February Vacation Week Flyby Activities For Children, Joppa Flats Education Center, Newburyport, February 16th to 18th
February 15, 2010
FEBRUARY VACATION WEEK FLYBY AT JOPPA FLATS EDUCATION CENTER
Looking for something to do during the February school vacation?
Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center, Newburyport, will be offering family based activities during the vacation period.
Daily themes, art activities, experiments, and more will be offered in a casual drop-in atmosphere for families with children ages 2 to 12. Adults must accompany children.
Teacher-naturalist Lisa Hutchings will be offering a wide variety of indoor and outdoor activities, keeping minds active and hands busy during school break.
Schedule:
- Tuesday, February 16th, Penguins of the South Pole, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m
- Wednesday, February 17th: Polar Bears of the North Pole, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
- Thursday, February 18th, Birds of the Tropics, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m
Wednesday Morning Birding, Joppa Flats Education Center, Newburyport, February 3rd
January 27, 2010
When: Wednesday, February 3rd, from 9:30 am to 12:30 pmWhere: Meet at the Joppa Flats Education Center, 1 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport
Cost: $15
The Mass Audubon Society’s Joppa Flats Education Center offers a Wednesday Morning Birding program from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
If you’re one of the lucky ones that has time available during the week, join Joppa Flats Sanctuary Director Bill Gette and USFWS veteran David Weaver for this weekly birding field trip in the Newburyport/Plum Island area. It’s a great way to observe birds in the area and identify some of the better locations for finding them when on your own.
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Wednesday Morning Birding, Joppa Flats Education Center, Newburyport, January 13th, 2010
January 7, 2010
When: Wednesday, January 13th, from 9:30 am to 12:30 pmWhere: Meet at the Joppa Flats Education Center, 1 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport
Cost: $15
The Mass Audubon Society’s Joppa Flats Education Center offers a Wednesday Morning Birding program from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
If you’re one of the lucky ones that has time available during the week, join Joppa Flats Sanctuary Director Bill Gette and USFWS veteran David Weaver for this weekly birding field trip in the Newburyport/Plum Island area. It’s a great way to observe birds in the area and identify some of the better locations for finding them when on your own.
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Wednesday Morning Birding, Joppa Flats Education Center, Newburyport, January 6th, 2010
December 31, 2009
When: Wednesday, January 6th, from 9:30 am to 12:30 pmWhere: Meet at the Joppa Flats Education Center, 1 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport
Cost: $15
The Mass Audubon Society’s Joppa Flats Education Center offers a Wednesday Morning Birding program from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
If you’re one of the lucky ones that has time available during the week, join Joppa Flats Sanctuary Director Bill Gette and USFWS veteran David Weaver for this weekly birding field trip in the Newburyport/Plum Island area. It’s a great way to observe birds in the area and identify some of the better locations for finding them when on your own.
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Vacation Week Flyby At Joppa Flats Education Center, Newburyport, December 29th Through 31st
December 28, 2009
Where: Meet at the Joppa Flats Education Center, One Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, MA.
VACATION WEEK FLYBY AT JOPPA FLATS EDUCATION CENTER
Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center, Newburyport, will be offering family based activities during the Holiday Break.
Daily themes, art activities, experiments, and more will be offered in a casual drop-in atmosphere for families with children ages 2 to 12. Adults must accompany children.
Schedule:
- Tuesday, December 29th, 11:00 am to 3:00 pm: Who’s Ready for Winter?
- Wednesday, December 30th, 11:00 am to 3:00 pm: Take-Home Bird Treats
- Thursday, December 31st, 11:00 am to 3:00 pm: Celebrate Nature’s New Year!
Wednesday Morning Birding, Joppa Flats Education Center, Newburyport, December 30th
December 23, 2009
When: Wednesday, December 30th, from 9:30 am to 12:30 pmWhere: Meet at the Joppa Flats Education Center, 1 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport
Cost: $12 for Mass Audubon members; $15 for nonmembers
The Mass Audubon Society’s Joppa Flats Education Center offers a Wednesday Morning Birding program from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
If you’re one of the lucky ones that has time available during the week, join Joppa Flats Sanctuary Director Bill Gette for this weekly birding field trip in the Newburyport/Plum Island area. It’s a great way to observe birds in the area and identify some of the better locations for finding them when on your own.
The center conducts its field trips to birding hot spots in the Newburyport/Plum Island area. The focus for its programs will be the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge (Plum Island), the Merrimack River estuary, Cape Ann, and other productive areas in Essex County.
Saturday Morning Birding, Joppa Flats Education Center, Newburyport, Saturday, December 26th
December 23, 2009
Where: Meet at the Joppa Flats Education Center, One Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, MA
If you want to explore the local area and see the birds of the Greater Newburyport, Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center program, Saturday Birding: What’s That Bird?, may be what you’re looking for.
The two hour program provides a quick weekend jaunt to see the birds of greater Newburyport. No experience required. Limited to six participants. Children age 8 and up welcome.
Wednesday Morning Birding, Joppa Flats Education Center, Newburyport, December 23rd
December 21, 2009
When: Wednesday, December 23rd, from 9:30 am to 12:30 pmWhere: Meet at the Joppa Flats Education Center, 1 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport
Cost: $12 for Mass Audubon members; $15 for nonmembers
The Mass Audubon Society’s Joppa Flats Education Center offers a Wednesday Morning Birding program from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
If you’re one of the lucky ones that has time available during the week, join Joppa Flats Sanctuary Director Bill Gette for this weekly birding field trip in the Newburyport/Plum Island area. It’s a great way to observe birds in the area and identify some of the better locations for finding them when on your own.
The center conducts its field trips to birding hot spots in the Newburyport/Plum Island area. The focus for its programs will be the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge (Plum Island), the Merrimack River estuary, Cape Ann, and other productive areas in Essex County.
Ghlee Woodworth, Author, “Tiptoe Through the Tombstones, Oak Hill Cemetery, Volume I”, Newbury Town Library, Saturday, November 7th
November 5, 2009
When: Saturday, November 7th at 10:30 a.mWhere: Newbury Town Library, 0 Lunt Street, Byfield, MA
Ghlee Woodworth will discuss her new book “Tiptoe Through the Tombstones, Oak Hill Cemetery, Volume I” on Saturday, November 7th at the Newbury Town Library, Byfield.
You will learn about some of the more notable of Newburyport’s sea captains, ministers, silversmiths, writers, artists, newspaper editors, photographers and businessmen who are interred in the Oak Hill Cemetery, and also discover what life was like in the 1800’s in the Newburyport area.
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Family Harvest Festival, Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm, Newbury, Saturday, September 26th
September 25, 2009
When: Saturday, September 26th, 11:00 am to 4:00 pmWhere: Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm, 5 Little’s Lane, Newbury, MA (off High Road, Route 1A)
Family Harvest Festival
Visit the Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm on Saturday, September 26th and see tractors and other farm equipment spanning eighty years.
- Try corn husking or win a prize at the pie-eating contest.
- Learn how simple machines help farmers with pumping water, pressing cider, and preparing food.
- Find your way through a hay bale maze, harvest wild herbs, and see vegetables preserved in the traditional way.
- Enjoy a wagon ride through the fields, build scarecrows, go on a pumpkin treasure hunt, and make fall crafts.
- Listen to folk music performed by Sweet Loretta’s Snake Oil Jug Band or watch a puppet show by Martha Dana.
