by ABNC | Jun 12, 2022 | News
On Sunday May 29th, 8 members and friends of the Athol Bird and Nature Club embarked on a beautiful sunlit day exploring for Odonates and other insects in Royalston Ma. First stop was the Eagle Reserve a huge bog and marsh owned and protected by the Mount Grace Land...
by Dave Small | Mar 25, 2022 | News
Join us as we welcome David Pogue for a zoom presentation on April 13, 2022, @ 6:00. He will be presenting on the topics discussed in his book, How to Prepare for Climate Change, and there will be Q & A afterward. In How to...
by ABNC | Feb 19, 2022 | Bird Trip Reports, Front, News
View from Jodrey Pier, Gloucester, MA – photo by Joan Duprey, (January 2011) On February 13, the Club sponsored a trip to Cape Ann, led by Ernie LeBlanc. As many know, Cape Ann in the winter can be a cold and windy experience, and this day met expectations. In...
by ABNC | Feb 9, 2022 | Bird Trip Reports, Front, News
It was a brisk sunny day as Athol Bird and Nature Club president Dave Small and Meghadeepa Maity of the Anti-Racist Collective of Avid Birders lead twenty others on an accessible field trip to the Turners Falls and Old Deerfield area. Highlights at Unity Park, where...
by Dave Small | Dec 20, 2021 | CBC, News
December 18th, 2021 the Athol Bird and Nature Club (ABNC) held the 54th annual Athol Circle Christmas Bird Count (CBC). This annual event is sponsored by the National Audubon Society and is designed to count all the species and individual birds we can find in the area...
by Dave Small | Nov 28, 2021 | News
Cover of ABNC 2022 Calendar The Athol Bird and Nature Club (ABNC) calendar, chock full of nature notes, trivia questions, and of course, some amazing photos of local birds, animals, and plants are now available. While many people may enjoy a calendar with pictures of...