Connecticut
A nice summary of the owls’ “night shift” from Connecticut Audubon.
Full Snow Moon Walk at Haley Farm. Groton, Conn. Sunday, February 28. The Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center in Mystic, Conn., which runs this walk, held its Owl Prowl on February 18, but it’s quite possible that owls will make an appearance at this program.
Full Crow Moon Walk at the Walden Preserve. Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center, Mystic, Conn. Monday, March 29.
Full Moon Walks. Connecticut Audubon Society at Trail Wood, Hampton, Conn. Saturday, February 27, and Sunday, March 28.
Raptor Aviary and Visitor Center. Sharon Audubon Center, Sharon, Conn. Although the Sharon Audubon Center has no owl walk scheduled, the center cares for owls and other raptors in its raptor aviary, and its visitors’ center has live-animal displays and other nature discovery exhibits for children and families.
MaineMaine Audubon has a Maine Owl Monitoring Program that begins on March 5.
Massachusetts
Moon Rise Owl Prowl. Holly Hill Farm, Cohasset, Mass. Saturday, February 27.
Full Moon Owl Prowls. Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary, Natick, Mass. Friday, February 26 and March 27.
New Hampshire
Life in the Cold: Exploring in Winter. Pinkham Notch, NH. Saturday and Sunday, March 5 and 6. AMC senior naturalist Nicky Pizzo runs a full-day program at Pinkham Notch.
New Jersey
Winter Evenings at the Meadows. Cape May Bird Observatory. The Nature Conservancy’s Cape May Migratory Bird Refuge, NJ. Friday, February 26. This “winter evening” will be looking for such signs of spring as woodcock mating displays and snipes on the move.
Animal Tracking: The Basics. New Jersey Audubon Plainsboro Preserve, Plainsboro. NJ. Saturday, February 27.
New York
Whooo said that? Orchard Beach Nature Center, Pelham Bay Park, NY. Sunday, March 14.
Pennsylvania
Owl Prowl. Peace Valley Nature Center, Doylestown, Pa. Saturday, March 6.
Owl Prowl. Bucks County Audubon Society at Honey Hollow, Solebury, Pa. Friday, February 26.
The History of Barn Owls. Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh, Pa. Saturday, March 13.
Vermont
Full Moon Family Foray. VINS (Vermont Institute of Natural Science), Quechee, Vermont. Saturday, February 27 and Saturday, March 27.
This is by no means a complete list of all the ways that kids and families can learn about owls, or take full-moon walks, so I hope you'll add any I've missed.
“Great Kids, Great Outdoors” is an AMC Outdoors blog, written by Kristen Laine.
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2 comments:
These walks sound awesome. I just finished filming (at BC Wildlife Park) a short piece on Burrowing Owls for my Let's Go Outside series with the Little Humbugs. My children and I were totally captivated by the stunning little owl. Burrowing owls were extirpated from the British Columbia grasslands prior to 1980. The BC Wildlife Park's participation in the BC Burrowing Owl Recovery Program commenced in 1990 with the construction of the Burrowing Owl Captive Breeding Facility. Owls raised in the facility were released when they were about a year old. About 100 young owls are released each year.
Hope you get lot's of families turning out for your wonderful Full Moon and Owl walks.
Thank you for including the Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center full moon hikes. During the March hike we'll be listening for amphibians -spring peeper especially as we walk near wetlands, be looking for signs of beaver, and listening for screech or barred owls. We'll also have a chance at seeing a few displaying woodcock. The walk is free and I hope that many people will be able to join us!
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