Audubon Celebrates the Season by Welcoming a Peregrine Falcon Audubon Sponsor-a-Raptor Makes a Perfect Holiday Gift Audubon Society of Rhode Island is celebrating this holiday season by welcoming a new Peregrine Falcon to its family of avian ambassadors. The fastest animals on the planet, Peregrine Falcons are formidable hunters. They have been recorded diving through
Museum of Work & Culture Launches Online Gift Shop Weekly Holiday Deals on Local Merchandise, Books, & More (WOONSOCKET, R.I.) – This holiday season, the Museum of Work & Culture will offer weekly discounts to promote safe, local shopping in its newly launched online gift shop. New sales will launch each Thursday beginning on
TerraCorps (AmeriCorps) Position Available with the Attleboro Land Trust TerraCorps, an AmeriCorps-affiliated environmental nonprofit, has selected the Attleboro Land Trust as a partner for the 2020-21 TerraCorps program year. This partnership will allow the Attleboro Land Trust to host one “Land Stewardship/Community Engagement Coordinator” in a full-time 8-month service position from December 2020 to July
Linden Place Mansion planning full schedule of outdoor events for holiday season Linden Place Mansion will celebrate the holiday season with a full slate of holiday events, entirely compliant with the State of Rhode Island’s COVID-10 public health recommendations. With a Take it Outside grant offered through Reopening RI, Linden Place has been able to
Audubon Society of Rhode Island Respecting Snowy Owls – Visitors from the Arctic Tundra Snowy Owl in flight photo by Ed Hughes. Smithfield, R.I. – A few Snowy Owls are typically spotted in Rhode Island each year, and over the past few weeks a couple of these majestic birds have been sighted. As
CRANBERRIES – NANCY – BUCKET LIST BY DON DOUCETTE For several days these thoughts have been swirling in my mind. Nancy had been simmering a whole cranberry sauce on the stove – I was writing a few checks at the kitchen table and the muffled pops of the heating berries took me back in time
A Wild Turkey Named Siobhan By Lisa Knox Last spring, a wild baby turkey was brought to Winslow Farm by a concerned neighbor who found her. Her mother hadn’t returned and she was in dire need of warmth and food. I immediately brought her into the house to get her warm and to begin syringe feedings. I
Thanksgiving & Native American Heritage Month As we prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving sequestered with our immediate household members, we may still wish to carry on certain traditions such as the Thanksgiving meal of turkey, stuffing and cranberry sauce, squash and of course, the green bean casserole. You may think you are celebrating as the pilgrims
The South Coast Artists return to the Dartmouth Cultural Center 3rd Annual Holiday Exhibition! To accommodate safety guidelines, attendance is limited in number of guests to 6 at a time, with an extended exhibition schedule offering more opportunities to view and take home your favorite pieces. Masks are required. The show will be
“WAYERSHED RAMBLES” BY DON DOUCETTE Our local watershed adventures led us to the Westport River Watershed in Westport, Massachusetts this afternoon. The Westport River Watershed has remained a pleasing watershed environment to explore in southeastern coastal Massachusetts and consists of two main branch tributaries – the smaller west brach gathers in nearby Adamsville, Rhode Island