Artists' Reception and Songbirds Lecture - September 11

At 10:30 am, please come and welcome the artists of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators-Greater New York Chapter as they discuss the personal experiences that inspired their work. The Songbird Exhibit runs until October 29, weekdays 9:00 am – 4:00 pm.

At 1:00 pm, please join us for a lecture by Robert Askins, Ph. D., Professor of Biology at Connecticut College and international authority on the ecology of birds. Professor Askins will be discussing the history, biology and conservation of forest birds in New England.

Please call to make a reservation for the lecture (203) 938-8809.

View the Artists' Reception/Songbird lecture invitation.

Guild artist: Mary Christiansen

Woodland Conversations - Peter Del Tredici - September 25

Dr. Peter Del Tredici will present a slide lecture on his new book, “Wild Urban Plants of the Northeast: A Field Guide” at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, September 25, at the Highstead Barn.

Dr. Del Tredici will provide a unique perspective on the plants we find in our increasingly urbanized environment of the twenty-first century. Rather than dismissing the nonnative plant species that have been introduced into our city habitats, he portrays them as immigrants with a history and life of their own adapting to roadsides and abandoned parking lots.

Please make a reservation by calling (203) 938-8809.

New Publication on Moose and Deer Browsing

Highstead’s Forest Ecologist, Ed Faison and colleagues from the Massachusetts Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Unit and the University of Massachusetts have published a new paper on the use of experimental exclosures to document the effects of ungulate browsing on regenerating forests in Massachusetts and northern Connecticut.

View the report: Forest exclosures: an experimental approach to understanding browsing by moose and deer.