Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center

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Inside our natural-history museum in coastal Mystic are woodland, wetland and meadow displays depicting southeastern Connecticut’s unique habitats and wildlife, many of which can be found throughout our outdoor sanctuary.Get a close-up view of live frogs, fish, turtles and snakes. Meet magnified centipedes, ants and mushrooms in our Life Under a Log exhibit, experience a “Night in the Meadow” in our small theater, or watch bird flight patterns as they stream across our colorful meadow mural. Learn to recognize local birds in our classroom exhibit featuring more than 200 antique mounted bird specimens donated from the estate of Gurdon Bill, a noted local natural history collector. Other exhibits feature birds eggs, nests and skulls.Browse the exhibits in preparation for a hike along our trails, and visit several species of unreleasable hawks and owls in our outdoor flight enclosures including Barred, Great Horned and Eastern Screech owls, a Peregrine Falcon, Red Tailed hawks, Broad Wing hawks, American Kestrel – all raptors native to southern New England.

Contacts

Phone
+18605361216

Address:
109 Pequotsepos Rd, Mystic, CT 06355

Website:
http://www.dpnc.org/