by Dave Small | Apr 1, 2014 | News
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...
by Dave Small | Jan 22, 2014 | News
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,...
by Dave Small | Jan 2, 2014 | News
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...
by Dave Small | Dec 19, 2013 | CBC, News
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...
by Dave Small | Nov 30, 2013 | CBC, News
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,...
by Dave Small | Nov 4, 2013 | News
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...
