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Mission: The mission of the East Quabbin Bird Club is to foster a greater local understanding of the area's ecological resources through the active participation of the community's citizens. The intention of this club is to create a central base where people can come together to learn about the region's ecology, share ideas, and work together to support mutual goals of conservation. An environment of learning and conservation will be pursued through such avenues as monthly birding trips, educational workshops, lectures, club-coordinated bird surveys, the compilation of member's field records, and volunteer workdays on habitat improvement projects. The East Quabbin Bird Club is not strictly focused upon birds and birding, but is concerned with the conservation and understanding of the greater biodiversity of the East Quabbin Region. The East Quabbin Bird Club is very closely associated with the East Quabbin Land Trust.  All events are free and open to the public. For more information please call 413-477-8229 (East Quabbin Land Trust Headquarters). 16 January 2010: Indianhead Rock Workday Join the East Quabbin Land Trust for a day of tree clearing and brush burning on the historic and scenic Stemolkas Farm on Spring Hill Road in Barre. The work site is on the east side Spring Hill Road, about ˝ mile north of the Hardwick townline. Park at the break in the stonewall marked by the green trailhead sign and follow the orange-blazed trail up through the white pine forest. The site is a locally famous glacial erratic that once offered 360° views, but now has now grown up with white pine after the surrounding pastures were abandoned. Bring your work gloves, and chainsaw if you have one. Initial work will begin around 9:00AM. 23 January 2010: OWL PROWL – Hardwick Join the East Quabbin Bird Club for its fifth annual Hardwick Owl Prowl. Meet at the Town House parkinglot on Hardwick Common (on Route 32A) at 7:00PM. We’ll begin by calling for the eastern screech owls recently observed on the town common, and next we will either carpool to Upper Church Street and call for both great horned and barred owls from the hilltop, or, depending on weather and ambition, carpool to Brook Road and walk this remote dirt road calling for saw-whet, barred and great-horned owls. Dress appropriately for walking in the cold. Membership:
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events of the East Quabbin Bird Club are free and open to the public
unless otherwise noted. However, donations to support the operations
of the club are welcome. Checks can be made out the East Quabbin Land
Trust: attn: East Quabbin Bird Club P.O. Box 5 Hardwick, MA 01037 And while you're at it, please consider supporting the East Quabbin Land Trust's efforts directly (http://www.eqlt.org). To view a growing set of photographs depicting the biodiversity and landscapes of Massachusetts, especially the East Quabbin area, visit here. |
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