by Dave Small | Aug 26, 2013 | News
As the days get shorter, students head back to school and birds – many of them, anyway – head south to warmer climes. This fall the Athol Bird and Nature Club will offer a number of opportunities to observe both fall migrants and resident birds Jeff Johnstone will be...
by Dave Small | Aug 16, 2013 | News
Earlier this summer, a group of local high-schoolers travelled to Honduras to help scientists with data collection in their ecological research both up in the cloud forest and at a marine site. The students will present their adventure and personal...
by Dave Small | Jul 12, 2013 | News
Moth Night at Skyfield’s Arboretum – A National Moth Week Event Join Mount Grace and naturalist Dave Small of the Athol Bird and Nature Club as we search for moths and other night-time insects! There will be three light stations, each with a hanging white sheet...
by Dave Small | Jun 11, 2013 | News
This Saturday, June 15 please join us here in Athol for an Odonate Double Header. First: 10:30 a.m.-12 noon Dragonflies & Damselflies for Families Join educator Rachel Roberts and naturalist David Small here at the Center to learn about dragonflies and...
by Dave Small | May 3, 2013 | News
What is an ovenbird, and what can it tell us about forest conservation? Is forest fragmentation – the breaks in continuous forest caused by roads and commercial and residential development – having an effect on the breeding success of these birds? The answers to these...
by Dave Small | Apr 15, 2013 | News
The black-capped chickadee, our Massachusetts state bird, has been here all winter – but using just his “chick-a-dee-dee-dee” chatter. Now he is singing his sweet “fee-bee” song as he soars into the spring job of mating. Birders pay attention to songs and calls as...
