We are sad to learn of the passing of Brookline Bird Club member Dennis Oliver on April 7. Dennis played a big part in the club, serving on the board from 1984 to 2006. The club honored Dennis in 2010 with the following article: Dennis Oliver is a respected and admired long-time Brookline Bird Club [...]
Support the Massachusetts Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program! The Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program is responsible for the conservation and protection of hundreds of species that are not hunted, fished, trapped, or commercially harvested in the state, as well as the protection of the natural communities that make up their habitats. *You can [...]
The BBC is pleased and proud to announce that our two annual Young Birder Scholarships have been awarded to Sam Mroz of Georgetown and Isabel Rasmussen of Peabody. These scholarships, instituted to nurture interest in bird study and conservation among young birders, will cover the full cost ($1395) of the Coastal Maine Bird Studies [...]
Brookline Bird Club Book Fund Wondering how to help support new birders? The BBC Book Fund was established to donate books and other educational materials to promote bird and nature education for K-12 students throughout Massachusetts. In the past few years the Book Fund has made donations to Kestrel Educational Adventures on Cape Ann, the [...]
If you haven't done so yet, now is the time renew your BBC membership. If you are presently a member and want to renew your membership, login first, and then you can either renew online using PayPal or download and then print out a membership form and send it to our Membership secretary at: Judith Hepburn [...]
Could we be in for another Snowy Owl irruption? There have been numerous sightings of Snowy Owls throughout the Northeast including many in Massachusetts. The BBC Conservation/Education committee has made a donation to MA Audubon's Snowy Owl Project run by Norman Smith since 1981. Norman Smith, Director of Mass Audubon's Blue Hills Trailside Museum, has been [...]
About once a week, from November into March, the BBC offers field trips to Gloucester and/or Rockport on Cape Ann, one of the Northeast’s prime destinations for winter birding. The main attractions are seabirds: waterfowl, alcids, and gulls. On a given day, we usually find 15 to 20 species of ducks and geese, with a [...]
The BBC is pleased to announce that we will again offer two Young Birder Scholarships to nurture interest in bird study and conservation among young birders. The 2018 scholarships will cover the full cost ($1,345) of the Coastal Maine Bird Studies for Teens program at National Audubon’s Hog Island camp on June 17-22, 2018. [...]
The most recent BBC school book fund donation went to Triton Regional High School, where environmental science teacher Tom Horsley uses donated books and wall posters to teach bird identification in his classes and to help students in their field excursions, as part of an after-school birding program. Thanks to Tom for his efforts to [...]
There is a nice photo from Linda Ferraresso's Saturday, May 12th walk at the Boston Public Gardens. It was on p.2 of the Metro section on the Boston Globe.
