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...
by ABNC | Sep 10, 2021 | Bird Trip Reports, Field Trip Reports, News
On Friday, September 10th, the Athol Bird and Nature Club was joined by the Brookline Bird Club on a co-sponsored walk through Quabbin Reservoir’s Gate 35. Highlights were many migrant warblers like Chestnut-sided Warber, Magnolia Warbler, Black-throated Green...
by Dave Small | Jul 26, 2021 | Field Trip Reports, News
Randy Stone, left, guided participants on a fern walk Sunday, July 25, at the Bearsden Conservation Area in Athol. Thanks to Randy Stone for guiding us on an exploration of local ferns at the Bearsden Conservation Area in Athol on Sunday, July 25th. The event was...
