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September 26th Saturday, Third Annual Fungus Fair,

See Below for details

 

Sunday, September 27, 7 a.m.              “Early Bird” Birding with Jeff
Join Jeff as he explores the North Quabbin area for fall migrant birds. Come for as long as your schedule allows. Meet at the Center. Severe weather cancels. Info: Jeff Johnstone, 978-249-9052.

 

Tuesday Sept 29th at 3 p.m Trail Mowing at Rich Environmental Park: Turtle watchers needed e-mail Da...@dhsmall.net If you would like to help.
We planning on an Environmental Park/Cass Meadow trail mowing & clean-up starting at 3 p.m.  weather permitting.  If you can join us please let us know.  Turtle look outs and trail maint. is the order of the day.  Bring gloves, tools, water etc.

Sunday, October 4, 7 a.m.                             “Early Bird” Birding with Jeff
Join Jeff as he explores the North Quabbin area for fall migrant birds. Come for as long as your schedule allows. Meet at the Center. Severe weather cancels. Info: Jeff Johnstone, 978-249-9052.

 

October 9–13, overnight                                Birding Cape May, New Jersey

Witness the spectacle of hawk migration at this world-famous site, plus shorebirds and sparrows galore. Reasonable group accommodations. Reservations and deposit by September 25th. Limited to club members. Info: Joan or Larry Duprey, 978-249-4964.

 

Saturday, October 10, 8 a.m.                 Searching the Valley for Sparrows

Join Jacob Morris-Siegel for a sparrow trip in the Connecticut River Valley. Meet at 8 a.m. at the Center for carpooling or at 9 a.m. at the Norwottuck Rail Trail parking lot on the Northampton sided of Coolidge Bridge Info: Jacob Morris-Siegel, or dendr...@yahoo.com.

 

Sunday, October 11, 7 a.m.                             “Early Bird” Birding with Jeff
Join Jeff as he explores the North Quabbin area for fall migrant birds. Come for as long as your schedule allows. Meet at the Center. Severe weather cancels. Info: Jeff Johnstone, 978-249-9052.

 

v  Wednesday, October 14, 7 p.m.                Entomologist Eric Eaton author of the Kaufman field guide to Insects of North America will talk about his experience writing this indispensable field guide and some of the interesting insects he has encountered. Eric is a Tucson Resident on temporary assignment at UMass Amherst  At the Center 100 Main Street Athol

To all ABNC Members:

 
It's time to start work on the 2010 ABNC Calendar - our third year - and we need your photos!  As you are aware, the calendar has been a huge success which has raised over $10,000 for the Environmental Center over the last two years.  It has grown in popularity and people are already asking when they can buy one, so we are anxious to get this year's published.
 
Here's what we need:
1)  Photos!  They must be taken in the North Quabbin region by a Club member.  We need photos from all seasons - photos appropriate for Nov to Feb were particularly difficult to come up with last year.  Photos can be "anything alive", including wildflower and native plants.  Stunning scenery of the North Quabbin Region is OK too.  If you have photos on a web site, please send the web address, otherwise, send the photos directly. Hi resolution images are needed. Send only one image per e-mail and identify (if known): the subject, date, location and photographer
 
2) Nature notes.  Do you have something to add?  Diversity is good - notes can be about birds, insects, plants, astronomy, animals, reptiles, amphibians, whatever!  Were any notes in the 2009 calendar incorrect?
 
3)  Any suggestions for improvements?  Comments are welcome.
 
This year we hope to have the calendar complete by mid October, so please respond as soon as possible.
 
All photos, notes and other comments/suggestions can be emailed to cindyha...@gmail.com with a copy to da...@dhsmall.net
 
Thanks in advance for the help!
 
Cindy Hartwell

 

 

Third Annual Fungus Fair
Saturday September 26th - Millers River Environmental Center


Interested in mushrooms? The Millers River Environmental Center, 100 Main St. Athol, Massachusetts. Is putting the fun into fungus with the Third Annual Fungus Fair.
Respected mycologists from throughout New England will be on hand to share their knowledge. There will be morning and afternoon expeditions into the local woods to identify and collect mushrooms. Regional authorities will give talks throughout the day on topics that include a general overview of fungi, beginner’s mushroom identification, edible fungi and a libido enhancing fungus. At lunch time, enjoy a wild mushroom cook-up.
The schedule is as follows:
10:00am Welcome
10:15 Morning Forays leave
10:30 The Wonderful World of Mushrooms with George Davis
11:30 Beginners’ Mushroom Identification with Noah Siegel
12:30 Get a taste of some wild fungi at our Mushroom Cook-up 1:00pm Afternoon Forays leave
1:15 Lebanese Viagra – Pleurotus ferulae and Ferula hermonis – a libido enhancing duo with Elinoar Shavit

2:30 Common Edible Mushrooms of Massachusetts with Noah Siegel

3:15 Table walk through, discussing the day's finds. Prizes for the Finds of the day

 

Our speakers this year are

 

Elinoar Shavit is the contributing editor for Medicinal Mushrooms at Fungi Magazine. She is a past president of the New York Mycological Society and a frequent speaker, in the US and abroad, on the topics of medicinal mushrooms, desert truffles and morels. Elinoar holds degrees from the Tel-Aviv University and from Columbia University. She has been collecting mushrooms practically from birth, first with her grandmother and her mother, and now with family and friends.

