Forbush Bird Club Calendar
The following meetings and field trips are scheduled for the Forbush Bird
Club. Guests are welcome to participate, and are encouraged to join the
club if they find the comradery and sharing of knowledge about birds to
their liking (which they surely will!). Please contact the trip leader for
more information about a trip, or in case of extreme weather.
- Thursday, 3/20/08 -- Regular Meeting (evening)
- Meet in Dinand Library at Holy Cross College in Worcester
at 7:30 pm. Speaker: Mark Lynch and Sheila Carroll.
Program:"Massachusetts Breeding Bird Atlas II. Year 1: a Central Mass
perspective".
- Sunday, 3/30/08 -- Lake Quaboag and vicinity (morning)
- Meet at Lake Quaboag parking lot, Shore Rd., in Brookfield at 7:30 am.
Leader: Rodney Jenkins (508-757-5010).
- Sunday, 4/6/08 -- Bolton Flats WMA and vicinity (morning)
- Meet at parking lot on Route 117 (1/4 mile west of jct. Rte 117 & 110)
in Lancaster at 7:00. NOTE: Knee boots are suggested.
Leader: Francis McMenemy (508-755-3828).
- Friday, 4/11/08 -- Spring evening walk, Westboro (evening)
- Meet at Mass Wildlife Headquarters, North Street, in Westboro at 6:30 pm.
Leader: Laura Lane (508-480-8259).
- Thursday, 4/24/08 -- 77th Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
(evening)
- Meet at the Manor Restaurant on Route 12 in West Boylston, MA.
Social hour 5:30-6:30 pm, Dinner at 6:30 pm.
Speaker: Shawn Carey.
Program: Multi-media presentations: "Birders", "Massachusetts Wildlife",
and "Looking Skyward, a Passion for Hawkwatching"
- Sunday, 4/27/08 -- Oxford, Dudley and vicinity (morning)
- Meet at the MacDonald's parking lot, on Sutton Rd, exit 4B off Rte. 395
in Oxford at 7:00 am.
Leader: Paul Meleski (508-757-2950).
- Saturday, 5/3/08 -- Mulberry Street (morning)
- Meet in the back of the Worcester Airport on Mulberry Street
in Worcester at 7:00 am.
Leader: Susan LaBree (508-826-2160) or (508-752-1984).
- Sunday, 5/4/08 -- Quabbin Reservoir Gates 45-35 (auto trip, all
day)
- Meet at Gate 43 parking lot, Greenwich Rd, off Rte 32A, in Hardwick at
7:00.
Leader: Tom Pirro (978-630-2042).
- Saturday, 5/10/08 -- Tower Hill Botanic Society (morning).
- Meet at the front gate off Route 70 in Boylston, MA at 6:00 am.
Leaders: Jim and Kathy Hogan (508-393-3004).
- Sunday, 5/11/08 -- Mt. Auburn Cemetery (morning)
- Meet inside entrance gate, 580 Mt. Auburn St., Rte. 16, Cambridge
at 7:00 am.
Leader: Dan Berard (508-865-1965).
- Bird-A-Thon
- 25th Anniversary of Mass Audubon's annual fundraiser,
May 16th, 6 pm to May 17th, 6 pm. For details, contact Sheryl
Farnam at sfarnam@massaudubon.org or 508-753-6087
- Saturday 5/17/08 -- Princeton area (morning)
- Meet at the Wachusett Ski Area parking lot, on Mountain Rd, in
Princeton at 7:00 am. Leader: Francis McMenemy (508-755-3828).
- Sunday, 5/18/08 -- Buck Hill (morning)
- Meet at parking lot on McCormack Rd, in Spencer at 7:00 am.
Leader: Susan LaBree (508-826-2160) or (508-752-1984).
- Thursday 5/22/08 -- Goatsucker and Woodcock walk, Bolton Flats
(evening)
- Meet at the paved parking lot on Route 110 at the big red barn,
in Bolton
at 7:30 pm. Leader: Bart Kamp (508-753-7463). [rain date Friday May 23]
- Saturday 5/24/08 -- Millbury area (morning)
- Meet at the Millbury Bikepath parking lot on North Main Street, Millbury,
at the intersection of Route 146, at 7 am. For directions, call or email.
Leader: Alan Marble (akm48@aol.com) (508-865-3209)
- Saturday 5/31/08 -- Oxbow National Refuge (morning)
- Meet at the end of Still River Depot Road off Route 110 in Harvard
at 7 am. Leader: Jeffrey Roth (508-624-4876)
- Sunday 6/1/08 -- Rutland State Park and Barre Falls Dam (morning)
- Meet at the parking lot area above the dam approximately
1/2 mile south of Route 62 in Hubbardston, at 7:00 am. Leaders: Dick and Peg Knowlton (978-464-2753)
- Saturday 6/7/08 -- South Quabbin Park (all day)
- Meet at DCR Quabbin Visitor's Center and Administration Building,
off Route 9 in Belchertown (heading west on Route 9, it is the second
green Quabbin sign) at 7:00 am.
Leader: John Shea (508-752-4364).
- Sunday 6/8/08 -- 45th Annual Breeding Bird Census (morning)
- Meet at MAS Wachusett Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary parking lot, Goodnow
Rd, in Princeton at 7:00 am. Compiler: Francis McMenemy (508-755-3828).
- Sunday 7/6/08 -- Wachusett Reservoir Walk - Gate 35 (morning)
- Meet at the corner of Route 110 and Chace Hill Rd, in Sterling at 7:00 am.
Leader: Francis McMenemy (508-755-3828).
- Saturday 7/26/08 -- Birds & Butterflies (morning)
- Meet at Route 56 overlook to Worcester Airport
in Leicester at 9:00 am.
Leader: Dolores Price (508-839-2299).
- Wednesday 8/6/08 -- Night Heron Walk (evening)
- Meet across from Athy's Funeral Home, on Humbolt St (between Grove &
Salisbury Streets) in Worcester at 7:00 pm. Leader: Bob Aiello (508-756-
6833).
- Thursday 8/14/08 -- South Beach with Cape Cod Bird Club (all day)
- Meet at Monomoy NWR Headquarters on Morris Island in Chatham at 9:30 am.
Leader: Eddie Banks (508-403-0845).
Note: there is a fee for boat
transportation. Rain or high wind will cancel the trip. Call if in doubt.
- Saturday, 9/6/08 -- Wachusett Meadows Walk (morning)
- Meet at MAS Wachusett Meadows Sanctuary parking lot, Goodnow
Rd., in Princeton at 7:30. Leader: Joan Zumpfe (508-943-3561).
- Sunday 9/7/08 -- Plum Island and vicinity (all day)
- Meet at parking lot #1 on Parker River NWR on Plum Island at 8:00.
Leader: John Shea (508-752-4364).
- Sunday, 9/14/08 -- Bolton Flats WMA and vicinity (morning)
- Meet at parking lot on Route 117, 1/4 mile west of junction of
Routes 117 & 110 in Lancaster, at 8:00 am. Leader: Eric Salmela
(978-562-9625).