Learn about monarch butterflies at Seymour Community Center program

 

Butterflies in the Park walk slated at Ansonia Nature and Recreation Center

ANSONIA -Take a walk through our meadows [from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. July 6 at Ansonia Nature and Recreation Center] with Ranger Evelyn and look for butterflies. 

Learn all about these important pollinators with this fun, family-friendly program for all ages. FREE.

https://www.eventbrite.com/.../butterflies-in-the-park...

The Ansonia Nature Center is at 10 Deerfield Lane.

This is shared from a Facebook event page.

The Children's Room at the Ansonia Library offers Take & Make butterfly craft

TAKE & MAKES Art to do at Home! 

Available starting April 1 (while supplies last)

The Library is at 53 S. Cliff St., Ansonia.
 

Kellogg Environmental Center in Derby to host Monarchs & Pollinators program

DERBY - Get into summer gardens, wildflowers, and pollinators with a family-friendly day at the Kellogg Environmental Center, 500 Hawthorne Ave.

Please register to attend the Monarchs and Monitoring Program at 10 a.m. May 28.

Details and registration link provided through DEEP Calendar of Events, https://www.depdata.ct.gov/calendar/viewev.asp?id=7638

This is shared from a DEEP release.

Derby Neck Library to host bowtie butterfly craft for the young set

DERBY - Look what we're doing Tuesday at Little's Craft at Derby Neck Library! 

This will be a HYBRID event, so you can join us online OR in our community room at 10:30 a.m.

The Library is at 307 Hawthorne Ave.

This is shared from the Library's Facebook page.

Pollinators' Day slated at Kellogg Environmental Center in Derby

DERBY - Join the staff May 25 at the Kellogg Environmental Center to explore pollinators.  

Pollinators’ Day, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. May 25, is focused on the needs of pollinators and ways you can become involved in their conservation.  
Come celebrate bees, butterflies and other creatures that pollinate flowers for our food and the environmental balance.  
Activities include hikes, quizzes, and participation in Citizen Science research for monarch and bee activity.  

All ages will enjoy the focus on these important creatures during this free day of activities.  Participants will take part in planting wildflowers and adding to scientific research.  They will explore the field and gardens to look for pollination activity and pollinators themselves.  
Visitors are welcome to stay for the day and picnic on grounds.  

Tours of the Osborne Homestead Museum are also available from 10 a.m.- 4 p.m.  

The Kellogg Environmental Center, a facility of the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, is located at 500 Hawthorne Ave. It is open from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. 

For further information or directions email donna.kingston@ct.gov or call 203-734-2513. 


This is a press release from Kellogg Environmental Center.

Enjoy music, learn about butterflies, hike, more at Ansonia Nature Center

ANSONIA - The Ansonia Nature Center has announced its August schedule of fun activities for the family.

BUTTERFLIES AND DRAGONFLIES – Aug. 1, 1 p.m.

Enjoy an afternoon at the park on our guided hike. 
Explore Redwing Pond and our meadows for these beautiful six-legged, four-winged insects. See our native butterfly gardens and learn the benefits of native plants to our Connecticut butterflies and dragonflies. 
FREE.

FALL TERM JUNIOR RANGERS – Registration begins Aug. 2.  

Class runs Thursdays, Sept. 13–Nov. 1, 3:30–5 p.m.

Rowlands - Photo from Facebook 

CHRIS ROWLANDS: Puppeteer/Singer – Aug. 3, 7 p.m.

Award-winning singer and songwriter Chris Rowlands offers an interactive kid-friendly presentation for music and nature lovers. His fast-paced show’s creative blend of music, comedy, and education teaches and inspires, using song, dance, puppets, and colorful props to teach kids about animals and their habitats. 
The Environment Magazine has honored Chris with its first E Award for his environmental education programs. Don’t miss this FREE musical program! 

EXPLORE REDWING POND – Aug. 4, 2 p.m.

Join our staff for a fun-filled afternoon catching frogs and other inhabitants of Redwing Pond. We’ll start inside with a brief discussion on the vertebrates and invertebrates that inhabit the pond and learn how to identify them. Borrow our collection equipment and help us catch, observe and release these interesting critters. FREE. Please call to register.

GEOLOGY OF THE ANSONIA NATURE CENTER: Hike and Talk – Aug. 5, 1-3 p.m.

