The White Memorial Foundation

 Celebrating 100 Years of Conservation

1913 - 2013

anna at apple hill 

 

THE HABITATTLER

                                      This Week at 
The White Memorial Conservation Center
   May 20 - 26, 2013
In This Issue
Welcome!
Featured Headline
Wildlife Observations
2013 Summer Programs for Children
HOT OFF THE PRESS!
Happy Picture of the Day
The Tail End
This Week's Masthead
Welcome

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to The Habitattler, your weekly guide to what's in (the Museum), what's out (on the trails) and what's happening at the White Memorial
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BRAILLE TRAIL SPONSORSHIPS COMPLETE!

LHAS BRAILLE TRAIL
The Conservation Center thanks all of those who sponsored plaques along our Braille Trail!
 
 Mrs.& Mrs. Andrew Fulton
 The family of the late
Primo and Gina Gugnoni
The family of Joan Griswold 
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Evans
Nancy Skilton
Litchfield Hills Audubon Society
Litchfield Hills Road Race
Litchfield Lions Club
Terryville Lions Club
Watertown Lions Club
New Hartford Lions Club
Dr. Jeffrey Evans
The family of Earl & Lorraine Winegar
The family of Frederick N. Moore II
Poppy the Big Brown Bat
Joan W. Benham
The family of Dana & Helen Greene
and
Alice E. Ridgway with gratitude to her parents Josephine and Walter Ridgway
 
Thank you!
 
 
 
  
 Calendar of Events
  
  
  
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  Museum Children Free Week
May 25 - 31, 2013
   In honor of Helen Ryan Donnelly. 
 Free admission to children ages twelve and under
 when accompanied by an adult.
 
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Rodents Rule!
Saturday, May 25, 2013
10:00 A.M.

A. B. Ceder Room

Members: $15.00  Non-members: $20.00

Pre-registration and pre-payment are required.

They get no respect but Teralyn LaChance, Assistant Education Director for the Zoo in Forest Park in Springfield, Massachusetts is out to change your feelings about rodents in this one hour live animal presentation! Meet the largest rodent in the world, the second largest in North America, and a couple of little guys in between. You'll leave with a new appreciation for these wonderfully enchanting creatures! 

  

  
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Dawn Chorus and Nature Walk with Fran Zygmont
 Sunday, May 26, 2013

Chorus: 4:00 A.M.  Walk: 7:00 A.M.

  Meet in the Museum parking lot.  

For more information

please contact Fran Zygmont at 860 689 5001

 or by email at fzygmont@charter.net

Free Admission!

 

 Litchfield Hills Audubon Society PresidentFran Zygmont leads a nature-filled morning starting with a morning bird chorus and a nature walk to follow.  Chorus:  Here is your opportunity to witness the transition from night-calling birds (owls, rails) to diurnal birds (Cardinal, Robin, thrushes, etc.). It is a magical nature event one must experience!   Walk:  For 'late' risers,

a nature walk will follow on local trails.  

 

 

  

 

  Wildlife Observations 
    
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1. Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Museum Feeders
2. Golden Alexanders - Mott - Van Winkle Classroom
3. Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Museum Area
4. Bald Eagle - Bantam Lake
5. Crayfish species - Ongley Pond
6. Female Mallard with 14 ducklings - Little Left
7. Mink Tracks - Sandy Beach
8. Wild Turkey - Apple Hill
9. Scarlet Tanager - Museum Feeders
10. Foamflower - Museum Area
  
 
"Ruby-throated Hummingbird" 
Photo credit:  Terry Sohl
Visit our Information Kiosk for a complete list of recent sightings. 

 

 
2013  Summer Programs
for Children Ages 4 through 14
  
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Click on the link below
for more information and registration!
  
     HOT OFF THE PRESS!
        Now Available!    
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The White Memorial Foundation:
The First 100 Years
The Legacy of Alain and May White
by Keith Cudworth, Executive Director
 
Softcover: $29.95 plus tax
Hardcover: $54.95 plus tax
 
 Happy Picture of the Day
      
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"Studying Shakespeare" 
Photo credit:  Gerri Griswold

        Do you have a Happy Picture of the Day taken at White Memorial?
                     Please submit by email to: gerri@whitememorialcc.org 
 
The Tail End
  
 
Spring On Ongley Pond
Spring On Ongley Pond

Video credit: Marlow Shami

  
This Week's Masthead Photograph
"Anna at Apple Hill"
Photo credit:  Gerri Griswold
Upcoming Events

 

 

May 31 / June 1

BioBlitz!!!!!!!

 

June 8

Exploring Camp Columbia with Lee Swift and Marlow Shami

  

June 15

Breeding Bird Walk with Litchfield Hills Audubon President Fran Zygmont

 

June 15

Painting Trees from Roots to Leaves! with Betsy Rogers-Knox

 

June 22

High Tea and Boat Parade at Chickadee Bridge

 

June 28

Star Party!

 

June 29

4th Annual Celebration for the Bats and Birthday Party for Mr. Bat

 Featuring Music by Nancy Tucker!

 

 

September 28, 2013 

The 32nd Annual Family Nature Day!

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you
....for keeping alive the Whites' dream 
                                 of inspiring appreciation, understanding,
                                                                             and respect for the natural world. 
 
Contact Info
Gerri Griswold
Director of Administration and Development 
860-567-0857