Try Counting Butterflies! Beginners are welcome at Audubon's West Bay Butterfly Counts.
Be a citizen scientist and join Audubon's 11th annual Butterfly Count. We help the North American Butterfly Association track the health of butterfly populations in Rhode Island.
Walks start at 10:00am and run until about noon. Binoculars are helpful, but not required and photographs are greatly appreciated!
Walk leaders will help you spot and identify butterflies and provide a lot of wonderful information about these charismatic mini-fauna!
The locations of Audubon's naturalist-led counts are as follows.
- Audubon's Fisherville Brook Wildlife Refuge. Leader: Jim Lewis Van Cleve
- Audubon's Powder Mill Ledges Wildlife Refuge. Leader: Lisa Maloney
- Audubon's Newman Wildlife Refuge. Leader: Eugenia Marks
- Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge. Leader: July Lewis
jscoones@asri.org OR 401-949-5454 Ext. 3044