonders: Wetland sanctuary. the of fields and pools, vernal wetlands, the explore we as discoveries hands-on and games through toads and of frogs characteristics and cycles life the about learn We will atoad? from afrog tell you do How 6 May Toads: and Frogs will receive a journal. Each participant nature. about learning of and plenty a time a spent outdoors activity, story, themed Each session includes as the it unfoldssanctuary. throughout the toof explore fieldspring wonders teachers Join sanctuary pair adult/child per member, nonmember $108 $90 and Edie Ventimiglia, Field Sanctuary Teacher (afternoons) (mornings); Teacher Field Lead Gallant, Rita Leaders: afternoons or mornings choose please class; per sessions 6 pm 1:00-2:30 or am 9:30-11:00 10 & 3 27, June 20, 13, 6, May Fridays: 5 4and ages children with adults to Open Fives and Spring Fours in preregistration required for all progra ms 978-887-9264 Ipswich River 11 River Ipswich 978-887-9264 ms progra all for required preregistration

Open to families with children 5 years and older and 5years children with families to Open Evening Family Hike of Spring Sounds Peep: and Splash, Hoot, pairs. 9adult/child to Limited Barn. the in Meets trails. the along hike we as discover will we that wonders of nature’s some are sanctuary the inhabit that mammals and plants, spiders, the topic ofinsects, birds, the day. turtles, Frogs, about games and songs, rhymes, lap afew and book a nature baby in thisyour three-sessionwith series. Eachsanctuary the class of willwetlands beginand indoorsthe with forests, explore meadows, and stroller jogging or backpack your Bring pair adult/child per nonmember member, $60 $48 Books and Babies of Founder Grimes, Sharon Leader: am 9:30-10:45 27/ & 13, 20, 6, May Fridays: months 23 to 1month ages children with adults to Open Babies Backpack Meets in the Nature Center. Please dress for the weather. the for dress Please Center. Nature the in Meets long. night all songs their singing and awake are creatures what explore to out go and sounds, animal nighttime some learn senses, our sharpen will we dusk at hike family this On forests. dark and peent twirl timberdoodles water, the from chorus in sing full are nights ofSpring life and full of Frogs and toadssounds. children nonmember member, $9 $7 Coordinator Brauer, Education Cori Leader: pm 7/7:00-8:30 May Saturday, in the fields, and countless other animals rustle in the the in rustle animals other countless and fields, the in $6 member, $7 nonmember member, $7 $6

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t e e n s Saturday, May 28 / 1:30-3:30 pm Leaders: Cori Education Brauer, Coordinator, and Stephanie Majeau, Assistant Education Coordinator nonmember $12 member, $10 Think you have the skills to survive in the wild? Comelearn about finding food, and shelter water, in the forests and wetlands of the sanctuary and then put your new knowledge to the test. We will split into two teams and compete to identify and locate resources, build and test shelters, and sneak up on one another in a tag-style game that takes place over a large part of the sanctuary.outdoorthe of all complete team your and Canyou skill challenges before it’s too late? No previous experience is necessary, just teamwork and a strong survival instinct! Meets in the Barn. Please dress for the weather and bring a water bottle. Teen Bird-a-thon Team Bird-a-thon Teen Friday, May 13, & Saturday, May 14 Calling All Teen Birders! Whether you are a seasonedbeginnerwantslearnwho a to birder or yourneed more, we help! Bird-a-thon is a unique fundraiser during which you will find sponsors, spend time with other nature-loving teens, learn from Mass Audubon birders, the find to compete mostMassbirds, help prizes, win also and Audubon conserve the sanctuary you love. Interested? Email [email protected] for more details and to sign up. Wilderness Survival Challenge Open to youths to 16 ages 12 TEEN PROGRAMS

