Rock Point VT

We are closed today, Friday June 12, due to the heat advisory. We do not have AC! We’ll be open tomorrow, Saturday, from 10-2 as usual. See you then! And if you’re outside today, bring plenty of water and be mindful of the heat!

Eagle Bay this morning. Misty and full of birdsong.

Join us for our first annual Moth & Firefly Night! Friday, June 26th from 8:30pm-11pm (rain date the next day, Sat. June 27th). This community event celebrates nocturnal pollinators, and will feature a talk on fireflies by Xerces Ambassador Kate Taylor, guided Firefly viewing, a mothing station with a moth sheet and ID resources, s'mores, and more! This is a drop-in event-- come whenever, leave whenever. Please register at rockpointvt.org/calendar.

This Saturday, wilderness survival instructor Jessie Krebbs is teaching a one-day, women's survival skills workshop at Rock Point. More info and register at rockpointvt.org/calendar!

Join us this Saturday, June 6th, for an insect walk at Rock Point! From 10:30am-12:30pm we’ll walk the trails and look for insects, with a special focus on pollinators. Bring your nets, cameras, binoculars, smart phones, or even just your curiosity. More info and register at rockpointvt.org/calendar ! Registration required.

Our next session of Tending Rock Point is up on our calendar and Eventbrite! Join us Saturday, June 6th from 9am-1pm to learn about sheep care & scything. Learn more and register at rockpointvt.org/calendar

Want to get started learning butterflies? Join us this Sunday for a butterfly talk with Kate Taylor, author of Butterflies of Vermont & Their Host Plants. Head to rockpointvt.org/calendar to register! We found three butterfly species on our Insect Pollinator Walk this past weekend! Pictured here: American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis), Cabbage White (Pieris rapae), and a Northern Azure (Celastrina lucia).

It’s amazing how much you see when you slow down and look closely. Today during our nature journaling event, we found these structures created by caterpillars to protect them while they pupate (we think). All of these were on largeflower bellwort leaves. Please let us know if you know what species it is! And join us for our next nature journaling session on May 27th! Rockpointvt.org/calendar to register.

Sunday, May 24th from 10-11:30. Come learn about butterflies with local naturalist & author Kate Taylor!

Butterflies are amazing animals, morphing from leaf-bound caterpillars to winged beauties. New England has over 120 species of butterflies, yet most of us only recognize one or two of the most common. In this talk we’ll begin changing that. First we'll explore the life cycle of butterflies, then discuss ways to find and identify them in the field.

Kate Taylor is the author of Butterflies of Vermont and their Host Plants and is a graduate of the Vermont Master Naturalist Program.

Learn more and register at rockpointvt.org/calendar

Join us this Saturday, May 16th from 10am-1pm for a workshop in invasive species management! Tending Rock Point is a series of workshops where we practice collaborative stewardship and reciprocity with the land at Rock Point. In this session we will take a tour through some sites where we are managing populations of what are commonly called "invasive" species. These are species that have been brought here recently by humans and have the capacity disrupt ecosystems by reproducing rapidly and out-competing native species. We will meet some of these species and learn how to identify them, we'll discuss our philosophy of management, and then choose an area to work on together for the remainder of our time. For more info & to register, visit rockpointvt.org/calendar.