ABNC News
Photo by John Cassinari
Sunday Open House Celebration a great Success
Thank you to all of our volunteers that made this event so special. A beautiful day to enjoy music, art, birds of prey, Root beer Floats and our enhanced exhibits. Special thanks to all our presenters who volunteered their time and skills to make our open house a huge...
Royalston Ode Trip – May 2022
On Sunday May 29th, 8 members and friends of the Athol Bird and Nature Club embarked on a beautiful sunlit day exploring for Odonates and other insects in Royalston Ma. First stop was the Eagle Reserve a huge bog and marsh owned and protected by the Mount Grace Land...
How to Prepare for Climate Change
Join us as we welcome David Pogue for a zoom presentation on April 13, 2022, @ 6:00. He will be presenting on the topics discussed in his book, How to Prepare for Climate Change, and there will be Q & A afterward. In How to...
Cape Ann Birding Trip – February 2022
View from Jodrey Pier, Gloucester, MA - photo by Joan Duprey, (January 2011) On February 13, the Club sponsored a trip to Cape Ann, led by Ernie LeBlanc. As many know, Cape Ann in the winter can be a cold and windy experience, and this day met expectations. In...
Turners Falls Accessible Field Trip with the Anti-racist Collective of Birders – Feb 2022
It was a brisk sunny day as Athol Bird and Nature Club president Dave Small and Meghadeepa Maity of the Anti-Racist Collective of Avid Birders lead twenty others on an accessible field trip to the Turners Falls and Old Deerfield area. Highlights at Unity Park, where...
2021 Athol Circle Christmas Bird Count – 10,495 birds of 59 species observed
December 18th, 2021 the Athol Bird and Nature Club (ABNC) held the 54th annual Athol Circle Christmas Bird Count (CBC). This annual event is sponsored by the National Audubon Society and is designed to count all the species and individual birds we can find in the area...
2022 ABNC Calendars are now available
Cover of ABNC 2022 Calendar The Athol Bird and Nature Club (ABNC) calendar, chock full of nature notes, trivia questions, and of course, some amazing photos of local birds, animals, and plants are now available. While many people may enjoy a calendar with pictures of...
Quabbin Gate 35 – ABNC Trip with Brookline Bird Club
On Friday, September 10th, the Athol Bird and Nature Club was joined by the Brookline Bird Club on a co-sponsored walk through Quabbin Reservoir's Gate 35. Highlights were many migrant warblers like Chestnut-sided Warber, Magnolia Warbler, Black-throated Green along...
Guided Fern Walk Trip Report
Randy Stone guided participants on a fern walk Sunday, July 25, at the Bearsden Conservation Area in Athol.
Advisory: Report Dead Birds and Remove Feeders
An illness is impacting birds in certain parts of the country. As a precautionary measure, MassWildlife is urging the public to report observations of dead birds and stop using bird feeders at this time. To find out ore please follow this MassWildlife link In...
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