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: Winter/Spring Birding Course – Field Trip

Winter/Spring Birding Course with Scott Surner Join birder extraordinaire and veteran bird course instruction for this bigger and better than ever late winter/spring birding course. This course is all field […]

Published on January 13, 2022.

: Winter/Spring Birding Course – Field Trip

Published on January 13, 2022.

: Winter/Spring Birding Course – Field Trip

Published on January 13, 2022.

: Owl Prowl

Owl Prowls with Dan Ziomek Saturday, January 29th or Friday, February 11th (cancellation date of Saturday, February 12) 7:30pm – 10pm Have you been hearing the Great Horned Owls at dusk […]

Published on January 13, 2022.

: Owl Prowl

Join valley birder Dan Ziomek for this extra special treat of searching for owls on winter nights!

Published on January 13, 2022.

: Fireside Chat – Moon Gazing & Winter Owls

Fireside Chats with Hitchcock staff and guests Casual conversations centered on nature, around a fire, enjoying the beauty of a crisp winter evening with hot beverages and nibbles. Thursdays at […]

Published on January 13, 2022.

Earth Matters : Guides aside, birds are where you find them

By David Spector

As birdwatchers travel we keep track of birds we encounter, especially those new to us. And when we travel, we want information about finding such birds.

The Massachusetts birdwatcher visiting California wants to know when and where to experience snowy plovers, tufted puffins, western screech-owls, western bluebirds, western tanagers and other western birds; the California birdwatcher on an exchange visit to Massachusetts would want information about piping plovers, Atlantic puffins, eastern screech-owls, eastern bluebirds, scarlet tanagers and other northeastern species.

Published on January 25, 2021.

Blog Sunday Birding with Scott : Enticing Non-seed Eaters

By Scott Surner

Today I’d like to touch upon some of the birds that are returning, but are not seed eaters. The birds I have in mind require or prefer a slightly different menu. In the next ten to fourteen days, Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, Gray Catbirds and Baltimore Orioles will be returning to our area from their wintering grounds. If you’ve never tried to entice one of these species into your yard, now maybe the time to give it a try.

Published on April 19, 2020.

Earth Matters : How birds and other organisms can tell us where we are

By David Spector

The ways birds use the sun, the stars, their own internal clocks, the Earth’s magnetic field, odors, and other cues to navigate are well documented. Birds can also help a human to know his or her location.

Published on June 19, 2017.

Blog eNewsletter : Prowling for Owls

By Dan Ziomek

It’s 2 AM somewhere in Hadley. The thermometer reads a balmy fourteen degrees as two souls step from the warmth of their vehicle and enter the darkness of cloudless night. A few moments later the winnowing call of the eastern screech owl can be heard coming from the speaker one of them has set up. They proceed without speaking to their positions 50 yards on either side of the speaker and wait silently. What are they waiting for you ask?

Published on February 22, 2016.

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