The Buzzards Bay Coalition held its fourth annual Acushnet River Herring Festival at the Acushnet Sawmill property on Saturday, 5/11/19. The free event featured live animal shows, canoeing and kayaking on the river and the pond, educational demonstrations, food by the Oxcart, and Toe Jam Puppet Band. The property, at 32 Mill Road in Acusnet, is a private park open to the public, owned by the BBC. To learn more about the BBC, visit http://www.savebuzzardsbay.org.
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- Sam Claggett from the Buttonwood Park Zoo tells the crowd about a turkey vulture named Vlad, at the fourth annual Acushnet River Herring Festival at the Acushnet Sawmill property owned by the Buzzards Bay Coalition on Saturday, 5/11/19. Photo by Glenn C. Silva.
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- Sam Claggett from the Buttonwood Park Zoo with a red tailed hawk named Lorton at the fourth annual Acushnet River Herring Festival at the Acushnet Sawmill property owned by the Buzzards Bay Coalition on Saturday, 5/11/19. Photo by Glenn C. Silva.
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- David d’Amore paddles his sons Grayson and Nolan around the pond at the fourth annual Acushnet River Herring Festival at the Acushnet Sawmill property owned by the Buzzards Bay Coalition on Saturday, 5/11/19. Photo by Glenn C. Silva.
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- Sam Claggett from the Buttonwood Park Zoo talks to the crowd about Cisco, a great horned owl, at the fourth annual Acushnet River Herring Festival at the Acushnet Sawmill property owned by the Buzzards Bay Coalition on Saturday, 5/11/19. Photo by Glenn C. Silva.
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- Cisco, a Great Horned Owl from the Buttonwood Zoo, makes a guest appearance at the fourth annual Acushnet River Herring Festival at the Acushnet Sawmill property owned by the Buzzards Bay Coalition on Saturday, 5/11/19. Photo by Glenn C. Silva.
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- People got to kayak and canoe ona beautiful summer-like day at the fourth annual Acushnet River Herring Festival at the Acushnet Sawmill property owned by the Buzzards Bay Coalition on Saturday, 5/11/19. Photo by Glenn C. Silva.
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- People got to kayak and canoe ona beautiful summer-like day at the fourth annual Acushnet River Herring Festival at the Acushnet Sawmill property owned by the Buzzards Bay Coalition on Saturday, 5/11/19. Photo by Glenn C. Silva.
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