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  • Birding By Ear: Rattlesnake Gutter

    Directions upon registration

    Join naturalist John Green and his excellent ear in this magical place. Come to learn or improve your birding by ear skills and see a whole lot more along the way.

    $15 – $18
  • Beginning Birding for Youth and Families

    Directions upon registration

    with Dan Ziomek, Local Birder and WRSI’s Bird Songs Radio Program For young people ages 8-13 Saturdays, April 9, 16, 23, 30 and May 7, 14 7:30am-10am Spring migration is the most exciting time of year to get out and see birds! Each week new species return from the south wearing their spring colors. Each […]

    $60 – $120
  • Phenology All Year: Spring Woodland Wildflowers

    Directions upon registration

    with Elizabeth Farnsworth
    Join us for our third year of offering an in-depth natural history course for naturalists and citizen scientists. Each month, in our series of nature explorations with different local naturalists, we explore a focused, seasonal, natural history topic.

    $250 – $275
  • Homeschool I: Nature’s Superheroes

    Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA

    Is it a bird? Is it a plane? It’s a nature superhero! In Homeschool I this spring we will learn about superheroes of survival in nature. We’ll explore super senses, and learn how sight, hearing, and smell are used to capture prey and avoid detection.

    $375 – $404
  • Homeschool II: Understanding Animal Behavior

    Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA

    Have you ever wondered why animals act the way they do, or what they are thinking? Why do coyotes howl at night? Is the cardinal pecking my window because it’s angry? Do the two crayfish you caught like each other? During this spring’s Homeschool II class we’ll be exploring these and many other questions about the inner lives of the animals around us.

    $375 – $404
  • Nature Discovery Preschool

    Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA

    We will head in to spring in full flight! Children and their adult companions will explore the world of birds through movement, songs, crafts and live animal observations. We will investigate what makes a bird a bird, bird adaptations, bird language and much more. By the end of our time together we will be amateur ornithologists!

    $205 – $225
  • Nature Discovery Preschool

    Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA

    We will head in to spring in full flight! Children and their adult companions will explore the world of birds through movement, songs, crafts and live animal observations. We will investigate what makes a bird a bird, bird adaptations, bird language and much more. By the end of our time together we will be amateur ornithologists!

    $205 – $225
  • Beginning Birding for Youth and Families

    Directions upon registration

    with Dan Ziomek, Local Birder and WRSI’s Bird Songs Radio Program For young people ages 8-13 Saturdays, April 9, 16, 23, 30 and May 7, 14 7:30am-10am Spring migration is the most exciting time of year to get out and see birds! Each week new species return from the south wearing their spring colors. Each […]

    $60 – $120
  • Spring Fling – Mitch’s Way CANCELLED

    Directions upon registration

    with Nancy Goodman
    Join us for a leisurely hike along a dirt road in the flood plain near Mitch's Marina in Hadley. This runs along the Connecticut River and there are many spring wildflowers here, along with many interesting trees and possible other plants.

    $15 – $18