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will find it a fascinating visit. Sat, Sep<br />
<strong>16</strong>, 20<strong>17</strong> 8:00 am - 11:00 am. Meet<br />
at Joppa Flats Education Center, One<br />
Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport.<br />
Fee: $20. Preregistration required.<br />
For more information, call 978-462-<br />
9998 for information about additional<br />
programs and events, or visit the<br />
website at www.massaudubon.org/<br />
joppaflatsprograms.<br />
SATURDAY MORNING BIRDING<br />
Our experienced leaders will<br />
take you to birding hot spots in the<br />
Newburyport/Plum Island area in<br />
search of avian activity. Beginners and<br />
birders of all skill levels are welcome.<br />
Sat, Sep <strong>16</strong>, 9:00 am - 11:30 am. Meet<br />
at Joppa Flats Education Center, One<br />
Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport.<br />
Fee: $12. No preregistration required.<br />
For more information, call 978-462-<br />
9998 for information about additional<br />
programs and events, or visit the<br />
website at www.massaudubon.org/<br />
joppaflatsprograms.<br />
HAMPTON ART WALK<br />
The 8th annual Hampton Arts<br />
Network Art Walk will be held Sept<br />
15-23. The Baron Forrester wine &<br />
cheese shop will kick - off the event<br />
with a wine tasting on the 15th from 5-<br />
8 pm and coffee sampling the <strong>16</strong>th at 9<br />
am. Downtown Hampton shops, Lane<br />
Library, Town Hall and three Banks<br />
will also be participating. Activities<br />
during this event will include two Paint<br />
& Sip classes, one on the 19th at 6pm<br />
at Baron Forrester with artist Linda<br />
Gebhart, and the other on the 20th<br />
at the Old Salt at 6:30 with artist Jody<br />
Mueller. A Watercolor painting Demo<br />
by artist Peg Duffin will take place at<br />
Marelli’s Market at 6:00 p.m. also on<br />
the 20th. And on the 21st is a kid’s<br />
craft night at the Lane Library from<br />
5:30-7:30 p.m. for ages 8 yrs and up.<br />
The HAN member’s group art show<br />
will be in the Lane Library Gallery all<br />
month long, as well as the art displays<br />
in shops. Students from the HAN<br />
Summer Enrichment program will<br />
display their art work at the People’s<br />
United Bank. New this year will be a<br />
chance to win gift certificates & gift<br />
baskets from the shops. Maps will<br />
be available at the shops, look for the<br />
white & blue banners hanging in the<br />
windows at participating locations.<br />
Enjoy local art while visiting shops on<br />
the map all week long, the raffle entry<br />
box will be at Woof Pet Nutrition &<br />
Supply Center. This is a free family<br />
friendly event sponsored by HAN,<br />
which is a non-profit group promoting<br />
the arts and artist in the Hampton area.<br />
For more information please contact<br />
Art Walk Chair Kathy McGinness<br />
kmmcginness@gmail.com<br />
INTENSIVE BIRD DRAWING<br />
This three-session advanced class<br />
on drawing birds taught by Sandy<br />
McDermott will help you further your<br />
knowledge of bird anatomy, including<br />
bone structure, feathers, shapes,<br />
proportions, and behavior. Class time<br />
will be spent indoors as well as outside,<br />
weather permitting. Previous drawing/<br />
sketching experience is necessary<br />
for this class. Saturdays, September<br />
<strong>16</strong>–23, 9:00-11:00 a.m. Fee: $<strong>13</strong>4<br />
($114/Mass Audubon members).<br />
Advance registration is required; go to<br />
massaudubon.org/ipswichriver or call<br />
978-887-9264.<br />
BEHIND THE SCENES TOUR!<br />
See Friday, September 15th<br />
MEET BEACH CREATURES IN<br />
THE FALL<br />
Summer may have ended, but our<br />
110-gallon tide pool touch tank is<br />
still filled with marine life! Adults<br />
and children are invited to drop in<br />
on weekends, September 9 through<br />
October 8, from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm,<br />
to see up close the critters you might<br />
have wondered about on your own<br />
beach visits. This programming for<br />
folks of all ages includes special features<br />
for little ones. Sat, Sep <strong>16</strong>, 20<strong>17</strong><br />
10:00 am - 1:00 pm. Meet at Joppa<br />
Flats Education Center, One Plum<br />
Island Turnpike, Newburyport. FREE<br />
($2 donation per person welcome).<br />
No preregistration required. Groups<br />
of 10+, please call ahead. For more<br />
information, call 978-462-9998 for<br />
information about additional programs<br />
and events, or visit the website at www.<br />
massaudubon.org/joppaflatsprograms.<br />
MAP & COMPASS TREASURE<br />
HUNT<br />
For families with children 7 years<br />
