2008 Central Mass Birding Calendar
This calendar lists upcoming events such as bird trips, meetings, and special events such as breeding bird surveys, Christmas counts, etc. To contribute a listing, you can email to rsquimby@wpi.edu or call Rick Quimby at (508) 835-6567 and leave a message. This is not intended as a discussion forum for birding-related topics (MASSBIRD serves this function well), so please confine your submissions to the listing of events that will be of interest to Worcester County birders.
The previous year's listings are archived here.
Here are the current birding events listings in chronological order:
WICN (90.5FM) is broadcast throughout central New England and is also
webcast throughout the world. To get WICN on your PC, go to:
www.wicn.org
and click on "Listen Online".
(submitted by Mark Lynch).
Meet North American Birds of Prey Up Close! Sunday, March 2, 2008 2:00 p.m. North American Martyrs Church Parish Hall 8 Wyoma Drive, Auburn, MA Free! Open to the general public Light refreshments will be served Silent Auction Presentation by: Wingmasters (www.wingmasters.net) Funded by: The Auburn Foundation Hosted by: Auburn Birdbanding Research Station Web: www.auburnbirdbanding.org Contact us: auburnbirdbander@aol.com For more information call: Marcia Reich at (508) 757-5700(submitted by Colleen Morin).
WICN (90.5FM) is broadcast throughout central New England and is also
webcast throughout the world. To get WICN on your PC, go to:
www.wicn.org
and click on "Listen Online".
Wednesday, March 12 - 7:00 PM
Lawrence Library, Pepperell's Lawrence Library
15 Main Street
Pepperell Ma 01463
978-433-0330 (Contact: Deb Spratt, Library Director)
Join Tom Wansleben, Stewardship Biologist who specializes in avian and
forest ecology, for an exciting evening of owls with a special focus on the
local favorite, the Barred Owl (Strix varia). Tom did his graduate research
on Barred owl habitat use in southwestern New Hampshire, which showed that
Barreds need large contiguous forests. Refreshments served. Registration
suggested. Co-sponsored by Nashua River Watershed Association and is
supported by a grant from the Pepperell Cultural Council, a local agency
which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
This program is part of the Lawrence Library's series titled "Our Natural
Environment".
Free and open to the public. Location: Pepperell's Lawrence Library, Art
Gallery
(submitted by Susan Edwards). This conference is all about Massachusetts birds and for
the people who enjoy them-at backyard bird feeders, in your community or
in the fields, forests, waterways or coastlines of Massachusetts!
Register for the
16th Annual Birders Conference
co-sponsored by MassAudubon and MassWildlife. This year's theme is
"Massachusetts Birds: Our Common Wealth and Natural Heritage." Whether
you feed birds at home, seek birds with binoculars, spotting scopes or
hunting gear, you are sure to find topics that appeal to your interest
in Massachusetts birds including: research findings, waterfowl
identification, youth bird clubs, conservation stamps, bird calls,
habitat management techniques for birds in decline and many other topics
of interest. Presentations will be offered by a variety of experts from
state agencies and conservation organizations. Visit displays and
exhibits offered by bird oriented groups and businesses and lunch with
bird enthusiasts from all walks of life! Proceeds from the Birders
Meeting will support MassAudubon's Important Bird Area (IBA) program and
MassWildlife's Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program.
(submitted by Marion E. Larson, MassWildlife Field Headquarters).
SUNDAY, MARCH 30 starting at 9PM EDT on WICN (90.5FM):
How do you like your dinosaur? Southern Fried? Au Vin? Fricasseed? You may
think that's just a chicken in your pot, but recent studies in cladistics
and new discoveries in paleontology seem to indicate that all of today'Rs
living birds are in fact dinosaurs. Skeptical? Tune in tonight when we talk
with LUIS M. CHIAPPE, paleontologist for the Natural History Museum of Los
Angeles County about his stunning and revelatory new book GLORIFIED
DINOSAURS: THE ORIGIN AND EARLY EVOLUTION OF BIRDS. You'll never look at a
pigeon the same way again!
Then at 9:30, we talk with JULIE ELLIS, PhD of Tufts University, about an
amazing project that has volunteers walking the beaches of New England to
look for dead seabirds. Though that may sound grotesque, SEANET, the Seabird
Ecological Assessment Network, is a wonderful example of "citizen
science",
and involves the public in gathering data on the causes of recent massive
mortality events among seabirds and by doing so, to learn more about the
health and ecology of our oceans. If you would like to help out in this
important project, tune in! SEE:
www.tufts.edu/vet/seanet.
(submitted by Mark Lynch).