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$6 $7 member, nonmember per walk much do these animals depend on their families Meets in the Nature Center. Please dress for the will outdoorsweather we be thetime.since of most tools to make your yard more inviting to beneficialspecies. Finally, we’ll show you how to share your family’s discoveries once you return home. many the of animals you see on a visit to the sanctuary trailsthe hike backyard, your in We’ll living too. be might to learn how to identify the signs animals of that might backyard your thein habitatliving you be thengive and Backyard Wilderness Watch: May 21 Do you know all the animals that you share your surprised be learn may to neighborhoodthat with? You some the of super-organisms that live on oursuper-powered sanctuary, own your create and abilities, own your test super-critter. like flight, super-hearing, super-vision, super-strength.and super-speed,animals many knowthat Butyou did possess these amazing abilities and some animals even inspired our favorite superheroes? Come investigate Stupendous Creature Superpowers: May 14 Comic books and movies are filled with characterswith superpowers that humans would love to have investigatewhich younganimals stay with their families and which go it alone. How for survival? Come learn how some mammal,amphibian, bird, and insect families will spend their Mother’s Day. We will walk through different habitats and and discover the amazing animal life the of sanctuary. Amazing Animal Families: May 7 Spring is a time when many baby animals are born. $7 $9 member, nonmember per walk children Join us for one or more of these spring explorations Saturdays: / 1:30-3:00 & 21 14, May 7, pm Leader: Stephanie Majeau, Assistant Education Coordinator Spring Wildlife Safaris Open to families with children 4 years and older www.massaudubon.org/ipswichriver children & families 12

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Sense of Wonder Walks Open to families with children 3 years and older Sundays: May 15 & June 12 / 1:30-3:00 pm Leader: Rita Gallant, Lead Field Teacher $7 member, $9 nonmember per walk children $6 member, $7 nonmember per walk Pond Skimming and Muck Raking: May 15 Family Dusk Paddles Beneath the quiet surface of a pond, there exists rich and Open to families with children 6 years and older varied animal and plant life. Using nets and other collecting Fridays: June 17, July 15, August 5 & 19 equipment, we’ll dip into the water, sweep through the 6:00-8:00 pm weeds, and scoop up some mud to discover the creatures Leaders: Angela Walsh, Sanctuary Field Teacher, that live there. and Cheri Corrado, Sanctuary Nature Guide Friends of the Fields: June 12 $16 member, $18 nonmember per trip children $14 member, $16 nonmember per trip RIVER Fields are homes and resting places for many insects, birds, and animals in the summer. We’ll explore the sanctuary fields Bring your family and join us for an evening paddle in a with sweep nets, look at insects up close, and watch for signs canoe as we learn more about the Ipswich River and of other animals making use of our fields. some of its inhabitants. Sign up for one or more of these great paddles. Meets in the Nature Center. Please dress for the weather since we will be outdoors most of the time. Summer Solstice Paddle: June 17 Special time / 6:00-8:30 pm IPSWICH Ecosystem Fun The longest day of the year is almost upon us, and what a fun way to start the summer! Join us for a paddle to observe Open to families with children 6 years and older nature from the river as we look for plants and animals Sunday, May 22 / 1:30-3:00 pm that are equally excited for summer. This special paddle Leader: Carol Maynard, Sanctuary Field Teacher ends with s’mores around the fire and a solstice tale. $7 member, $9 nonmember River Mammals: July 15 children $6 member, $7 nonmember Have you ever seen a muskrat swimming or a beaver Become a field scientist and explore the ecosystems of the slapping its tail in alarm? Join us as we look for these sanctuary. A science inquiry approach will be used to explore elusive mammals and discover some of the clues a woodland, a wetland, and a field. Participants will become they leave behind as we make our way along the familiar with the common plants and animals in these Ipswich River. natural neighborhoods. Meets in the Nature Center. Please dress for the weather Owls on the Ipswich River: August 5 since we will be outside most of the time. Many kinds of owls call in the night with their hoots and screams as the sun fades and dusk descends. We’ll look Popsicles on Perkins Island and listen for owls as we paddle along. We’ll talk about Open to families with children 5 years and older the types of owls we’re likely to find at this time of year and do some hooting ourselves. Saturday, June 11 / 1:00-3:30 pm Leader: Cori Brauer, Education Coordinator Discovering Wetlands: August 19 $16 member, $18 nonmember Being on the water is one of the best ways to explore children $14 member, $16 nonmember and discover the wonders of wetlands. We will paddle As the summer starts to heat up, cool down with us on through the winding backwaters lined with cattails a leisurely canoe paddle to Perkins Island. We’ll look for and other marsh plants, looking for hidden wildlife. sunbathing turtles and other river creatures on the banks and Using buckets and strainers, we’ll stop and sample the in the backwaters of the beautiful Ipswich River. Once we get rich aquatic life to learn more about what lives under to the island, we’ll stretch our legs and enjoy some popsicles. the water. Meets at the canoe kiosk in front of the Visitor Center. No Meets in front of the Visitor Center. Basic canoeing canoeing experience is necessary. All instruction, equipment, instruction will be provided, along with all equipment. and popsicles will be provided. Please arrive promptly so we A confirmation with information on what to bring will can spend the most time out on the river. be sent.

