Two Barn Swallows on a green background.
Sharon

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Barn Swallows. Photo: Peter Bauer/Ä¢¹½Av Photography Awards

A Forest Sanctuary Full of Opportunity

The Sharon Ä¢¹½Av Center is an education center and nature sanctuary that is situated on 1,147 acres of mostly forest and includes 11 miles of trails and two ponds. Our main visitor center building houses a small a small natural history museum and the Ä¢¹½Av Nature Store. The immediate grounds include raptor aviaries, a pollinator garden, native plant gardens, and a working sugarhouse (formerly an ice house).

The Sharon Ä¢¹½Av Center is home to a number of non-releasable birds. The majority of the birds are housed in large outside, predator-proof aviaries, filled with natural vegetation and various perching options. The birds serve as education ambassadors for their species, accompanying Ä¢¹½Av staff to education programs at schools, community events, and other venues—teaching thousands of people about the importance of protecting these amazing animals and their natural habitats.

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Sharon Ä¢¹½Av Center has many options for visitors, including birding, hiking trails, school programs, and learning about wildlife rehabilitation.

A group of people using binoculars to look at birds. Behind them are trees.
Choose Your Own Ä¢¹½Av Adventure at the Sharon Ä¢¹½Av Center
A brown Hermit Thrush stands on a bare branch.
Birds of the Sharon Ä¢¹½Av Center
A male Chestnut-sided Warbler perched on a branch, surrounded by budding leaves.
Trails at the Sharon Ä¢¹½Av Center
An American Robin chick inside an enclosure opens its beak to eat insects being fed to it using forceps.
Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic
American Robin fledgling with brown speckled breast sits on a bare branch in a white rehab space.
School Programs at Sharon Ä¢¹½Av Center
Your Guide to Sharon Ä¢¹½Av Center