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Late Fall Community Programs
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Join us for late fall programs!
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Phenology Study Club: Nature All Year
Monthly Sundays 9am - 12pm beginning in January (some class times may vary depending on topics)
Members $250 / Non-members $275
Registration now open online.
Join us for our third year of offering an in depth natural history course from a slightly new perspective. It is a monthly series of nature explorations with different local naturalists, each exploring a focused seasonal natural history topic. Over the course of the year, we'll visit a variety of natural habitats in the greater Valley area. Identification skills, ecological connections, adaptations, and life cycles of organisms will be the focus of our observations. Read about this course and register here.
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Michael Hood, Associate Professor and Chair of the Biology Department, Amherst College
Tuesday, November 17
7 - 9pm
Michael researches the impacts of diseases in natural populations, with a main focus on fungi. He loves discussing this diverse kingdom and the important functions of fungi in the environment.
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Dan Ziomek, local birder and naturalist
Saturday, November 21
8 - 10pm
Owls are setting up their winter and spring breeding territories right now. And they do that by hooting or making other cool sounds in the night! We'll learn what the calls of the different species sound like and then go out and see if we can locate them vocalizing in the dark.
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Shopping for gifts this holiday season?
Please consider supporting the Hitchcock Center while you shop, using
Goodshop.
GoodShop provides coupons and double donations from many of their merchants.
Promo codes and deals are available that save you money
and also donate to the Hitchcock Center.
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Trees of the
Connecticut River Floodplain
Ted Watt and Nancy Goodman, Naturalists and Tree Enthusiasts
Sunday, November 22
10am - 1pm
Join us for a leisurely hike along a dirt road in the flood plain near Mitch's Marina in Hadley. We'll be observing different species by their bark, their shape, and habitat, since most of the leaves will be down. Leafless trees are a different journey, but not very difficult when you learn the new skills and what to look for.
Learn more...
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Monthly on 4th Sunday's - November 22
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Come young, old, novice or seasoned and join one of our naturalists to see what you can see each month on our new fourth Sunday of the month nature walk around Larch Hill. Fourth Sunday afternoons. FREE - all welcome. Please call to register, space is limited. Learn more...
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Monthly on first Fridays - December 4
12:30 - 1pm
Join us at our our construction site for a free tour. Open to all, no registration required. Learn more...
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Sunday, December 13
9am - 2pm
George Leoniak, tracker
Come and enjoy an exciting day of animal tracking in the north Quabbin Reservation with professional wildlife tracker George Leoniak. We'll be exploring the forests looking for signs of animals as they prepare for winter. We'll also search for tracks along the sandy shores of the reservoir. There could possibly be snow to track on but, with or without snow, there will be plenty of animal signs for us observe and learn from.
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About Us
The Hitchcock Center is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that works to inspire people to learn about our natural world through innovative, hands-on environmental education programs. We help people to explore the interconnections between the health of humans and ecosystems, reinforcing our innate bonds with our environment, and looking to nature as a model and measure to improve our quality of life.
Learn more...
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Thank You to Our Business Sponsors
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Sustaining Partners
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Support and Funding Provided By
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525 South Pleasant St.
Amherst MA 01002
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413-256-6006
Tuesday - Friday | 9AM - 4PM
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