Join us for our Annual Winter Meeting and our Members' Night

Friday, February 19, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.

Social hour and light refreshments at 6:30 p.m.

Bedford Middle School Auditorium
99 McMahon Road, Bedford MA.

Members will share their birding experiences, with presentations including photographs, videos, and more. Members and guests are cordially invited. Admission and parking are free.

Mass Audubon's Annual Birder's Meeting will be held on March 6 at Bentley University in Waltham. This year's subject is The State of the Birds.

From the announcement:

In 2009, the Department of Interior produced The State of the Birds, a comprehensive synthesis describing the conservation status, threats, and recovery objectives for every major North American bird group. Since birds have long been litmus for environmental change, what's happening to birds could portend what the future holds for mankind. In this not-to-be-missed event, two leading environmental organizations examine how science, technology, and birds could offer the key to some of the greatest challenges facing our planet in the future. 

For more information about the Birders Meeting and to register, visit Mass Audubon's website.

Two all day and two overnight pelagics are scheduled for 2010. There will be a day trip in June and overnight trips in July and August. to the deep waters near Hydrographer's Canyon. And in November, we will return to Nantucket Shoals. All sorts of great birds have been seen in the past few years and this year should be no different. See the schedule and read the details about the Hydrographer's Canyon and Nantucket Shoals trips.

The BBC has started a blog for trip results. Take a look and read about our adventures in Maine and on the July pelagic.

We'd like to get something from every trip the BBC takes included, so take photos and send in your reports. Trip leaders, contact the webmaster to discuss how to get things posted.

For the latest BBC news, follow @BBCBirds on Twitter.

If you have suggestions on other ways the club can use Twitter and other web services, contact the webmaster.

The 2008 Statistical Report is now online. Highlights include 306 species, 190 trips, and individual lists reaching 326.

Read the report