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Summer Solstice Fairy Gardens NEW! Open to families with children 4 years and older Saturday, June 18 / 1:30-3:00 pm Leader: Rebecca Spencer, Sanctuary Field Teacher $8 member, $10 nonmember children $7 member, 8 nonmember Midsummer’s Eve is the longest day of the year. The perfect day to create a fairy garden for your fairies! Join us to make individual fairy gardens for each family. We will provide the container, rocks, and native plants to make a garden bowl

H C I W S P I any fairy would be happy with. Please bring your imagination and love for fairies. We will celebrate the completion of our bowls with a solstice story and a short walk. Meets in the Barn. Please come dressed to go for a short walk.

R E V I R Family cTracks a and m Scat p i n g Open to families with children 4 years and older Campouts Saturday, July 16 / 6:00 pm to Information for all Campouts Sunday, July 17 / 9:00 am Rain date: Saturday, July 23, to Sunday, July 24 Explore the Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary after hours and join us for a night of camping under Leaders: Angela Walsh, Sanctuary Field Teacher, the stars. Have an early dinner at home, and then come and Cheri Corrado, Sanctuary Nature Guide with your family and your tent. We will explore nature $25 member, $30 nonmember through games and hands-on activities, set up our tents children $22 member, $26 nonmember near the Barn before sundown, and tell stories after the Many cultures and people from the past depended on sun sets. All campouts include an evening and a morning reading the forests for their survival. Join us on this fun activity or hike and a light breakfast. A confirmation overnight and learn some new skills. On our evening with a list of equipment to bring will be sent. The hike, we will identify animal tracks, scat, and signs found campouts will be rescheduled only in the event of on our trails and woodland roads. In the morning, we will extreme weather. Please review our rain policy on the get up early and continue to track. Perhaps we will find registration information page at the end of this catalog. clues to where an animal bedded down for the night or Discovering the Sanctuary what it ate. Then it’s back to camp for breakfast! Open to families with children 4 years and older Summer Owl Prowl Saturday, June 25 / 6:00 pm Open to families with children 4 years and older to Sunday, June 26 / 9:00 am Rain date: Saturday, July 9, to Sunday, July 10 Saturday, August 6 / 6:00 pm to Sunday, August 7 / 9:00 am Leaders: Angela Walsh, Sanctuary Field Teacher, and Cheri Corrado, Sanctuary Nature Guide Rain date: Saturday, August 13, to Sunday, August 14 $25 member, $30 nonmember Leaders: Angela Walsh, Sanctuary Field Teacher, children $22 member, $26 nonmember and Cheri Corrado, Sanctuary Nature Guide $25 member, $30 nonmember Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary protects many children $22 member, $26 nonmember different habitats, and we will explore all of them this weekend. During our evening hike, we will explore Join us as we explore the habitats of these elusive birds. under rocks and logs looking for salamanders, sow We’ll learn all about their adaptations, get a close-up bugs, and the many creatures that call this habitat view of owl mounts, and call for them on our nighttime home. Using nets and bug boxes, we will discover the walk. When we return, we will roast marshmallows on insects that inhabit the fields and forests. With buckets the campfire and listen to the story Owl Moon. In the and strainers in hand, our morning hike will lead us morning, we will hunt for owl pellets in the forest and to a pond where we will observe and examine the learn what owls eat by dissecting one of the pellets critters that live below the surface of the water. that we find.

