Upcoming QCC Events and Conservation Tips To Track
All of our events have concluded for Summer 2025. We appreciate the record participation from our increasingly engaged community!
Photos and presentation materials from some events this summer can be found by clicking links below:
QCC Spring 2025 Birdwalk at Quonnie Breachway (6/2/25)
Tackling Invasive Plants with Kate Hardesty at Quonnie Grange (7/10/25)
Invasive Species Identification Walk on Old West Beach Road (7/12/25)
Sharks and the Amazing Underwater World of Rhode Island (8/7/25)
Fall Tip: Minimize exterior lighting during bird migration
Migration season has begun; some species are already enroute, but large numbers continue to fly over New England throughout September and October. This makes it especially important to minimize exterior lighting during this time period, as well as the spring migration (March 15th – May 15th). Millions of migrating birds die each year from building impacts caused by light pollution.
For amazing night by night real-time maps of the numbers of birds migrating over an area check out BirdCast, a combined effort of the EPA, the National Audubon Society and Cornell Lab of Ornithology (among others).
For more information about light pollution and bird migration, please visit QCC’s Dark Skies Resources webpage as well as these websites:
