At the time of colonial settlement, the wild turkey (Melleagris gallopavo) was abundant across Rhode Island. Due to habitat loss and overharvest, turkeys were extirpated from the state in the early 1900’s. Rhode Island biologists conducted turkey reintroduction efforts in the 1980s and 1990s; today wild turkeys are found in virtually all areas of the …
(9.23) Who’s a good dog? Head down to Nick-A-Nee’s Saturday day for the annual ‘Punks for Pets’ event and find out. This will be outdoors unless it rains and then everybody goes inside. There’s even bands playing: the Agents, Vague, Sourpunch, Starbath, Shirley Drive, Musclecah, and Crossbite. The wish list below is your ticket in. …
(8.13) Friday, Saturday, and Sunday and then the asteroid (moving van) brings the Dinosaurs Among Us exhibit to an end. Travel back in time in this immersive, walk-through experience featuring nearly 60 life-size animatronic dinosaurs including the 18-foot-long Dreadnoughtus, an 8-foot tall Brachiosaurus, Triceratops (and baby), Stegasaurus, and of course, T. Rex. I checked it …
The Ocean State Tackle bait window was bustling today. I wanted to check in on Sukha who had been ill, and I’m happy to report that she has responded well to treatment and resumed her duties holding down the sidewalk. Sukha and Purna, Dave Henault’s two awesome labs, are the store’s official greeters and neighborhood …
Big thumbs up for the Dinosaurs Among Us exhibit at Roger Williams Park Zoo, up now through August 13th. Triceratops has always been a personal favorite with its pleasing proportions and balanced massing. But all these dinosaurs are built to impress, featuring sound effects and a surprising amount of movement. Watching kids interact with the …
Only one eyas left (at the time of this writing). The other three are still hanging around on the roof and ledge. Both parents just flew in with a pigeon carcass and are making it clear that the family will be dining al fresco from now on. The official update this morning from the Audubon …
Tuesday was banding day in the peregrine nestbox and once again Peter Green of Providence Raptors was on hand with his camera, and an extra pair of hands. The four peregrines — one female, three male — appear to be healthy. That’s great news. Here is how the Audubon Society of Rhode Island (ASRI) described …
It is impossible for Boston sports fans not to be reminded of the 2004 Red Sox come-from-behind defeat of the Yankees in the playoffs. Nothing could have been more improbable. And the Sox have the day off today so they will all be watching, so that seems like a good sign. We might even see …
And to all the other primate mothers out there. The Roger Williams Park Zoo recently announced the birth of twin golden lion tamarins to mom Raff and dad Kyle. From the ProJo: There are only about 2,500 golden lion tamarins in the wild, but the number was even lower in the 1970s, with just 200 …
(5.13) Urban birding fans are invited to gather at the Roger Williams National Monument Saturday morning for a Guided Bird Walk around the area. Join naturalists from the Audubon Society of Rhode Island and the Providence Parks Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnership for a free walk and talk. We will explore along the Canal Walk and …
There’s the white fluff I was telling you about. Saturday was the big hatch day with three out of the four hatchlings making their appearance! The first hatchling (eyas) arrived at 7am, another at 11:30am, and the third at 3:30pm. The last egg is biding its time but may have hatched by the time you …
Any moment now we might start seeing the first puffs of fluffy white down. It may not be clear from my screen grab, but on Wednesday the experts at the Audubon Society RI posted their own, more helpful images and described their observations at the Nesting Box Update: Hatching has begun! It looks like two …
And I ran, I ran so far away . . . folks hoping to take a leisurely walk downtown along the river, be advised: It’s been very Bodega Bay down there lately. It didn’t take long for local gulls to notice the massive influx of menhaden into the Providence River. A similar scenario has been …
We’re getting close to hatching time. By April 30 of last year three of the four eggs had hatched. Earlier today this parent was getting up and down, pulling together the nesting material such as it is, and fiddling with the eggs. (That may not mean anything; I am not an ornithologist.) The Audubon Society …
The rare New England cottontail, a species of native rabbit once abundant in these parts*, is getting some much needed help from the NE Cottontail Captive Breeding Program. Since 2010, captive breeding specialists at Roger Williams Park Zoo have been working to perfect housing, feeding, and breeding techniques so that threatened New England cottontails can …
Dinosaurs come roaring back to life at the Roger Williams Park Zoo in “Dinosaurs Among Us.” This immersive walk-through will take you back to the Mesozoic Era, the age of dinosaurs before that terrible, horrible, very bad day. The exhibit starts Friday, April 7, and remains up for four months. Anyone who has watched the …