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Apr
24
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Apr 24 @ 7:00 am – 8:30 am
7:00 am
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Join BNRC and Hoffmann Bird Club members Ed Neumuth and Greg Ward at Housatonic Flats. The variety of habitats in the flats—river, forest, nearby farmland, oxbows, patches of shrub and old pasture—attracts a broad array[...]
Apr
25
Thu
Apr 25 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
10:00 am
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Come to Naumkeag for this new springtime tradition! The gardens at Naumkeag have been planted with over 60,000 daffodil, tulip and spring bulbs. It’s the perfect way to celebrate the arrival of spring in the[...]
Apr
26
Fri
Lenox, MA–Spring Salamander & Frog Search @ Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
Apr 26 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
5:30 pm
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Audience: All (suitable for children 5 & up) Members: Adult $6.00, Child $3.00 Nonmembers: Adult $8.00, Child $4.00 Spotted salamanders and wood frogs spend their days under logs, stones, and other forest-floor objects, venturing out[...]
Apr
26
Fri
Apr 26 @ 7:00 pm
7:00 pm
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THE COLONIAL THEATRE 111 South Street · PITTSFIELD · MA 01201 7 pm –4/26 11 am-4/27 2pm 4/27-28. 5 pm 4-28 Disney’s Aladdin JR. is based on the 1992 Academy-Award®-winning film and the 2014 hit[...]
Apr
27
Sat
Apr 27 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
9:00 am
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Led by Mike Aurelia & John Anderson, this workshop will give participants the knowledge to identify our local amphibians as adults, larvae, and eggs in the field and in the classroom. Identification of these animals[...]
Apr
27
Sat
Apr 27 @ 10:00 am
10:00 am
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– Long before the English arrived in what is now Massachusetts, the Mohicans lived on and worked with the land for thousands of years. During this walk through history, join Rob Hoogs to learn how[...]
Apr
27
Sat
Apr 27 @ 11:00 am
11:00 am
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7 pm –4/26 11 am-4/27 2 pm -4/27-28. 5 pm- 4-28 Disney’s Aladdin JR. is based on the 1992 Academy-Award®-winning film and the 2014 hit Broadway show. Aladdin and his three friends, Babkak, Omar and[...]
Apr
27
Sat
Apr 27 @ 2:00 pm
2:00 pm
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7 pm –4/26 11 am-4/27 2 pm -4/27-28. 5 pm- 4-28 Disney’s Aladdin JR. is based on the 1992 Academy-Award®-winning film and the 2014 hit Broadway show. Aladdin and his three friends, Babkak, Omar and[...]
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Bike Rides Along Scenic Country Roads

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