March Providence Birding Outing

Name: March Providence Birding Outing
Start: 2025-03-28T09:30:00-04:00
End: 2025-03-28T10:30:00-04:00
Location: Rhode Island College (RIC)

Schedule

Fri Mar 28 2025 at 09:30 am to 10:30 am

UTC-04:00

Location

Rhode Island College (RIC) | Providence, RI

Image: Dark-eyed Junco by Karen Johnson-Nieuwendijk
Join naturalists from the Audubon Society of Rhode Island and the Providence Urban Conservation Partnership for FREE GUIDED BIRDING in Providence on Friday, March 28, 9:30-10:30 am. Our rain date will be Sunday, March 30, 9:30-10:30 am.
We will be looking for our neighborhood birds along a wooded path on the Rhode Island College campus. We can practice listening for birds, and being able to pick out the songs and calls of the familiar ones. We welcome Rhode Island College students and faculty to join us!
We are meeting in front of the Rhode Island College Alumni and Visitor Center, 612 Mount Pleasant Avenue. The building is off College Road, and it is the closest Rhode Island College building to the intersection of Mt. Pleasant Avenue and College Road.
The path we will walk is paved most of the way, with a slight incline. There are two areas we will travel through that are unpaved, and across short grass. If you have any concerns about the accessibility of this walk, we have some options. (Please feel free to email [email protected] to discuss.)
We encourage you to walk, bicycle, carpool or take public transit if you are able to. The RIPTA bus Routes # 55 and 92 stop across from the Visitor Center on College Road, and in front of Roberts Hall, off College Road, where the walk will end.
If driving, you can park in the RIC Visitor Center parking lot.
Some safety recommendations:
- Dress for the weather and wear sturdy walking shoes.
- We encourage you to bring your own equipment, such as binoculars and field guides, but we will have some available to borrow as well.
- Many of us have been dealing with pesky winter colds; please wear a mask if you are symptomatic, but do feel free to join us if you are feeling up to it.
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We acknowledge that these lands we will explore are the traditional, ancestral and contemporary lands of the Nahaganset, Wôpanâak, and Pokanoket nations. We are grateful to these local indigenous nations for being the first to steward these lands and waters, and for continuing that stewardship in the present and into the future.
These birding adventures began in 2018 as part of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s Urban Bird Treaty Program, and in 2019, Providence was designated a Bird Treaty City. To read more about the Urban Bird Treaty and other participating cities, visit the website and check out the story map.