Sharing an appreciation of nature through birding, geology, astronomy, plants and more in the North Quabbin area.

The ABNC Geology Division meets Fridays at 4:00 PM inthe “Quarry” located in the basement of the Millers River Environmental Center.To join the Geology email list or for more information contact Max MacPhee @ commustar@gmail.com

Tuesday, November 12, 7-8:30 PM A Chickadee’s Guide toGardening Douglas W. Tallamy Zoom webinar, A special event cohosted, and cosponsored by TheBrookline Bird Club and the Athol Bird and Nature Club.
Registration Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Uz52J6FvQdO53RtFbndKOQ 
Program Description: How can we support birds and attract them to our yards? Inthe past we have designed our landscapes strictly for our own pleasure, with nothought to how they might impact the natural world around us. Such landscapesdo not contribute much to local ecosystem function and support little life.Using chickadees and other wildlife as guides, Doug Tallamy will explain howplants that evolved in concert with local animals provide for their needsbetter than plants that evolved elsewhere. In the process he shows how creatingliving landscapes by sharing our spaces with other living things will notreduce our pleasurable garden experiences but enhance them.

Douglas W. Tallamy is Professor and Chair of the Department ofEntomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware in Newark,Delaware. Chief among his research goals is to better understand the many waysinsects interact with plants and how such interactions determine the diversityof animal communities.

Birdsof Arctic Alaska.  I will share my photos and stories of my summertrip to Anchorage, Nome and Utqiagvik (formerly Barrow).