Join us on Saturday @ 9 AM and help with some clean up around town.
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MILLERS RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL
In partnership with the Athol Selectmen’s office
Let’s Make Athol Beautiful
For a Happy 250th
Earth Day Athol 2012

Saturday April 21st
Meet @ Millers River Environment Center
100 Main St, Athol
9 AM
Picnic lunch to follow
Help pick up around town, along the river
Wear gloves.
Pickup truck help wanted
Contact;
Keith Davies/MRWC, 978-248-9491 wate...@mountgrace.org
Heather Brissette, sele...@townofathol.org
Athol Bird & Nature Club
Field Trips & Meetings 2012
Unless otherwise noted, programs meet at
the Millers River Environmental Center, 100 Main Street, Athol.
If weather is questionable on a field trip day,
please call the trip leader at least an hour before the scheduled meeting time.
Sunday, April 22, 7 a.m. “Early Bird” Birding with Jeff
Join Jeff as he explores the North Quabbin area for spring migrant birds. Come for as long as your schedule allows. Meet at the Center, 100 Main St., Athol. Severe weather cancels. Info: Jeff Johnstone, 978-249-9052.
Saturday, April 28, 6 a.m. Mount Auburn Cemetery
Visit this beautiful historic cemetery, a famous spring hotspot for migrating songbirds. Meet at the Center for carpooling at 6 a.m. or at the gate at 7:30 a.m. (Let us know if you’ll be meeting us at the gate.) If time allows, we’ll also visit the Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. Info: Joan or Larry Duprey, 978-249-4964.
Sunday, April 29, 7 a.m. “Early Bird” Birding with Jeff
Join Jeff as he explores the North Quabbin area for spring migrant birds. Come for as long as your schedule allows. Meet at the Center, 100 Main St., Athol. Severe weather cancels. Info: Jeff Johnstone, 978-249-9052.
Friday, May 4, 8:45 a.m. Friday Mornings with Earle
Join naturalist Earle Baldwin in exploring some of his favorite places – this time Thousand Acre Dam and Little Falls. Meet at the Center. Rain cancels. Info: Earle Baldwin, earleb...@gmail.com or 978-249 2539. Part of ABNC’s celebration of Athol 2012.
An invitation from the Shutterbugs in Leominster:
The Shutterbugs are having a guest speaker that I thought the bird club members might be interested in. Bruce DeGraaf, who is the author of “The Making of Avian Awakening” will be presenting a program on Tues, April 24, 2012 at 7:00 pm. It will be held at the Veteran’s Center, 100 West Street, Leominster, MA. The will be a $5 entrance fee as the club is paying Bruce for the presentation. Refreshments will be served.
Bruce is a fantastic photographer and specialized in birds of New England. I’m sure you can find him on the internet should you like to check him out. The presentation is being offered open to the public and I thought it might be something the bird club would find interesting
Hope to see you there.
Cheryl O’Brien
Dave Small
president
Athol Bird and Nature Club
Millers River Environmental Center
100 Main Street Athol Ma 01331