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hopping frogs to zipping water striders. water zipping from to frogs crawl, hopping and soar, swim, that critters for search and apond explore strainers, and buckets Using George. Barrett read We will 12 July Ponds: programs. adventurous these of more or one for up Sign stories. the by inspired activities nature-related hands-on in Participate of nature. wonders the and books of joy the experience and summer this sanctuary the to naturalist young your Bring children class per nonmember member, $9 $7 Teacher Field Lead Gallant, Rita Leader: am 9:30-11:00 12, 19, 2 July &August Tuesdays: 26, 6 3to ages children with families to Open Books Picture with Adventures Nature Meets in front of the Visitor Center. Visitor the of front in Meets marvels. fluttering of these cycles life the about learn we as butterfly a Become sanctuary. the of fields and gardens the in butterflies observe we’ll lenses, hand and nets sweep Using area. our in live butterflies what out find read We will 2 August Butterflies: hand. in binoculars with trails the hike we as birds sanctuary of the some Meet jobs. different do to beaks using skills our eggs. test even We will and nests, feathers, bones, bird real examine then read We will 26 July Birds: are. similarities their what and eat, they how jump, and sing grasshoppers and crickets why learn and field a examine we as us with explore come lenses, hand and nets Using We will read 19 July Grasshoppers: and Crickets $6 member, $7 nonmember per class per nonmember member, $7 $6 Crickets and Grasshoppers Around the Around Where Butterflies Grow Butterflies Where Your in Backyard Birds

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Eco-Art Scout Programs Open to families with children 4 years and older We invite syou to join c our oqualified ustaff as they t lead s Thursdays: July 14, 21, 28, & August 4 scout groups through the diverse habitats of the 9:00-11:00 am Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary. We specialize in Leaders: Meg and Victor Atkins, Sanctuary Field Teachers providing outdoor and environmental programs for scouts. Our programs are designed to cover badge $8 member, $10 nonmember per class requirements for the Girl Scouts of the USA and children $7 member, $8 nonmember per class Boy Scouts of America—including the new 2015 Join us for one or more of these programs that combine Cub Scout badges. Call us for a free brochure: nature exploration and a craft project. 978-887-9264, or download a copy from our website: www.massaudubon.org/ipswichriver

H C I W S P I Bird Nests: July 14 After-School Scout Programs Come learn how different birds build their nests and what Tuesday through Friday natural materials they use. We will take a hike to look for nests September through June / 3:30-5:00 pm and collect materials to make our own bird nests. (also early-release days) $95 per troop (up to 10 scouts) Flower Power: July 21 $9 each additional scout

R E V I R Create a decoupage flower container for your summertime arrangements and then explore the sanctuary to look for Weekend Scout Programs wildflowers and learn the important role that butterflies and Saturdays & Sundays / September through June bees play in producing new flowers. We will use hand lenses and nets to observe them and share a butterfly story in the 1.5-hour program: meadow. $95 per troop (up to 10 scouts) $9 each additional scout Salamanders: July 28 2-hour program: $110 per troop (up to 10 scouts) Salamanders are often found in dark, damp places such as under a rock or log in the soil, while their eggs can be found $10 each additional scout in vernal pools. We will go for a walk, looking under rocks and Programs limited to 15 scouts. logs for salamanders, and visit a vernal pool to discover where Siblings must be 5 years or older to attend. they lay their eggs each spring. Each participant will create a clay salamander to take home. For more information or to book a scout program, call Angela Walsh at 978-887-9264, ext. 7703. Marvelous Mammals: August 4 Where might deer and foxes, squirrels and chipmunks, rabbits and mice, and other mammals live at the sanctuary? We will take a hike to visit some of the places where we might find signs of them. On our return, we will create mammal masks Birthday from natural objects to take home. Parties Meets in front of the Visitor Center. at Ipswich River! For ages 4 to 12 Choose a theme: Owls / Beavers/ Habitat Hike Pond Dipping / Nature & Art / Backyard Birds Animal Tracking / Insects & Spiders Life Under Rocks & Logs $175 for a 2-hour party, which includes a naturalist-led program and party time Canoeing Birthday Parties (Spring and Fall) For ages 10 and up Two-hour programs; limit: 18 people $13 per person (minimum 8 participants) To book your party, call Angela Walsh 978-887-9264, ext. 7703. Parties can be booked September through June.

