Head out with Audubon for frosty fun! Audubon offers vacation week fun at three locations across the state to keep the kids busy, engaged and immersed in nature. Meet Mermaid Kora at the Nature Center and Aquarium, try frosty science experiments, or get outside for tracking and birding with the experts.

While humans may take their cozy homes for granted when winter sets in, the strategies that wildlife have developed to cope with the plunging temperatures, biting wind and lack of food are as creative and innovative as they are necessary.

A bird’s food may be small but it plays a clear and critical role in species survival, not to mention habitat conservation and ecosystem balance, both important for wildlife and humans alike. This effort to create a “Bird Food Baseline” is part of the overall RI Audubon Avian Research Initiative.