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    • An Eastern Kingbird is perched on a twig. The bird has a black head

    Birding at the Arboretum

    Have you ever wanted to learn more about the feathered friends you see and hear on a walk through the Arnold Arboretum? If so, please join birders and volunteers TJ and Allison for a leisurely 90-minute bird watching walk.

    in front of the Hunnewell Building
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      A red-winged blackbird in flight. The bird is black with red and yellow on its shoulders.

      Birding Walk

      Embark on a birdwatching tour in the Arboretum’s landscape with docent and birder Donna Sullivan. This two-hour tour is suitable for adult beginners as well as more experienced birders.

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        Two kits hold a sweeping net and look at a bug box

        All-Ages Insect Safari

        Join us for an interactive look at all the tiny critters that crawl, fly, or slither through the Arboretum landscape. We will have sweep nets and bug boxes to catch bugs in Kent Field, digital microscopes to get a closer look, and entomologists to help us identify everything we find. This is an all-ages, interactive program: come prepared to move around and get up close with some bugs and insects!

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          6 bats in a grid pattern

          Rescheduled All About Bats

          *Rescheduled from August 14* As the sun sets, the bats come out! Join Arboretum Horticulturist Brendan Keegan and Matt Kamm, Associate Director of Field Conservation at Zoo New England, for a Bat Walk in the Conifer Collection, using specialized microphones to listen for and identify bat species in the landscape.

          Flora Way Gate (Formerly Bussey St Gate)
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          • A red-winged blackbird in flight. The bird is black with red and yellow on its shoulders.

          Birding Walk

          Embark on a birdwatching tour in the Arboretum’s landscape with docent and birder Donna Sullivan. This two-hour tour is suitable for adult beginners as well as more experienced birders.

          in front of the Hunnewell Building
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            An Eastern Kingbird is perched on a twig. The bird has a black head

            Birding at the Arboretum

            Have you ever wanted to learn more about the feathered friends you see and hear on a walk through the Arnold Arboretum? If so, please join birders and volunteers TJ and Allison for a leisurely 90-minute bird watching walk.

            in front of the Hunnewell Building
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              • An Eastern Kingbird is perched on a twig. The bird has a black head

              Birding at the Arboretum

              Have you ever wanted to learn more about the feathered friends you see and hear on a walk through the Arnold Arboretum? If so, please join birders and volunteers TJ and Allison for a leisurely 90-minute bird watching walk.

              in front of the Hunnewell Building
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                A red-winged blackbird in flight. The bird is black with red and yellow on its shoulders.

                Birding Walk

                Embark on a birdwatching tour in the Arboretum’s landscape with docent and birder Donna Sullivan. This two-hour tour is suitable for adult beginners as well as more experienced birders.

                in front of the Hunnewell Building
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                  • A red-winged blackbird in flight. The bird is black with red and yellow on its shoulders.

                  Birding Walk

                  Embark on a birdwatching tour in the Arboretum’s landscape with docent and birder Donna Sullivan. This two-hour tour is suitable for adult beginners as well as more experienced birders.

                  in front of the Hunnewell Building
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                    An Eastern Kingbird is perched on a twig. The bird has a black head

                    Birding at the Arboretum

                    Have you ever wanted to learn more about the feathered friends you see and hear on a walk through the Arnold Arboretum? If so, please join birders and volunteers TJ and Allison for a leisurely 90-minute bird watching walk.

                    Flora Way Gate (Formerly Bussey St Gate)
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                      A great horned owl with striking yellow eyes perches on a weathered tree stump, surrounded by blurred green foliage in the background.

                      Owl Prowl

                      Dusk is a perfect time to look and listen for Great Horned Owls, often heard calling throughout the Arboretum’s collections. Join Arboretum Horticulturist Brendan Keegan and Matt Kamm, Associate Director of Field Conservation at Zoo New England, to hear about the owls’ breeding and nesting behavior, learn how to go owling ethically, and possibly hear and see a few owls as well.

                      Flora Way Gate (Formerly Bussey St Gate)
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