Sharing an appreciation of nature through birding, geology, astronomy, plants and more in the North Quabbin area.

George LoCascio is a professor at Mount WachusettCommunity College whose area of expertise and experience in environmentalscience is broad. He will be presenting a smorgasbord of topicsincluding what is happening in studies at The Mount, and a most interesting oneof how smoke and smoke water affects germination of native and non nativeseeds. Our time will be relaxed and interactive with lots of room for him totell us about what the students and he are doing and what we might be curiousto know.

The ABNC Geology Division meets Fridays at 4:00 PM inthe “Quarry” located in the basement of the Millers River Environmental Center.To join the Geology email list or for more information contact Max MacPhee @ commustar@gmail.com

A look at Bobolinks as interpreted inpoetry, mostly by 19th century New England poets, including, from here inWestern Massachusetts, Emily Dickinson, and William Cullen Bryant. The talk isdecorated with classic, mostly 19th and early 20th century, illustrations.

David Spectoris a retired ornithologist with an interest in birds in literature.