Pleasant Valley Day At Wildlife Sanctuary09:17AM / Monday, May 11, 2009
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LENOX, Mass. - Mass Audubon’s Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary welcomes all to Pleasant Valley Day on Saturday, June 6 at 472 W. Mountain Rd., Lenox, from 10 am to 4 pm, rain or shine. In celebration of the sanctuary’s 80th birthday, underwritten by Greylock Federal Credit Union, with additional support from Berkshire Life Insurance Company of America, CompuWorks, HD Associates, and Pittsfield Cooperative Bank, all events are free of charge.
At 10 am, fiddler George Wilson will welcome visitors with traditional tunes. Puppets will perform “Dr. Marmalade’s Watershed Waltz” at 11 am, and musician David Grover will entertain at noon. Wildlife rehabilitator Julie Collier will present Live Raptors at 1:30 pm, followed by naturalist Tom Tyning’s live Frogs and Friends at 3 pm.
Naturalist and educator Gayle Tardif-Raser will help children make castings of animal tracks to take home. Lunches, snacks, and Project Native plants will be for sale. Mass Audubon family memberships will also be available at half-price.
Throughout the day, families are invited to explore the sanctuary’s seven miles of pond, forest, and stream trails. For more than sixty years, the sanctuary’s daycamp has offered outdoor education and fun for children. Its birds, wildlife, plants, and natural environment have attracted visitors from around the world.
For further information: 413-637-0320 or www.massaudubon.org. |