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Puffins and Peatlands Monhegan Island Weekend Thursday, July 7-Sunday, July 10 / 4 days Friday, September 16-Sunday, September 18 Leaders: Scott Santino, Ipswich River Teacher-Naturalist, 3 days and Susan MacCallum, South Shore Sanctuaries Director Leaders: Carol Decker, Ipswich River Sanctuary Director, Cosponsor: South Shore Sanctuaries and Scott Santino, Ipswich River Teacher-Naturalist $680 member, $740 nonmember Contact: Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary 978-887-9264 Nonrefundable deposit: $125 $515 member, $585 nonmember Travel east of Frenchman Bay in Maine, and you will see a change Nonrefundable deposit: $75 in the woodlands and coastline. Spruce, fir, and tamarack Join us for a weekend of birding and naturalizing on this become the dominant species, the ocean shore is rough beautiful rockbound island. Located 10 miles off the coast of and rocky; and extensive mudflats are exposed as a result Maine, Monhegan is not only remote and enchanting, but it of the 15- to 20-foot tides. This is Down East Maine! Join also serves as a trap for migrant songbirds. This is the place us as we explore the unique ecology of Down East Maine, to be for exciting views of the fall migration. Hawks will be including boreal forests, raised bogs, and an offshore seabird on their flight south, and in past years we have had incredible nesting colony. aerial displays from migrating falcons. We will explore a variety We’ll visit Machias Seal Island, 10 miles from the mainland, of habitats including freshwater pond, coniferous forest, and to view Atlantic puffins in their colorful breeding plumage, rocky shoreline. Seals can be seen from the island, and sighting along with razorbills, nesting Arctic terns, and common a whale is always a possibility. We will stay at the Trailing murres. This is the spot to see and photograph Atlantic Yew, a rustic inn situated above Monhegan Harbor. puffins up close and personal. In addition to searching The fee includes round-trip van transportation from the for boreal nesting birds, we will explore Cobscook Bay, sanctuary to Port Clyde, a one-hour ferry trip to and from Campobello Island, and Quoddy Head Light, scanning for the island, lodging (double occupancy), most meals, and seabirds, whales, and dolphins from the cliffs and ledges. field instruction. For an itinerary, call 978-887-9264 or Please Note: This trip is currently filled. Please call our email [email protected]. Please register at office if you would like to be wait-listed in the event of a least six weeks in advance. Cancellations made within cancellation. 30 days of departure cannot be refunded or credited unless we can fill your space.

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Block Island Birding Weekend Texas to New Mexico: Bosque del Friday, September 23-Sunday, September 25 Apache and the Rio Grande Corridor 3 days Tuesday, January 10-Monday, January 16, 2017 Leaders: Carol Decker, Ipswich River Sanctuary Director, 7 days and Susan MacCallum, South Shore Sanctuaries Director Leaders: David Moon, Joppa Flats Sanctuary Director; Cosponsor: South Shore Sanctuaries Bill Gette, former Joppa Flats Sanctuary Director; and $545 member, $615 nonmember Alison O’Hare, BCP Nonrefundable deposit: $75 $1,295 member, $1,395 nonmember A gift from the glaciers, Block Island is located approximately Nonrefundable deposit: $400 12 miles off the Rhode Island coast. Although small, this The Rio Grande Valley in New Mexico is a fabulous destination beautiful island offers a number of different habitats and for viewing birds in the winter. At Bosque del Apache spectacular scenery. In the fall, the island belongs primarily National Wildlife Refuge and other wetlands, we should see to the birds and birders. It is a resting and feeding place for tens of thousands of cranes, ducks, and geese. In the thickets migrating shorebirds and ocean birds. The island also forms and grasslands, we will find a wonderful diversity of passerines, a natural trap for land birds that have wandered out over especially sparrows. the ocean during their southward migration. We expect to see a variety of warblers, raptors, herons, shorebirds, and, We will follow the river valley from El Paso, Texas, to of course, the unexpected. Albuquerque, New Mexico, birding mountain, riparian, desert, grassland, and aquatic habitats. The generally mild The fee includes all ground and boat transportation, winter weather and the fantastic birds will make this trip interpretive materials, entrance fees, and lodging, unless one to remember. We could see over 130 species of birds otherwise noted. Fees are based on double occupancy; including the Ross’s goose, Clark’s grebe, sandhill crane, juniper single rooms may be available for an additional fee. titmouse, crissal thrasher, black-tailed gnatcatcher, black- Personal items and meals are not included. For an itinerary, throated sparrow, burrowing owl, pyrrhuloxia, red-naped call 978-887-9264 or email [email protected]. sapsucker, mountain chickadee, and golden and bald eagles. Please register at least six weeks in advance. Cancellations We also have a good chance of seeing black, brown-capped, made within 30 days of departure cannot be refunded or and gray-crowned rosy-finches. credited unless we can fill your space. The additional fee for a single-room supplement is $400. Please call for a detailed brochure describing this exciting winter expedition. Final payment is due December 10. Leaders will send out trip materials after final payment is received. Cancellations made within 30 days of departure cannot be refunded or credited unless we can fill your space. Note: Please do not make your flight arrangements until you have checked with the trip leaders. s r u o T & s p i r T

