Please join Simsbury Grange and The Simsbury Public Library in welcoming local filmmaker, Ray Asselin, as he presents his 5-part Beaver Pond Wildlife series documenting a full year’s time at New England beaver ponds. The films are scheduled to coincide with what you can expect to see at northeastern beaver ponds at that time of the year. All of the films will be shown at 7:00 pm at Simsbury Grange Hall with an informal social hour beginning at 6:00 PM. Guests may bring food to enjoy outside or in the lower level before each film begins. Part 1 - Saturday, April 22nd. Part 2 - Thursday, May 25th. Part 3 - Thursday, June 8th. Part 4 - September 14th. Part 5 - November 9th. See you there!

Few wildlife species are more intriguing, and none has a greater ability to alter and create habitat than that iconic keystone species, the beaver. This unassuming mammal goes about its daily life setting up and maintaining its homestead, all the while creating aquatic and terrestrial conditions that so many other creatures rely on.

"Part 1 - Early Spring" will be presented Saturday, April 22, 2023, at 7:00 pm at Simsbury Grange Hall. We'll see migrating birds arriving at beaver ponds to stake out nesting territories, including warblers, songbirds, swallows, ducks, geese, herons, woodcock, hawks, ospreys, bald eagles, and more. A variety of mammals, amphibians, fish, and reptiles are part of the mix too, such as beavers (of course), muskrats, deer, fisher, bobcat, otters, weasels, opossum, coyote, skunk, frogs, turtles, toads, and newts. Life on, above, and below the pond surface is explored.

Register at: www.simsburylibrary.info (Go to Event Calendar to register for this event.)
For more information, email info@SimsburyGrange.org.