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.
- Sunday, 4/5/09 -- 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 am. NOTE: Knee boots are suggested.
Co-Leader: Francis McMenemy (508-755-3828) and John Shea
(508-752-4364).
- Friday, 4/10/09 -- Evening woodcock walk, Westboro (evening)
- Meet at Mass Wildlife Headquarters, North Street, in Westboro at 6:30 pm.
Leader: Laura Lane (508-480-8259).
- Thursday, 4/23/09 -- 78th 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: Norman Smith.
Program: "Snowy Owls to Saw-whet Owls"
- Sunday, 4/26/09 -- Oxford, Dudley and vicinity (morning)
- Meet at the McDonald's parking lot, on Sutton Rd, exit 4B off Rte. 395
in Oxford at 7 am.
Leader: Paul Meleski (508-757-2950).
- Saturday, 5/2/09 -- Mulberry Street (morning)
- Meet in the back of the Worcester Airport on Mulberry Street
in Leicester at 7 am.
Leader: Susan LaBree (508-826-2160). Email susan@silverfoxcoach.com
- Sunday, 5/3/09 -- Quabbin Reservoir Gates 45-35 (auto trip, all
day)
- Meet at Gate 43 parking lot, Greenwich Rd, off Rte 32A, in Hardwick at
7 am.
Leader: Tom Pirro (978-874-5212).
- Saturday, 5/9/09 -- Tower Hill Botanic Garden (morning).
- Meet at the front gate off Route 70 in Boylston, MA at 6 am.
Leaders: Jim and Kathy Hogan (508-393-3004).
- Sunday, 5/10/09 -- Mt. Auburn Cemetery (morning 7-11)
- Meet inside entrance gate, 580 Mt. Auburn St., Rte. 16, Cambridge
at 7 am.
Leader: Dan Berard (508-865-1965).
- Friday, 5/15/09
- Mass Audubon's annual fundraiser,
May 15th, 6 pm to May 16th, 6 pm. For details, contact Sheryl
Farnam at sfarnam@massaudubon.org or 508-753-6087
- Saturday 5/16/09 -- Princeton area (morning)
- Meet at the Wachusett Ski Area parking lot on Mountain Rd, in
Princeton at 7 am. Leader: Francis McMenemy (508-755-3828).
- Sunday, 5/17/09 -- Buck Hill, Spencer (morning)
- Meet at parking lot on McCormack Rd in Spencer at 7 am.
Leader: Susan LaBree (508-826-2160). Email susan@silverfoxcoach.com
- Thursday 5/21/09 -- Goatsucker and Woodcock walk, Bolton Flats
(evening)
- Meet at the parking lot on Route 117 (1/4 mile west of the junction
of Routes 110 and 117) in Lancaster at 7:30 pm. Leader: Bart Kamp
(508-753-7463). [rain date Friday May 22]
- Saturday 5/23/09 -- Oxbow National Refuge (morning)
- Meet at the end of Still River Depot Road off Route 110 in Harvard
at 7 am. Co-Leaders: Francis McMenemy (508-755-3828) and
Alan Marble (508-865-3209) email: akm48@aol.com
- Saturday 5/30/09 -- Millbury/Sutton area (morning)
- Meet at the Millbury Bike Path parking lot on North Main Street
at the intersection of Route 146, in Millbury ,at 7 am.
For directions, call or email the leader.
Leader: Alan Marble (508-865-3209). email:akm48@aol.com
- Saturday 6/6/09 -- South Quabbin Park (all day)
- Meet at DCR Quabbin Visitor's Center and Administration Building
off Route 9 in Belchertown at 7 am.
Leader: John Shea (508-752-4364).
- Sunday 6/7/09 -- 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 am.
Leaders: Dick and Peg Knowlton (978-464-2753)
- Sunday 6/14/09 -- 46th Annual Breeding Bird Census (morning)
- Meet at MAS Wachusett Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary parking lot, Goodnow
Rd, in Princeton at 7 am. Compiler: Dick Knowlton (978-464-2753)
- Sunday 7/5/09 -- Wachusett Reservoir Walk - Gate 35 (morning)
- Meet at the corner of Route 110 and Chace Hill Rd, in Sterling at 7:00 am.
Co-Leaders: Francis McMenemy (508-755-3828) and Kevin Bourinot
(978-376-1498) email: kevinbourinot@hotmail.com
- Saturday 7/25/09 -- Birds & Butterflies with the Mass Butterfly
Club (morning)
- Meet at Route 56 overlook to Worcester Airport
in Leicester at 9:00 am.
Leader: Dolores Price (508-839-2299).
- Wednesday 8/12/09 -- Night Heron Walk, Leesville Pond (evening)
- Meet in All Faith's Cemetery, Worcester/Auburn on Island Road,
Worcester at 7:00 pm. Co-Leaders: Francis McMenemy (508-755-3828) and
Alan Marble (508-865-3209) email: akm48@aol.com
- Thursday 8/20/09 -- 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 (Home: 508-403-0845 or Cell: 508-769-6762).
Note: There is a fee for boat
transportation (approx $20). Rain or high wind will cancel the trip. Call if in doubt.
- Sunday 8/30/09 -- 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).
- Saturday, 9/12/09 -- Wachusett Meadows Walk (morning)
- Meet at MAS Wachusett Meadows Sanctuary parking lot, Goodnow
Rd., in Princeton at 7:30 am. Leader: Joan Zumpfe (508-943-3561).
- Sunday, 9/13/09 -- 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: Kevin Bourinot
(978-376-1498) email: kevinbourinot@hotmail.com