Live Frogs and Salamanders with Tom Tyning in West Stockbridge
The engaging naturalist brings the county's amphibians to life for a Friday evening talk.
Friday, June 12, 7–8:30pm | West Stockbridge, MA | Free, RSVP encouraged
Tom Tyning returns to the West Stockbridge Historical Society's Berkshire Nature Talk Series on June 12 for an evening on the frogs and salamanders of Berkshire County. Tyning is a Professor of Environmental Science at Berkshire Community College, author of A Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles, and a former field biologist and master naturalist with the Massachusetts Audubon Society for 24 years. He has a gift for making herpetology exciting to people who haven't thought much about the animals underfoot, and he likes to bring live specimens to illustrate his points.
The evening's questions are: how did amphibians arrive in the Berkshires after the glaciers retreated? Who came first? Why do some species ignore water altogether? How can certain frogs survive without lungs? Tyning will work through these questions with photographs of frogs and salamanders in their habitats and some live animals whose stories he'll tell along the way.
Old Town Hall, 9 Main St., West Stockbridge, MA. RSVP at weststockbridgehistory.org.
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