ABNC News
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Dragonflies and Damselflies – Summer is finally here!
Summer is finally here and there is no better way to connect with our natural world than explore the marvels of the insects around us. This summer we will feature two groups of insects to learn more about Dragonflies and Moths. May 31st we'll kick off with a Workshop...
Eagle Survey April 4th
NESTING BALD EAGLE SURVEY – State Ornithologist Drew Vitz is coordinating a statewide bald eagle nesting survey which is scheduled for Friday, April 4. The rain date is Friday, April 11. Staff and volunteers will be reporting on known nesting pairs and...
Pollinator Gardens: The Beautiful Buzz
Thursday, February 20, 7 p.m. Pollinator Gardens: The Beautiful Buzz Join us here at the Center for this special meeting when Christine Beckert Long, North Quabbin Garden Club president and graduate of the New Wild Flower Society’s Native Plants Studies program,...
ABNC Founder Robert B. Coyle Jr. Passes
Robert Banks Coyle Jr. - Deceased, Dec. 31, 2013 ATHOL - Robert (Bob) Banks Coyle Jr., 83, of 1978 Chestnut Hill Ave., died peacefully at home on Dec. 31, 2013. Bob Coyle was born in Boston on May 27, 1930, the son of Robert Banks Coyle Sr. and Bernice Ina (Baldwin)...
46th Annual Athol Christmas Bird Count
Saturday December 14th 2013 the 46th annual Athol Christmas Bird Count went off without a hitch beating the snow storm and with teams observing 9,205 individual birds of 57 species in the 15 mile diameter circle. Highlights included 7 Bald eagles, An American Kestrel...
Athol Christmas Bird Count December 14th
It is that time of year again. December 14th the Athol Bird adn nature Club will embark on the annual Christmas Bird Count. This is the 114th year of the count which is sponsored by the National Audubon Society. The Athol team hasn't been around quite that long, but...
Celebrate the “The Big Year”
For its own “big year”– its 50th anniversary – the Athol Bird and Nature Club will present “Big Year” birder Greg Miller in two special events. In birding circles the Big Year is an informal competition to locate and identify as many unique bird species as possible...
The Lives of Otters
River otters – the most aquatic and social members of the weasel family – are a joy to watch as they slide down slopes or cavort in the water. Learn more about these creatures on Wednesday, October 9 at 7 p.m., when the Athol Bird and Nature Club presents...
Athol Bird and Nature Club 50th Celebration
We did it! 150 members and friends of the Athol Bird and Nature Club filled the Elks Hall for an evening of remembrance, camaraderie, and hope for the future. Robert Banks Coyle our Club founder was honored by friends and former student and received a...
Willets at the Shore
Willets at the Shore Before 1800 willets nested along the entire Atlantic coast, along salt marshes, marshy ponds, and the banks of tidal creeks, as well as in pastures and other dry uplands near water. Hunters and egg-gatherers, however, reduced their numbers so...
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