Birds On The Salt Ponds – Lecture And A Guided Walk

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Lecture
When: Wednesday, September 3 at 6:00 PM
Where: Kettle Pond Visitor Center, 50 Bend Rd., Charlestown
Why: Learn more about the birds that live on the Salt Ponds
Register: Fill out this online form to register for the lecture

Join the Salt Ponds Coalition for a discussion featuring Dr. Peter Paton, URI professor and expert ornithologist. He will discuss the use of the coastal ponds and adjacent islands by various shorebirds, terns, and gulls.

Walk
When: Thursday, September 4 at 8:30 AM
Where: Quonnie Breachway
Register: Fill out this online form to register for the walk

Join the Salt Ponds Coalition in person for a walk where you will observe some of the birds species present on the salt ponds in late summer. You are welcome to bring binoculars, and please wear water-resistant shoes.

You must register separately for the Kettle Pond lecture and the salt pond walk.

Banner image is a photo of a Ruddy Turnstone investigating a crab at the Quonochontaug Breachway State Boat Launch this August by Peter Herstein.