# Who's Living in Your Leaf Pile? at Stony Brook Wildlife Sanctuary (Norfolk)

> Event for families in the Boston–Cambridge–Newton area (MA / NH). Times are Eastern Time.

- When: Sat, Nov 7 · 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
- Where: Mass Audubon Stony Brook Wildlife Sanctuary, 108 North St, Norfolk, MA 02056
- Ages: Families with children 3-6
- Price: $8 members / $10 nonmembers (adults and children)
- Organizer: Mass Audubon
- Official page: https://www.massaudubon.org/programs/stony-brook/103734-who-s-living-in-your-leaf-pile
- Last checked: Fri, Oct 30

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Families head outside to investigate leaf piles with bug boxes and magnifiers, finding the creatures living there and how the forest food web works.

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