Providence Raptors: Urban Wildlife Photography by Peter Green
Program presenter Peter Green is a photographer and graphic designer living and working in downtown Providence. He walks the city, documenting peregrine falcons and more urban wildlife from red-tailed hawks nesting on rooftops to American kestrels hunting in graffiti-covered alleys. These regal, powerful raptors seem perfectly at home among the landscape of bricks and concrete.…
Ancient Artisans of the Parker River Watershed by Mary Ellen Lepionka
Parker River NWR Headquarters/Visitor Center 6 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, United StatesNative Americans used raw materials in native arts and crafts, materials that are as plentiful in the Parker River watershed. Examples of their art provide an insight into their culture, which has often been overlooked for generations in our local history. Historian Mary Ellen Lepionka will share her knowledge of, and enthusiasm for, this most…
Earth Day Celebration at PRNWR – Open House
Open House - Refuge Manager Bill Peterson's update on the Parker River NWR: 1:00pm & 5:30pm. Special Film "The Sense of Wonder", on Rachel Carson, filmed on location at her former home in Maine. 7:00 - 8:00pm Free event for the public - no registration required.
Earth Day Celebration – Kids Arts N’ Craft Activities
Free event for the public - no registration required!
Earth Day Celebration – Live Birds of Prey Show
Presented by Jane Kelly of "On the Wing". Free and open to the public. No registration required!