 

Noah Siegel is a nationally known award winning photographer and mushroom identifier. He is drawn by the wide variety and unsung nature of fungi. He is currently co-president and a walk leader for the Monadnock Mushroomers Unlimited in Keene, New Hampshire, and a trustee for the North East Mycological Federation. While mostly based in the northeastern U.S., he has also sought out mushrooms throughout the United States and Canada as well as New Zealand and Australia.

 

George Davis has been fascinated by fungi for over 40 years. He is a retired pharmaceutical analytical chemist. Was a former President of the Boston Mycological Club and is currently Chairman of the Identification Committee. He is currently examining secondary metabolites of lichens using high performance liquid chromatography for identification.

Starting the week of October 4th, the Great Falls Discovery Center
is open Friday and Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm.


October 1-31, 2009 Art in the Great Hall
'scapes: Land and Sea by Jim Gambaro - Photography Exhibit


Oct. 3, 2009 (9:00 am - 12:00 pm) 13th Annual Source to Sea Clean-up
Volunteers needed for clean-up and hauling. Please call 800-859-2960 to register your helping hand for this important event. Meeting with instructions starts at 9:00 am at the center. Come be a part of the solution to a cleaner, healthier environment.

Oct. 3, 2009 (1:00 - 3:00 pm) Artist's Reception
Join Jim Gambaro for insights and information on his photographs. These will be exhibited in the Great Hall during the month of October. Light refreshments will be served.

Oct. 9, 2009 (6:30 - 9:00 pm) Great Falls Coffeehouse-Featuring Swing Caravan
The Great Falls Coffeehouse presents Swing Caravan for an evening of Django style acoustic swing on Friday, October 9 at 7:00 pm in the historic & acoustically rich Great Hall of the Discovery Center. Doors open at 6:30 pm, refreshments & baked goods will be for sale & the museum & Museum Store will be open during intermission. Sliding scale suggested donation to benefit the Friends of the GFDC is $6 - $12, free to children. For more information call the Discovery Center at 413-863-3221.

October 10, 2009 (1:00-2:00 pm) Fall Foliage. Why do leaves change color?
Come learn the process behind the beautiful autumn leaves.

October 11-17, 2009 National Wildlife Refuge Week

Oct. 15, 2009 (7:00 - 8:30 pm) New England Forests Through Time
Come hear Dr. John O'Keefe, co-author of the book New England ForestThrough Time. Dr. O'Keefe will share information on the present state as well as the history of our local forests. Dr. O'Keefe has been studying New England Forests for many years and is semi-retired from Harvard Forest in Petersham, MA. Doors open at 6:30 pm.

Oct. 17, 2009 Mission: Wolf
This amazing program will be offered in honor of National Wildlife Refuge Week. The center's Great Hall will be the venue for the Ambassador Wolfs. Come experience a personal encounter with a live wolf. View an audio-visual show covering subjects such as an introduction to wolfs and hybrids, wild wolf issues, wolf communication and behavior, and current status of wild wolves in North America.

This program is being funded by a generous donation from the Friends of the Great Falls Discovery Center and other local community organizations and businesses.

There will be two programs, one at 1:00 pm and one at 6:00 pm. You must call the Discovery Center to register. There is limited space.

Oct. 24, 2009 (11:00 am - 2:00 pm) Family Nature Discovery Day-Discover nature through your child's eyes.
Children 5-11 and their parents are welcome to register for a wonderful day of nature workshops. Pumpkin painting, making food to feed the birds, making dried leaf and flower crowns, and making your own healthy snacks are some of the workshops that will be offered. The children, with their parents, will be able to sample each station and get to do all activities if they stay the entire time. Please sign up to be a part of this wonderful day. Call 413-863-3221.


Oct. 31, 2009 (1:00 - 2:00 pm) Bats are cool!
What do you really know about bats? Are they really the scary creatures that a lot of folks think they are? Come by and learn some very interesting facts about them and while you're here, pick up a Halloween Treat!


Oct. 31, 2009 (10:00 am - 4:00 pm) Halloween Treats at the Great Falls Discovery Center
Come by and pick up your Halloween Treat from 10-4 donated by the Friends of Great Falls Discovery Center.


* Holidays
Oct. 12, 2009: Columbus Day-The Center is closed.

Oct. 31 2009: Halloween

The Athol Bird and Nature Club Membership year runs from September 1st to August 31st,
Renew or begin your membership online today  
  http://www.millersriver.net/abnc/abncform.html 

membership renewals are in the mail look for yours today

Dave Small
Athol, Massachusetts
 
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