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...

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...

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...