Christmas count season is here and it’s time to contact your local compiler to learn how to join in. You can find a map showing all count circles in Massachusetts and throughout the world here:
https://audubon.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=ac275eeb01434cedb1c5dcd0fd3fc7b4
Click on a count circle to learn about the date and contact information for the compiler. Counts coming up the weekend of the 18th – 19th include Andover (18th), Athol (18th), Boston (19th), Cape Ann (19th), Millis (18th), New Bedford (18th), Quincy (18th), and Worcester (18th). Counts later in December or early January include Concord (1/4), Newburyport (26th), Plymouth (21st) and Westminster (1/4).
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Upcoming Field Trips
Horn Pond Woburn
Woburn - Horn Pond - Sturgis St 98 Sturgis St, Woburn, MA, United StatesCo-sponsored with Menotomy Bird Club. Join us as we search a different patch of Horn Pond for early spring migrants - particularly Pine, Palm, and Yellow-rumped Warblers, but there may also be phoebes, several sparrows, kinglets and thrushes. Or, let's find a surprise.
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery 536 Mt Auburn St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesWillard Brook State Forest
Townsend - Willard Brook State Forest MA, United StatesA brisk midweek walk along scenic Willard Brook and connecting trails in search of early migrants, including Louisiana Waterthrush, Pine Warbler, and other early arrivers, as well as resident Brown Creepers, thrushes, Purple Finches, and others. Terrain is rocky hillside, and the streambed can be muddy, snowy, wet, and icy. Boots, walking sticks, and warm [...]
Slow Birding at Revere Beach
Revere Beach 21 Revere Beach Blvd, Revere, MA, United StatesLed by DCR Park Staff. Come observe the beautiful details of birds and their behaviors and share observations with others in the group. Pose questions and memories that observations elicit. Birds we may see include Piping Plover, Manx Shearwater, resident gulls, with Common Tern arriving by May. Suitable for adults and children 8 years+. Children [...]