ABNC News
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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...
Exhibit changes at the Center
A lot has been happening behind the scene at the Center while we were closed during the pandemic. As we begin to return to the new normal, volunteers have been hard at work at the Center, cleaning, painting walls, and repairing cases, and finding ways to include new...
ACTION ALERT
ABNC Board has signed on to Opposing the Proposed Gardner Sludge Landfill Expansion: We join our partner Millers River Watershed Council and others in opposition to the expansion of the Gardner Landfill: A Healthy Vision for our Watershed Welcome! The Millers River...
Summer weather is upon us
Public Gathering at UMass Amherst Sunwheel will Mark June 10 Solar Eclipse Dawn gathering will celebrate unique and beautiful event AMHERST, Mass. – The public is invited to join astronomers at the UMass Sunwheel, beginning at 5:15 a.m. on Thursday, June 10, to safely...
Our Post Pandemic View
The last year plus have been trying for all of us. As more of us get vaccinated the CDC and government at all levels have begun to lift restrictions sometimes creating more questions about what we can or should do when gathering together. Fully vaccinated adults are...
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