Eastern Mass Hawk Watch Annual Meeting: IN PERSON! Friday Sept 5th 2025, 7pm at Middlesex Community College, Bedford Campus. Public Invited!

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From: Brian Rusnica <veloci...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Aug 15, 2025, 8:04 AM
Subject: [MASSBIRD] Eastern Mass Hawk Watch Annual Meeting: IN PERSON! Friday Sept 5th 2025, 7pm at Middlesex Community College, Bedford Campus. Public Invited!
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The 2025 Eastern Mass Hawk Watch annual meeting will be Friday, September 5th at 7pm. PLEASE NOTE our new location for 2025: we will gather at Middlesex Community College in Bedford, MA.  The meeting will take place in the Cafe East section of the Campus Center. Please see a detailed campus map on our website here: https://massbird.org/emhw/annual-meeting/

We'd like to extend the invitation to our meeting to the public and welcome all who are interested in learning more about hawkwatching and our organization.  The annual meeting is the traditional kick-off to the Fall hawkwatching season in Massachusetts - it won't be long before the first kettles of Broad-wings gather over the skies of New England!  

Our keynote speaker this year is Ben Nickley from The Berkshire Bird Observatory. Ben will present on Berkshire Bird Observatory’s efforts to recover American Kestrel populations in the Berkshires through their American Kestrel Nest Box Project. Though initially a side-project, bringing Kestels back has become central to BBO’s conservation efforts in the region, as these extraordinary pocket falcons deserve full commitment. Considered a species of greatest conservation need in MA, Kestrels have unfortunately experienced range-wide declines with acute declines across the Northeast. Ben will present on the development of BBO’s Kestrel trail and the early success of the project.

The meeting is free and open to the public (donations appreciated) and will take place in the auditorium. A social hour with beverages, appetizers and snacks starts at 6pm, followed at 7pm by a brief business meeting and the keynote presentation. The business meeting will review EMHW Watch Sites and how you can visit or participate this upcoming migration season! We’ll also have the return of our famous raffle, including many raptor-related and birding items and some fantastic photography. Join us for a great evening!  

If you are interested in contributing raffle items, refreshments, or helping EMHW with the meeting, please let us know at e.massh...@comcast.net and we'll be in contact!  
 
For complete information, including directions to the location in Bedford (plenty of free parking), visit the Eastern Mass Hawk Watch web site at massbird.org/EMHW.  

EMHW's Bonfire T-Shirt campaign is running at https://www.bonfire.com/emhw if you'd like to support our raptor conservation efforts and order a t-shirt.  We've partnered with Bonfire as a unique solution that allows EMHW to support a wide variety of size, color and garment options. 

Looking forward to seeing you next month!

Brian Rusnica
President, Eastern Mass Hawk Watch

https://massbird.org/emhw/