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Northern Minnesota: Boreal Birding Trinidad Birding with Scott Santino Wednesday, March 1-Sunday, March 5, 2017 Saturday, March 25-Saturday, April 1, 2017 5 days 8 days Leaders: Dave Larson, Joppa Flats Science and Education Optional Tobago Extension: Coordinator, and Dave Weaver, BCP Saturday, April 1-Tuesday, April 4, 2017 $995 member, $1,095 nonmember Leader: Scott Santino, Ipswich River Teacher-Naturalist Nonrefundable deposit: $300 Contact: Natural History Travel Office, 800-289-9504 Join us as we venture forth into the snowy boreal forests Fee: TBA and bogs of northern Minnesota in search of great gray, In all the lush Caribbean, there is no place more popular northern hawk, snowy, boreal, saw-whet, great horned, for birders than the exquisite, mountainous two-island and other northern owls. We will concentrate on the famous nation of Trinidad and Tobago. Here there is easy access Sax-Zim Bog area, as well as on locations on the north shore of to an extraordinary diversity of the world’s most stunningly Lake Superior. In addition to owls, possible sightings include beautiful birds, including scarlet ibises, rufous-tailed jacamars, redpolls, crossbills, boreal chickadee, grosbeaks, and hawks; white-tailed tropicbirds, and over 40 different kinds of spruce, ruffed, and sharp-tailed grouse; as well as possible hummingbirds. There are over 430 bird species here, many moose, gray fox, and timber wolf. Okay, we admit it can get of them South American since the islands are as close as cold, so bring lots of layers, handwarmer thingies, oh, and a 7 miles from Venezuela. We will stay at the world-famous hat—don’t forget the hat. Asa Wright Nature Centre, a charming lodge located in a The listed fees are for double occupancy. The additional fee 2,000-acre tract of rainforest high in the Arima Valley of for a single room is $300. Please call for a detailed brochure. the island’s Northern Range. Visitors usually see more than 40 species of birds before breakfast. In contrast, Tobago’s Final payment is due February 1. Leaders will send out trip avifauna is more Caribbean in its makeup, and here we will materials after final payment is received. Cancellations stay at the charming Blue Waters Inn. A comfortable and made within 30 days of departure cannot be refunded or relaxing birding trip, this tour is a long-standing favorite for credited unless we can fill your space. Note: Please do not those who are new to tropical birding. make your flight arrangements until you have checked with Registration is through Mass Audubon’s Natural History Travel the trip leaders. Office. For more information go to massaudubon.org/travel or call 800-289-9504.

Mark Your Calendars! Birding Northern California May 3-10, 2017 Leaders: Susan MacCallum, South Shore Sanctuaries Director, and Scott Santino, Ipswich River Teacher-Naturalist A detailed itinerary and pricing will be available soon for this exciting trip from Point Reyes to Monterey Bay, including a pelagic outing to search for shearwaters and more. Please contact the Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary if you are interested in more information: 978-887-9264 or [email protected].