Ranger Amie will lead the group in a walk along Raptor Woods Trail to view outcrops of bedrock and identify major mineral groups in CT. She will also share some of her personal collection of rocks and minerals, including fossils and semi-precious stones. You can bring your collection to show others too! Wear good hiking boots and bring a water bottle and a small bag for collecting a few samples. 
FREE. (This is not a Scout badge class). Ages 8 years old and up (children under 15 must be accompanied by an adult). Class size is limited; please pre-register.

ROCKS IN SPACE: Perseid Meteor Showers –  Aug. 12, 8 p.m.

Come to Ansonia’s darkest location for some unusual night sky viewing with Bob Carruthers and the New Haven Astronomical Society. In addition to a chance to see the annual meteor showers, there will be a short talk about meteorites. You will get to view and touch meteorites from around the world. This night will be the peak of the showers! No need to bring anything except for warm clothing and a chair. Telescopes and binoculars are not necessary. 
Children must be accompanied by an adult.  FREE.

CATTAIL MAT WEAVING – Aug. 18 and Sept. 1, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Join Ranger Dan for a two-part series on cattails. Week 1 we will begin to collectively work on a mat made from the cattail reeds, and week 2 we will add the finishing touches to our mat. 
Learn how Native Americans from the Eastern Woodlands would use these reeds! Pack a bag lunch, and be prepared for swampy conditions. Adults only. 
FEE: $10 per person covers both weeks. Please pre-register; class limited to 8.

VINE CROWNS AND CIRCLETS – Aug. 19, 2:30 p.m.

Join Ranger Jessica on a woodland adventure to harvest invasive vines and weave them into beautiful crowns! Use these new skills to craft magical toys, hoops, bracelets, necklaces and dreamcatchers, all while helping our forests. Bring your own clippers. FREE. Ages 5 years old and up (children must be accompanied by an adult).

FULL STURGEON MOON HIKE – Aug. 25, 7:30 p.m.

The Native American fishing tribes are given credit for the naming of this Moon, since sturgeon, a large fish of the Great Lakes and other major bodies of water, were most readily caught during this month. Join our staff on a hike in our meadows to watch as this reddish moon rises. Each child must be accompanied by an adult. Number of participants is limited so please pre-register. 

FEE: $3 per person. Wear appropriate footwear.

The Nature Center is at 10 Deerfield Road.


This is a press release from Ansonia Nature Center.

Massaro Farm in Woodbridge to host program on gardening

To share tips on putting butterfly garden to bed for winter 

Sharing info from Facebook:
WOODBRIDGE - Massaro Community Garden, 41 Ford Road, will hold a program on gardening from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday.

"As the year draws to a close there are many chores for us to do in the flower Garden/Butterfly Garden to ensure repeat blooms and a healthy and strong garden for next spring/summer. 
"Join Emily Cosenza, Butterfly Gardener, advanced Flower/Shrub Gardener, as she demonstrates what to do with our flower beds for winter protection. She will also briefly discuss nectar and host plants for a successful Butterfly Garden and the types of butterflies we may hope to observe in the Butterfly Garden. 

"Cosenza raises several types of butterflies and will discuss appropriate plants for each. Bring gloves and a sharp hand pruner for helping to put the Garden to Bed!!!"

Kellogg Center in Derby to train citizen scientists to count butterflies, bees

DERBY - Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection invites those interested in becoming citizen scientists to join DEEP staff and volunteers for a training session at Kellogg Environmental Center, 500 Hawthorne Ave.  

After training, you will be able help DEEP staff and volunteers count monarch butterflies and bumble bees as part of a research team project.

  Monarch Watch training – monarch butterflies

   7 p.m. May 17 

 Great Sunflower Project training – bumble bees

  10 a.m. June 4

Families and individuals may take part in either, or both, of the programs, but must attend a training.   

Upon completion of the training program(s) we will ask you to be part of the Kellogg volunteer research team recording the activity of monarchs and bumble bees in the fields and gardens surrounding the Kellogg Environmental Center.  

Research takes place May through September.  

Volunteers will be scheduled for weekdays or weekends based on their availability.  

Data will be compiled and submitted to the national website research stations, helping scientists understand population fluctuations in North America and how it relates to habitat loss, diversity and climate.

This is a great family event to get children and parents outside observing the natural environment.  All ages can help collect information and photos of bee and butterfly activity.  

Registration for either, or both, of the free trainings is required.  

For further information, directions, or to register, call the Center, 203-734-2513 or email donna.kingston@ct.gov.  

This is a press release from DEEP.