Celebrating National Wildlife Refuge Week at Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge

Come join the free and fun-filled activities: 10:00 am Guided Bird Walk by Naturalist Dr. Bob Kenney We’ll walk the refuge trails looking and listening for birds that stay all winter and fall migrants passing through, and anything else interesting that we come across! Like a curious mink! 1:00 pm Live Bird of Prey Show by the Audubon Society of Rhode Island Learn about how these birds fly and hunt and learn how the National Wildlife Refuges and other green spaces are important homes and feeding grounds for these birds of Rhode Island. All day fun: *Interactive exhibits - discovery drawers *Nature Crafts *Inside scavenger hunts- earn a prize *Nature Bingo Rediscover your nature at a national wildlife refuge. National Wildlife Refuge Week, observed the second full week of October each year, celebrates the great network of lands and waters that conserves and protects Americans’ precious wildlife heritage. In 2024, National Wildlife Refuge Week occurs October 13-19. The week-long celebration kicks off Saturday, October 12, on Urban Wildlife Conservation Day. For more information on celebrating National Wildlife Refuge Week, , please visit https://www.fws.gov/story/national-wildlife-refuge-week. Hosted by the Friends of the National Wildlife Refuges of Rhode Island