Monday, September 26, 2011
OCTOBER PROGRAMS AT FRESH POND RESERVATION
These events are FREE and open to the public. Children are welcome in the company of an adult.
Please register for each event that you plan to attend. You will receive directions and information on parking when you register. E-mail Elizabeth Wylde at friendsoffreshpond@yahoo.com or call 617-349-6489 and leave your name and phone number.
MIGRATORY BIRD WALK
Saturday, October 1
8 to 10 am
Street end of Neville Place driveway
650 Concord Avenue
We will look for migrating songbirds and waterfowl that have stopped to rest and feed at the Reservation on their way south for the winter. We’ll also look for year-round Fresh Pond avian residents. Beginners are welcome! We have binoculars to lend and will show you how to use them.
FRESH POND KIDS’ WALK
Fridays in October
9 to 10 am
Water Purification Facility front door
250 Fresh Pond Parkway
Kids! Bring your parents and friends to the next Reservation Ramble! Join us for a leisurely walk to meet plants and animals living in the Reservation. The walk is cancelled if it rains. To get on the email list, contact Deb at 617-349-6489 or fpr@cambridgema.gov.
INSECTS IN THE KINGSLEY PARK BIOSWALE
Saturday, October 15
1 to 3 pm
Kingsley Park parking lot
250 Fresh Pond Parkway
Join us for a family "bug" walk! The bioswale at the bottom of the Kingsley Park hillside is a rich habitat for wildflowers, the insects that eat them or drink their nectar, and the critters that eat the insects. With naturalist Tom Murray as our guide, we will identify whatever we find, adding them to our inventory of insects at Fresh Pond. Wear old shoes and long pants. Kids are welcome with an adult.
A TOUR OF THE WATER PURIFICATION FACILITY
Monday, October 17
6 to 7:30 pm
Water Purification Facility front door
250 Fresh Pond Parkway
Come learn how water that falls as rain in the western suburbs is transported to Cambridge, purified into drinking water, and piped to our homes and businesses. Members of the Cambridge Water Department staff will describe the process, answer your questions, and give a tour of the building.
FASCINATING FUNGI OF FRESH POND
Sunday, October 23
2 to 5 pm
Maynard Ecology Center, basement of Neville Place
650 Concord Avenue
Mycologist Lawrence Millman has identified 192 mushroom species at Fresh Pond. For the seventh straight year, he will be leading a Fresh Pond mushroom foray that will give you the chance to add to this list as well as learn more about the world of fungi. He'll also be selling (and signing!) copies of his new book Fascinating Fungi of New England, the first guidebook devoted exclusively to New England mushrooms.
A FRESH POND RESERVATION WALKABOUT
Monday, October 24
6 to 7:30 pm
Water Purification Facility front door
250 Fresh Pond Parkway
Chip Norton, Cambridge Watershed Manager, will give a tour of Fresh Pond Reservation’s conservation and recreation areas. He also will use maps and diagrams to help illustrate the goals for these major restoration projects.
Please register for each event that you plan to attend. You will receive directions and information on parking when you register. E-mail Elizabeth Wylde at friendsoffreshpond@yahoo.com or call 617-349-6489 and leave your name and phone number.
MIGRATORY BIRD WALK
Saturday, October 1
8 to 10 am
Street end of Neville Place driveway
650 Concord Avenue
We will look for migrating songbirds and waterfowl that have stopped to rest and feed at the Reservation on their way south for the winter. We’ll also look for year-round Fresh Pond avian residents. Beginners are welcome! We have binoculars to lend and will show you how to use them.
FRESH POND KIDS’ WALK
Fridays in October
9 to 10 am
Water Purification Facility front door
250 Fresh Pond Parkway
Kids! Bring your parents and friends to the next Reservation Ramble! Join us for a leisurely walk to meet plants and animals living in the Reservation. The walk is cancelled if it rains. To get on the email list, contact Deb at 617-349-6489 or fpr@cambridgema.gov.
INSECTS IN THE KINGSLEY PARK BIOSWALE
Saturday, October 15
1 to 3 pm
Kingsley Park parking lot
250 Fresh Pond Parkway
Join us for a family "bug" walk! The bioswale at the bottom of the Kingsley Park hillside is a rich habitat for wildflowers, the insects that eat them or drink their nectar, and the critters that eat the insects. With naturalist Tom Murray as our guide, we will identify whatever we find, adding them to our inventory of insects at Fresh Pond. Wear old shoes and long pants. Kids are welcome with an adult.
A TOUR OF THE WATER PURIFICATION FACILITY
Monday, October 17
6 to 7:30 pm
Water Purification Facility front door
250 Fresh Pond Parkway
Come learn how water that falls as rain in the western suburbs is transported to Cambridge, purified into drinking water, and piped to our homes and businesses. Members of the Cambridge Water Department staff will describe the process, answer your questions, and give a tour of the building.
FASCINATING FUNGI OF FRESH POND
Sunday, October 23
2 to 5 pm
Maynard Ecology Center, basement of Neville Place
650 Concord Avenue
Mycologist Lawrence Millman has identified 192 mushroom species at Fresh Pond. For the seventh straight year, he will be leading a Fresh Pond mushroom foray that will give you the chance to add to this list as well as learn more about the world of fungi. He'll also be selling (and signing!) copies of his new book Fascinating Fungi of New England, the first guidebook devoted exclusively to New England mushrooms.
A FRESH POND RESERVATION WALKABOUT
Monday, October 24
6 to 7:30 pm
Water Purification Facility front door
250 Fresh Pond Parkway
Chip Norton, Cambridge Watershed Manager, will give a tour of Fresh Pond Reservation’s conservation and recreation areas. He also will use maps and diagrams to help illustrate the goals for these major restoration projects.
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