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SUMMARY:An Exploration for the Birds at Tri-town Ridgeline Forest Preserve
DESCRIPTION:As part of National Trails Day\, join Avalonia naturalist Bruce Fellman for a walk along the woodland trails of Tri-town Ridgeline Forest Preserve as we look and listen for a wide variety of avian delights in full courtship. \nThe Avalonia Land Conservancy’s TriTown Ridgeline Forest Preserve is a 500-plus-acre treasure trove of natural and human history\, and the rugged woodland is at its most enticing in the late spring\, when the abundant wildflowers\, ferns\, and mosses are opening\, and migrating and resident birds are wearing their courtship best and singing their hearts out. We’ll walk slowly and deliberately to take in the flora and fauna\, and we’ll spend our time learning how to identify what we encounter. Of special interest: our veteran American Sign Language interpreter Joy Valenti and naturalist Bruce Fellman will use techniques to make birdsong accessible to all\, including members of the hard-of-hearing/deaf community\, by converting sounds into pictures called sonograms. \n  \nREGISTER HERE \n  \nIt would be ideal if all participants could\, in advance\, download the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology’s Merlin birdfinding app to their phones. Here’s the link: https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/ \n*** \nAccessibility Note \nParking: Off-street rutted\, packed-dirt lot with some rocks. Room for about eight cars. Trailhead located at lot. Additional parking alongside the road.  \nTrail: Grassy entry trail about six feet wide\, relatively level\, but pocked with rocks. Secondary trail varies in width and slope\,  with many rocky sections and occasional steep uphills and descents.\n \nCommunication Access: This walk will be amplified and sign language-interpreted. \n \nAvalonia Accessibility Statement: https://avalonia.org/accessibility-for-people-with-disabilities-statement/\nAccessibility point person: Mary Anne Sherman\, 860-884-3500 or avalonialc@yahoo.com \n  \n  \n*** \nThe featured image is by Elise Torello taken at Tri-town Ridgeline Forest Preserve. \n 
URL:https://avalonia.org/event/an-exploration-for-the-birds-at-tri-town-ridgeline-forest-preserve/
LOCATION:TriTown Forest Preserve\, 91 Miller Road\, North Stonington\, CT\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exploration,Nature,Walks
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SUMMARY:Hike a Wildlife Habitat Restoration at Leo Antonino Preserve
DESCRIPTION:CT TRAILS DAY EVENT: \nWe’ll hike the Leo Antonino Preserve through forested areas\, past active brooks\, vernal pools\, and up a bedrock ridge. There is a go-around for those who want to avoid the scramble up the ridge. We will pass next to erratics deposited by the glaciers and see how the Earth’s crust has been folded and lifted in Connecticut’s geologic history. The hike will end at the parking area if you choose not to explore the habitat restoration. \nAt about 11:00\, we will walk a short way on the preserve from parking to an area of a multi-year project where invasives have been removed to make way for establishment of wildlife habitat. Charlie Boos\, an expert in habitat restoration that emphasizes protection of existing beneficial natives and ensuring biodiversity\, will be leading this portion of the event. You will see the progression from thickets of autumn olive to “bunny piles” and thriving grasses and native pollinators including a pond that was unreachable until this project. You can join this part of the event if you choose not to participate in the 10:00 hike. \n  \nFollow this link to RSVP: \nRSVP HERE
URL:https://avalonia.org/event/hike-a-wildlife-habitat-restoration-at-leo-antonino-preserve/
LOCATION:Leo Antonino Preserve\, 0 Antonino Road\, Groton\, CT\, United States
CATEGORIES:Hikes
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SUMMARY:Trail-Clearing Work Party at Glemboski-Ous
DESCRIPTION:Join Avalonia’s Northern town committee at our newest preserve\, Glemboski-Ous\, in Bozrah on Sunday\, June 9 to help us clear some of the trails. As a follow-up to the Introduction to Stewardship event on May 26\, we will again be walking the primary farm/’logging’ roads and clearing the lower safety\, emergency\, and maintenance access route roughly parallel to the East Branch of the Trading Cove Brook to the point of the brook crossing. \n \nIf time\, energy\, and strong constitutions allow\, we will continue on to the Eversource transmission lines corridor\, with the eventual goal of reaching the secondary South Road maintenance easement access point. \nPlease bring gloves\, sturdy footwear\, drinking water\, and bug spray. If you have loppers and clippers\, feel free to bring them. Extra tools will be available on site. No experience necessary. We will meet at 9:00 am and try to accomplish as much as possible until noon. \n  \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://avalonia.org/event/trail-clearing-work-party-at-glemboski-ous/
LOCATION:Glemboski-Ous Preserve\, South Road\, Bozrah\, United States
CATEGORIES:Stewardship,Volunteering
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