Wildlife Wednesdays hosted by the Friends of the National Wildlife Refuges of Rhode Island is back for its 16th season in 2023. All presentations will be on Wednesdays at 7:00 PM, at the Kettle Pond Visitor Center, 50 Bend Road, Charlestown, Rhode Island. Admission is free and all ages are welcome. For additional information check out http://www.FriendsNWRofRI.org, or contact Bob (friends.ri@verizon.net) or Janis (Janis_Nepshinsky@fws.gov, 401-364-9124 ext. 4404).
July 12: “Shorebirds in Rhode Island: Our Beaches and Beyond,” with Rebeca Linhart and Nicole DeFelice, graduate students in Natural Resources Science at URI.
July 19: “Native Species, Invasive Species, and Rhode Island’s Climate Change Future,” with David Gregg, Executive Director of the Rhode Island Natural History Survey.
July 26: “Meet the Woodpeckers,” with Bob Kenney, naturalist, Friends board member, and Wildlife Wednesdays host.
August 2: “Collecting Baseline Bird Data in a Changing World,” with Charles Clarkson, Director of Avian Research for the Audubon Society of Rhode Island.
August 9: “Atlantic Sea Turtles,” with Bob Kenney back for a second talk.
August 16: “Rhode Island Bumble Bees,” with Casey Johnson and Julia Vieira from the URI Dept. of Plant Sciences and Entomology, and Katie Burns, Pollinator Entomologist from RIDEM.
August 23: “Be Bird Friendly: How YOU Can Help Save the Birds,” with Alison Schwartz, Park Ranger at the Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge.
August 30: “Wind Farms Are NOT Killing Whales,” with Dr. Bob for the last time this summer.
