June 2-4, 2006 Bat research Basking Ridge, NJ
October 31, 2006 Harvard Museum Cambridge, MA Public presentation BATS and docent training.
February 15, 2007 Northern Tier Geocahing planning meeting Greenfield, MA
February 20, 2007 7-9 pm Bears in the Highlands. Highland Communities Initiative Chesterfield, MA
February 28, 2007 Darrow School- A Sense of Place. Lecture and field program
May 5, 2007 9-1pm Franklin Land Trust-Wild Flower Hike. Hawley, MA
May 17, 2007 7pm United States Fish and Wildlife, Conte Refuge-BATS. Turners Falls, MA
June 23, 2007 9-1pm Franklin Land Trust-Forest Ecology. Conway, MA
September 22, 2007 9-1pm Franklin Land Trust-New England Animals. Leyden, MA
April 28, 2008 7-9pm Clapp Memorial Library, Bats. Belchertown, MA
October 21, 2009 7-9pm Highland Communities Initiative, The Puzzle of New England Predators. Ottis, MA
October 18, 2009 10:30 Trustees of Reservations, Scat!! Peaked Mtn. Munson, MA
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The Puzzle of New England Predators
This will be a fascinating look at our local predators like coyote, fisher, and bobcat. Through slide images and interactive discussion, we’ll learn about their habitats and habits, and debunk common myths about these elusive animals.
Hitchcock Center for the Environment
Amherst, MA
March 11, 2010 at 7pm
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Skulls and Bones
This will be a fascinating look at the many details of animal skulls. The skull collection, a dozen different species, from black bear to fisher cat and deer to otter, is a rare and informative presentation.
We will examine the eye sockets, muscle attachments, tooth alignment and types of teeth to determine the life style the animal leads and its identity. By examining the fundamental structures inherent in a skull you can tell whether the animal is the hunter or the hunted, how it eats, what it eats and how it hunts. This program will allow us to examine, in some detail, the animals’ habits and habitats. If you have a mystery bone or skull you’d like identified, bring it in and play stump the naturalist!
Monson, MA June 6, 2010 at 1:30pm
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Massasoit Nature Walk- Cranberries, Millstones and Glaciers
This program is designed for a wide range of program participants, considering both age ranges and knowledge and will touch on botany, geology, local historic agriculture and industry, and local mammals specific to the site.
I expect to discuss not only the historical nature of the park; Elizabeth Pole, Chef Massasoit, the mill stone, and King’s Iron Furnace but also the natural history of the site. From a natural history point of view, Massasoit State Park is right on the edge of a major transition from the more thickly forested hills of eastern Massachusetts to the flat, more sandy soils of the Cape and the coast. These differences were primarily set in place by the last glaciers, some 12,000 years ago and as such influence the plant life at the site; cranberry bog, pitch pine, oaks and the like owe their presence to this singular force of nature.
See Massosoit State Park for further details.
Massosoit State Park, East Taunton, MA Saturday June 26, 2010 2-3:30pm