Sponsored by the, the Franklin Park Coalition, Friends of Jamaica Pond, the Emerald Necklace Bird Club, and Mass Audubon's Boston Nature Center, the Birds and Bards Festival is a weekend-long celebration of birds, poetry, and nature. Events today include:
- 8 a.m. - 10 a.m. Morning Bird Walk at the Boston Nature Center
- 12 noon - 2 p.m. Walk and Draw with Mardi Reed at the Boston Nature Center
- 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. The Ideas Behind the Design at the Arnold Arboretum
- 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. “A Bird a Day” Creative Listening Walk & Performance at the Boston Nature Center