by Dave Small | Mar 17, 2001 | Bird Trip Reports, Field Trip Reports
A brilliant spring sky illuminated the still deep snow as members of the Athol Bird and Nature Club embarked on a recent trip in search of signs of spring. Club president Dave Small met the group at the Millers River Environmental Center in Athol where Common Grackle,...
by Dave Small | Feb 3, 2001 | Bird Trip Reports, Field Trip Reports
The Athol Bird and Nature Club visited Southeastern Massachusetts for one of their periodic birdwatching trips to the “Banana Belt” of Massachusetts. Seven members from six different towns, led by Rick Magee, met at the Middleboro Rotary. The weather was...
by Dave Small | Jan 16, 2000 | Bird Trip Reports, Field Trip Reports
January 15, 2000 Veteran Trip leader Mark Taylor from Northfield led the Club’s first field trip of the century to the Massachusetts Coast at Cape Ann. Frigid temperatures with a low of the day recorded at -9 degrees F in Templeton on the way down and not rising...
by Dave Small | Oct 16, 1999 | Bird Trip Reports, Field Trip Reports
October 30, 1999 Nineteen members and friends of the Athol Bird and Nature Club joined Club President Dave Small for a daylong exploration of the New Salem Section of the MDC Quabbin Watershed. Entering Gate 29 off Route 202 the group immediately noted the harvest of...
by Dave Small | Oct 2, 1999 | Bird Trip Reports, Field Trip Reports
October 2, 1999 The Orange Municipal Airport provides the North Quabbin Region with a unique mixture of grassland, farmland, shrub and young forest habitats adjacent to mature forests and wetlands. This land use mosaic provides habitats for a wide diversity of plant...
by Dave Small | May 8, 1999 | Bird Trip Reports, Field Trip Reports
Saturday, May 8, 1999 Local Spring Birding (photo left to right James Mallett, Mike Polana, Dave Caldwell) Members of the Athol Bird and Nature Club scoured the local area for signs of spring migrant birds. The group led by Dave Caldwell, James Mallet, and Mike Polana...