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Natural History Travel 800-289-9504 For more information and a complete list of our International Tours visit www.massaudubon.org/travel or call 800-289-9504.

Spitsbergen Arctic Wildlife Cruise with Dave Larson / July 8-18 (limited space available)

Birding in Chile with Wayne Petersen / October 27-November 7 (new lower price)

New Zealand: Birding in Middle Earth with Chris Leahy / November 2-19 (limited space available)

Uganda: Birding and Primate Safari with Chris Leahy January 27-February 11, 2017

Kenya & Tanzania: Birding and Big Game Safari February 28-March 14, 2017

Trinidad Birding with Scott Santino / March 25-April 1, 2017

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N o r t h S h o r e Education Centers

General Information

Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary Joppa Flats Education Center One of Mass Audubon’s largest sanctuaries, Ipswich River and Wildlife Sanctuary offers nearly 2,000 acres of land and more than twelve miles The Joppa Flats Education Center is located at the gateway to of interconnecting trails that invite you to explore forests, one of the country’s most productive year-round wildlife viewing meadows, and wetlands. Mowed fields provide habitat for areas—the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge and the Plum American woodcocks and eastern bluebirds while the floodplain Island estuary. Highlights for visitors are the many species of forests are resting and nesting sites for warblers and vireos. birds that utilize the area’s extensive salt marshes, mudflats, rivers, Canoe along eight miles of the Ipswich River, which meanders bays, and coastal waters. During local area field trips, Joppa Flats through the sanctuary, and camp on Perkins Island, a half-mile program participants have recorded over 300 species of birds, up the river. Members can rent canoes from May 1 through including bald eagle, snowy owl, and many warblers, shorebirds, October 31. Members can also rent a small cabin that is and waterfowl. The visitor center overlooking the Merrimack conveniently located close to the sanctuary’s program facilities River includes a children’s education room with a marine and sleeps four. In spring, listen for the chorus of American toads aquarium, a conference center, art exhibits, a nature shop, and pickerel frogs. In various seasons, watch for river otters, butterfly gardens, and interpretive displays. painted turtles, and great blue herons. View an active beaver lodge in Rockery Pond. Climb the drumlin and esker, landscape Address features created by a glacier 15,000 years ago. In winter, sap P.O. Box 1558 / One Plum Island Turnpike buckets fill the sugar grove, marking the season of our maple Newburyport, MA 01950 sugaring programs. Huge rocks and exotic trees and shrubs that 978-462-9998 Office / 978-462-4143 Fax were part of a former arboretum provide an adventurous [email protected] walk along the Rockery Trail. Education Center/Grounds Hours Address Education Center: Tuesday through Sunday and 87 Perkins Row, Topsfield, MA 01983 Monday holidays, 8:30 am to 4:00 pm. 978-887-9264 Office / 978-887-0875 Fax Grounds: Open daily, dawn to dusk. [email protected] Admission Office/Gift Shop/Trail Hours Suggested donation: $2 for nonmembers Office and Gift Shop: Weekdays, Tuesday through Friday, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm; Weekends and Monday holidays, Endicott Wildlife Sanctuary May 1-October 31, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm; and This sanctuary comprises over 43 acres of mixed woodland, November 1-April 30, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. fields, and wetlands, and a new walking trail is now open. Trails: Open dawn to dusk, Tuesday through Sunday and Endicott offers a variety of volunteer opportunities and Monday holidays. internships in education and ecological management. Admission There are programs for teachers and students including the $4 for nonmember adults; Salt Marsh Science Project. Our programs for middle and high $3 for nonmember children (2-12) and over 64 school students focus on real science, with real scientists and real issues. Coastal topics, invasive species, and inquiry-based lessons are our specialty. For more information about our school programs go to massaudubon.org/endicott-school. For information about other North Shore The Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary Nature Preschool wildlife sanctuaries, including Cedar Pond, is located here. It offers programs for 3- to 5-year olds in Eastern Point, Marblehead Neck, and nature-based emergent curriculum, creative classrooms, Nahant Thicket, contact Ipswich River outdoor play areas, and gardens. Wildlife Sanctuary at 978-887-9264 Address or [email protected]. 346 Grapevine Road, Wenham, MA 01984 For information about Rough Meadows 978-927-1122 Office Wildlife Sanctuary, please contact Joppa [email protected] Flats Education Center at 978-462-9998 Ipswich River Nature Preschool Office: or [email protected]. 978-237-0108 [email protected]

