Dam Removal and the Return of Herring

Parker River NWR Headquarters/Visitor Center 6 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, United States

Dam Removal and the Return of Herring program flyer

Plum Island in a Changing Climate

Parker River NWR Headquarters/Visitor Center 6 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, United States

Plum Island in a Changing Climate program flyer  

Sand in My Wetsuit

Parker River NWR Headquarters/Visitor Center 6 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, United States

Sand in My Wetsuit: Captain Laurel Seaborn

Eastern Coyote

Parker River NWR Headquarters/Visitor Center 6 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, United States

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Evening Program: The Birds of Midway

  Perched on the northern end of the Hawaiian archipelago, halfway between North America and Asia, Midway Atoll is one of the most remote locations in the National Wildlife Refuge System. Nearly three million birds nest on Midway, including the largest Laysan albatross population (along with "Wisdom," the oldest known wild bird), one of the world’s…

Evening Program: Shorebirds of the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge

Parker River NWR Headquarters/Visitor Center 6 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, United States

The Parker River NWR is one of the best places along the Atlantic Coast to view shorebirds.  During the spring, many species of shorebirds stop briefly.  They feed ravenously to accumulate fat reserves - the fuel the birds need to power their onward flights to northern breeding areas. Some species, including Willet and Killdeer, stop…

PLUM ISLAND – NEW ENGLAND’S CRADLE OF AVIATION

Parker River NWR Headquarters/Visitor Center 6 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, United States

Presentation by Ted Russell, Curator Burgess Museum at the Plum Island Airport The Great Marsh in Newbury was the site of New England’s first flying field. W. Starling Burgess built a hanger and wooden runway where the dunes meet the marsh near Parking Lot #2 in the Parker River NWR. The planes were brought there…

BIRDING ON PLUM ISLAND By: Tom Wetmore

Parker River NWR Headquarters/Visitor Center 6 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, United States

To see any given species of bird in Massachusetts, there may be a better place to find it than Plum Island. But if you want to see the largest variety of birds, on any given day of any given month within Massachusetts, you couldn’t find a better place than Plum Island. Plum Island truly is…

Parker River’s Annual Open House (AND, Meet the Manager!)

Parker River NWR Headquarters/Visitor Center 6 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, United States

Spend an hour with Refuge Manager Bill Peterson as he shares what’s planned for Parker River for 2019. He’ll discuss replacing the Hellcat Boardwalk, enhancing the Salt Pannes, and answer questions about the refuge. Immediately prior to this program, we’ll celebrate the Friends of Parker River NWR’s Boardwalk Plank Fundraiser’s success by transferring the fundraiser’s…

The Warblers of Plum Island – The Gems of the Refuge

Parker River NWR Headquarters/Visitor Center 6 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, United States

This talk covers the 36 species of warblers that have been reported from Plum Island. Four species are known to breed here, a few others may breed occasionally, while, except for one vagrant, the others are migrants who pass through on their migrations to and or from their breeding areas. The talk mentions the relative…