LLOYD CENTER SPONSORS ANNUAL “OWL PROWL”
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Lloyd Center For the Environment
The Lloyd Center is the only area organization focused on educating the public about coastal and watershed issues, and conducting research on coastal ecosystems and endangered species. The Lloyd Center serves individuals, agencies, and organizations in southeastern New England (Rhode Island to Boston to Cape Cod).
The Center cooperates on a broader level in coastal, environmental, and educational programming throughout New England, nationally and internationally.
The Center's school-based activities further expand their reach to urban audiences. A scholarship program also provides space for ten urban New Bedford students, mostly African-American and other minorities, in the Summer Program.
You can learn more about the Lloyd Center for the Environment at: http://www.lloydcenter.org.
By Lloyd Center For the Environment
Published on 01/11/2010
Dartmouth, MA - Join Lloyd Center Research Associate, Jamie Bogart, on Sunday, February 21, to “Prowl for Owls”. Venture out into various locations in the quiet, dark winter woods of Dartmouth during the predawn hours when owls of our region are highly active. Screech, great-horned, barred, and long-eared owls are potential species heard and seen.
Dartmouth, MA - Join Lloyd Center Research Associate, Jamie Bogart, on Sunday, February 21, to “Prowl for Owls”. Venture out into various locations in the quiet, dark winter woods of Dartmouth during the predawn hours when owls of our region are highly active. Screech, great-horned, barred, and long-eared owls are potential species heard and seen.
Around sunrise, you'll depart the forest to visit Barney's Joy beach, where other seabirds and the beautiful winter beach itself can be enjoyed. On occasion, diurnal owls such as short-eared and snowy owls can be seen.
February is a great time to see and hear these silent night flyers because they are setting up nesting territories and respond readily to calls. Owls are chiefly nocturnal birds of prey, feeding on rodents, birds, reptiles, and sometimes fish (usually scavenged). They cannot move their eyes, so instead they move their heads. Owls can turn their heads 270o in either direction; this helps them triangulate to locate their prey. Taped owl calls will be used to elicit a vocal response and to lure the owls into view.
The Lloyd Center’s Owl Prowl will take place Sunday, February 21 from 3:30 a.m. until 8:00 a.m. (Poor weather date: Sunday, February 28 from 3:30 a.m. until 8:00 a.m., windy conditions which obscure owl calls and reduce owl activity will cause postponement.) The cost of the program is $9 for Lloyd Center members and $12 for non-members, half price for children under 12. Participants are asked to dress warmly and bring a flashlight. At the outing’s conclusion, you’ll be treated to a light breakfast of bagels and coffee back at Lloyd Center Headquarters.
This program is suitable for ages 10 and up. Space is limited and pre-registration is required. To register for this program, call our event registration line at 508-558-2918 or simply visit our website www.lloydcenter.org and register online. If you have specific questions about the program or owls, please call Jamie Bogart at 508-990-0505 ext. 23. Participants are to meet in the lower parking lot of the Lloyd Center headquarters, located at 430 Potomska Road in Dartmouth, (van departs at 3:30 a.m.).
Founded in 1978, the LLOYD CENTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT has achieved a well earned reputation for excellence in environmental research and education. Through its innovative outreach programs, it has established itself as a highly regarded leader in the ongoing effort to raise awareness of the area’s fragile coastal resources and the importance of protecting them.
Located on 55 acres of pristine salt marsh, maritime forest and wetlands, overlooking the mouth of the scenic Slocum River estuary, the Visitor Center is open, at no charge, to the public Tuesday through Saturday, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Exhibits include a 15-foot pilot whale skeleton, as well as those of an Atlantic Dolphin and an enormous leatherback turtle. The Center’s aquaria contain local fresh and saltwater fish and invertebrate species of marine life, a touch-tank where one can pick up spider crabs, whelks, hermit crabs, periwinkles, mussels and green crabs. The view from the top floor “Osprey Room” observatory, which encompasses the Elizabeth Islands and Buzzards Bay, has been named by the Massachusetts's Executive Office of Environmental Affairs as one of the top fifteen “Special Places” in the Commonwealth.
Dartmouth, MA - Join Lloyd Center Research Associate, Jamie Bogart, on Sunday, February 21, to “Prowl for Owls”. Venture out into various locations in the quiet, dark winter woods of Dartmouth during the predawn hours when owls of our region are highly active. Screech, great-horned, barred, and long-eared owls are potential species heard and seen.February is a great time to see and hear these silent night flyers
Dartmouth, MA - Join Lloyd Center Research Associate, Jamie Bogart, on Sunday, February 21, to “Prowl for Owls”. Venture out into various locations in the quiet, dark winter woods of Dartmouth during the predawn hours when owls of our region are highly active. Screech, great-horned, barred, and long-eared owls are potential species heard and seen.Around sunrise, you'll depart the forest to visit Barney's Joy beach, where other seabirds and the beautiful winter beach itself can be enjoyed. On occasion, diurnal owls such as short-eared and snowy owls can be seen.
February is a great time to see and hear these silent night flyers because they are setting up nesting territories and respond readily to calls. Owls are chiefly nocturnal birds of prey, feeding on rodents, birds, reptiles, and sometimes fish (usually scavenged). They cannot move their eyes, so instead they move their heads. Owls can turn their heads 270o in either direction; this helps them triangulate to locate their prey. Taped owl calls will be used to elicit a vocal response and to lure the owls into view.
The Lloyd Center’s Owl Prowl will take place Sunday, February 21 from 3:30 a.m. until 8:00 a.m. (Poor weather date: Sunday, February 28 from 3:30 a.m. until 8:00 a.m., windy conditions which obscure owl calls and reduce owl activity will cause postponement.) The cost of the program is $9 for Lloyd Center members and $12 for non-members, half price for children under 12. Participants are asked to dress warmly and bring a flashlight. At the outing’s conclusion, you’ll be treated to a light breakfast of bagels and coffee back at Lloyd Center Headquarters.
This program is suitable for ages 10 and up. Space is limited and pre-registration is required. To register for this program, call our event registration line at 508-558-2918 or simply visit our website www.lloydcenter.org and register online. If you have specific questions about the program or owls, please call Jamie Bogart at 508-990-0505 ext. 23. Participants are to meet in the lower parking lot of the Lloyd Center headquarters, located at 430 Potomska Road in Dartmouth, (van departs at 3:30 a.m.).
Founded in 1978, the LLOYD CENTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT has achieved a well earned reputation for excellence in environmental research and education. Through its innovative outreach programs, it has established itself as a highly regarded leader in the ongoing effort to raise awareness of the area’s fragile coastal resources and the importance of protecting them.
Located on 55 acres of pristine salt marsh, maritime forest and wetlands, overlooking the mouth of the scenic Slocum River estuary, the Visitor Center is open, at no charge, to the public Tuesday through Saturday, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Exhibits include a 15-foot pilot whale skeleton, as well as those of an Atlantic Dolphin and an enormous leatherback turtle. The Center’s aquaria contain local fresh and saltwater fish and invertebrate species of marine life, a touch-tank where one can pick up spider crabs, whelks, hermit crabs, periwinkles, mussels and green crabs. The view from the top floor “Osprey Room” observatory, which encompasses the Elizabeth Islands and Buzzards Bay, has been named by the Massachusetts's Executive Office of Environmental Affairs as one of the top fifteen “Special Places” in the Commonwealth.