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Registration P r o c e d u r e s & Policy Guidelines

Registration Filled Programs/Wait-Lists Advance registration with full payment is required for all Most programs have minimum and maximum enrollments programs unless otherwise noted. You may call in advance to depending on the type of class and instructional techniques. inquire about space availability; however, we cannot hold a If the program of your choice is full, we will notify you space for you until we have received your payment in full. immediately and automatically place you on a wait-list. Please register early because many programs fill quickly. If you do not wish to remain on the wait-list, please notify If you are registering for a class and less than one week remains the sanctuary hosting the program and a refund will be issued. before the program begins, please call the sanctuary hosting We will notify you at least 24 hours in advance of the program the program to confirm that space is available. If you are not a only if space becomes available. If space does not open up, Mass Audubon member, you may join when you register and you will receive a full refund within three weeks of the pay the member program fee. program date. Four Easy Ways to Register! Cancellation/Refund Policy We accept MasterCard, VISA, and Discover To receive a program refund if you no longer plan to attend, •Register Online! you must notify the sanctuary hosting the program at least You can register for many of Mass Audubon’s programs one week prior to the first class. This policy does not online. That means you can sign up any time of day (regardless apply to day camp programs or overnight trips. Each of whether that sanctuary is open or not), and you will sanctuary reserves the right to change programs, schedules, instantly know if a program is full or has a wait-list. Visit and instructors or to cancel programs due to low enrollment. our program catalog online: massaudubon.org/catalog. Please note that certain programs require a nonrefundable, Please note that some programs and trips do not take nontransferable deposit. A full refund will be processed if the online registration. For these, please call the appropriate sanctuary cancels the program. Refunds require approximate- sanctuary during business hours. ly three weeks for processing. •By Telephone: Call the sanctuary that is hosting the program. Please have your membership, credit card, and Inclement Weather course information ready. Most programs are held rain or shine; please dress accordingly. •By Mail: Complete the registration form and return it We will do our best to notify you if the class is canceled or with your check, money order, or credit card authorization postponed due to the weather. If the weather is questionable to the sanctuary that is hosting the program for which and you have not heard from us, please call the sanctuary. you are registering. All checks and money orders should For programs that list a rain/storm date, we recommend that be made payable to Mass Audubon. Additional copies you hold the alternate date open. Refunds will not be issued if of the registration form can be downloaded at the class is switched to its alternate date and you are not able www.massaudubon.org/registrationform. to attend. If no rain date is listed, we may try to reschedule •In Person: During business hours, stop by the sanctuary the class. In this case, refunds will be issued if you cannot that is hosting the program you are interested in attending attend on the rescheduled date. If the class cannot be and register in person. Note: Registering in person should rescheduled you will receive a refund. be done prior to the program start date because registering the day of the program, in many cases, will be too late. Additional Questions? If you have additional questions about registration policies, or Confirmation Information have a question about a particular program, please call the Written confirmation may not be sent for every program. sanctuary hosting the program directly. You will be notified if you do not get into a program because it is full, or if your name has been placed on a wait-list. Where to Send Registration Forms Please read all future correspondence carefully because it may contain information pertinent to your program such as For Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary what to bring or wear, directions to a location, etc. 87 Perkins Row Topsfield, MA 01983 Meeting Locations 978-887-9264 Office Meeting locations are listed with the program descriptions For Joppa Flats Education Center in this brochure. P.O. Box 1558 Newburyport, MA 01950 978-462-9998 Office 36 www.massaudubon.org Important Note: Registration is processed through the sanctuary offering the program. Therefore, please submit a separate registration form for each individual sanctuary. Registration Form We recommend that you photocopy this form prior to completing it. Download additional copies: www.massaudubon.org/registrationform Individual’s Information

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