Athol Christmas Bird Count 2025 – Preliminary Results

Athol Christmas Bird Count 2025 – Preliminary Results

Dave Small starting the day with a presentation on Christmas Bird Counts at the Mount Grace event.  57 species and 6,485 individual birds were recorded in the 57th annual Athol Christmas Bird Count on December 20th 2025. More than 40 field counters took to the woods...
Homeschooler Opportunity: Tracking and Animal Skulls for Kids

Homeschooler Opportunity: Tracking and Animal Skulls for Kids

An opportunity for homeschoolers provided at no charge by Athol Bird and Nature Club. Aquatic biologist/science teacher Cathy Szal and educator Bonnie Benjamin will offer lab classes for homeschoolers ages 8-12 years old. January 6,13 – Tracking: We will be exploring...
Annual Dinner November 12th, Membership date changes.

Annual Dinner November 12th, Membership date changes.

Membership Renewal Time It’s that time of year again when the Athol Bird and Nature Club asks you to please consider renewing your membership that helps us to enhance the appreciation of natural history in the Athol/North Quabbin/Mount Grace region, and to provide...
Athol Christmas Bird Count – Saturday, Dec. 20th 2025

Athol Christmas Bird Count – Saturday, Dec. 20th 2025

Join this annual citizen science project– the longest continuously running bird data in the area. Contact Dave Small for additional information and to participate in this nationwide annual event: 978-413-1772 or Dave@atholbirdclub.org. Field teams are pretty much in...
Call for Photos for the 2026 Calendar

Call for Photos for the 2026 Calendar

We are putting together the 2026 Athol Bird and Nature Club calendar. In the past many have submitted photos/images for consideration to be used. Believe it or not, the most difficult part of the project is having enough images to review that are appropriate for each...