Pollinator Safari

Website: https://westerlylandtrust.org/organizer/the-westerly-land-trust-2/

The Westerly Land Trust

Get your bug nets ready, it's pollinator season! Come explore and discover the diverse pollinating insects in your backyard environment.

Avondale Farm Preserve

Join the Westerly Land Trust and the amazing Dr. Rachael Bonoan, head of the Providence College&#x27;s Pollinator Lab, for this all-ages, family-friendly event.Dr. Bonoan will guide us through beautiful Avondale Farm Preserve where we will find, capture and identify the bees, butterflies and other pollinating insects doing the critical work of keeping our local ecosystems in balance. Get up close to these winged critters and learn how to use &quot;bug vacuums&quot;, nets, and field guides to catch, <a href="https://providencepollinators.com/outreach/pollinator-identification/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">identify</a>, and release some <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/147403029@N04" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">amazing pollinators</a>. Learn from the experts how pollinators do their jobs, why they are important, and what we can do to help them!Please prepare to romp out in the sun and tall grass; sturdy shoes, pants, sun/bug protection and water are recommended. There are no restroom facilities at Avondale, so plan accordingly. Parking -Park at the Quail Run parking lot. Overflow parking will be available at Grassland Way. Please meet at Quail Run Parking lot at 10:00 AM.Check out this awesome <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/195133918@N04/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">photo collection of pollinators</a> found on WLT preserves, both made by Dr. Bonoan&#x27;s Lab in collaboration with the Westerly Land Trust! To learn more about her lab <a href="https://providencepollinators.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">click here</a>. Registration required.

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