and older. Bring your own compass or<br />
use one of ours and learn how to find<br />
north, orient yourself, count paces,<br />
and use the map and compass to find<br />
your way. After some basics, we’ll hit<br />
the trails and use the new skills learn<br />
to search for some hidden natural<br />
treasures. This is a good introduction<br />
to orienteering for the whole family.<br />
Saturday, September <strong>16</strong>, 10:00-11:30<br />
a.m. Fee: $10/adults, $8/children<br />
(discount for Mass Audubon members).<br />
Advance registration is required; go to<br />
massaudubon.org/ipswichriver or call<br />
978-887-9264.<br />
MONARCH MAGIC<br />
For families with children 4 years<br />
and older. Learn about the amazing<br />
journey the monarch butterfly takes<br />
to Mexico as we discuss the monarch’s<br />
life cycle and the challenges facing its<br />
habitat. Find out more about butterfly<br />
gardening and create a paper butterfly<br />
that will spend the winter with<br />
children who live near the monarch<br />
sanctuaries in Mexico We will work<br />
together as citizen scientists to tag<br />
and release several monarchs to start<br />
their journey south. Meets at Mass<br />
Audubon’s Endicott Wildlife Sanctuary<br />
in Wenham. Saturday, September <strong>16</strong>,<br />
10:00-11:30 a.m. Fee: $10/adults, $8/<br />
children (discount for Mass Audubon<br />
members). Advance registration is<br />
required; go to massaudubon.org/<br />
ipswichriver or call 978-887-9264.<br />
“WHO WAS” BOOK CLUB<br />
This month’s book club will be<br />
reading Who Was King Tut. And we<br />
will be making our own Canopic Jars.<br />
This Book Club meets once a month<br />
and lets kids use technology, crafts,<br />
and imagination to share what they<br />
learned in every book in the “Who<br />
Was Series”. Books will be available for<br />
pickup August 22nd. (GRADES 2-5)<br />
Saturday, September <strong>16</strong>th from 11am-<br />
12pm Online Registration Required.<br />
Newbury Town Library, 0 Lunt St,<br />
Byfield, 978-465-0539<br />
POWOW RIVER POETS<br />
READING SERIES<br />
The Powow River Poets present two<br />
poets on Saturday, September <strong>16</strong>, 20<strong>17</strong><br />
at 3 p.m. at the Newburyport Public<br />
Library. Wendy Sloan and James B.<br />
Nicola both live in New York City,<br />
both are skilled in formal verse, yet<br />
both work in different subject matter.<br />
Wendy Sloan’s first collection of<br />
poetry, Sunday Mornings at the Caffe<br />
Mediterraneum (Kelsay Books 20<strong>16</strong>),<br />
was featured at both the First Books<br />
Panel of the West Chester Poetry<br />
Conference and the New Books Panel<br />
at Poetry by the Sea. Open mic at the<br />
end is limited to ten readers with one<br />
poem or less than two minutes each.<br />
Event is free and open to the public.<br />
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER <strong>17</strong>th<br />
EARLY FALL BIRD WALK AT<br />
IPSWICH RIVER WILDLIFE<br />
SANCTUARY<br />
Explore the sanctuary’s wetlands,<br />
fields, forest, and river edges in search of<br />
the many bird species attracted to these<br />
habitats. At this transitional time of year<br />
we may find late-migrating warblers<br />
and vireos, lingering summer birds such<br />
as tanagers and grosbeaks, along with<br />
hawks, an assortment of waterfowl, and<br />
early winter arrivals including juncos<br />
and white-throated sparrows. Learn<br />
to identify birds in their nonbreeding<br />
plumage. Beginners welcome! Sunday,<br />
September <strong>17</strong>, 7:30-10:30 a.m. Fee:<br />
$14 ($12/Mass Audubon members).<br />
Advance registration is required; go to<br />
massaudubon.org/ipswichriver or call<br />
978-887-9264.<br />
INTRODUCTION TO<br />
VOLUNTEERING<br />
Do you love the outdoors and want<br />
to learn more about sharing nature<br />
with others? Come to Joppa Flats<br />
and consider becoming an education<br />
volunteer! Joppa Flats presents nature<br />
education to schools, groups, and<br />
families throughout the school year<br />
at Joppa Flats, at school sites, and in<br />
various local habitats on the Parker<br />
River National Wildlife Refuge. We<br />
provide complete in-the-field training<br />
- at the beach, in the salt marsh, and<br />
at our bird banding station on Plum<br />
Island - to prepare you to assist out<br />
Joppa Flats Teacher-Naturalists.<br />
Sun, Sep <strong>17</strong>, 20<strong>17</strong> 8:30 am - 12:30<br />
pm. Meet at Joppa Flats Education<br />
Center, One Plum Island Turnpike,<br />
Newburyport. Fee: $35. Preregistration<br />
required. For more information, call<br />
978-462-9998 for information about<br />
additional programs and events, or