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Close to Adam Nicolson’s home in Sussex, there is a forgotten field overrun by bracken and thicketed by brambles. Wanting to look and listen, to return to “bird school” and see what it might teach him, Nicolson built a small shed among the trees, a kind of man-sized birdhouse he calls an “absorbatory,” complete with nesting boxes and bird feeders. Cocooned inside season after season, he got to know the birds: where they nest, how they sing, how they mate and fight, what preys on them, what they are like as living things. Woven through with philosophy, literature, science, and a sense of wonder, always conscious that this is an age in which the natural world is under siege, Bird School pulls back the curtain on seemingly ordinary birds, taking a long, careful, and concerned look at our relationship with the wild.
We will be meeting in person at the Nature Learning Center in Albany. However, there is also a Zoom link option for those unable to join in person.
What’s happening above and below the surface of your stream, pond, or lake—and could connected water bodies influence it?
The Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Patrol on Conway Lake can offer an informative, hands-on look at the hidden life of a waterbody, small or large.
Join AIS volunteers to paddle the shoreline of Conway Lake during the summer and learn how to monitor native plants, spot look-alikes, and watch for invasive species. In addition we are learning more about the nature of cyanobacteria blooms, how they manifest and with varying toxicity in any lake, pond, and stream.
Discover how shoreline buffers, runoff management, and community awareness can help protect water quality—and how you can be part of the solution.
