May 28, 2026

Recent Information About Ticks and How to Prevent Tick Bites

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May 26, 2026

The Mount Grace Land Trust has closed the Alderbrook, Eagle Reserve, and other accessible trails for trail maintenance beginning May 26. The trails are expected to reopen some time in July. 

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May 5 and 7, 2026

See Patter Field's Birding Notes as we approach peak spring migration in our part of Massachusetts.
Click here

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12/22/25

Irruption of Red-breasted Nuthatches

Details

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10/25/25

The Northfield Bird Club supports the Pollinator Protection Act (H.1041 / S.587) now being debated in the Massachusetts Legislature
(more - - scroll down to Advocacy section).

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10/25/25

Remembering Robert Payne Fox

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9/28/25

Cornell: Where to view raptors in flight in early fall 

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8/24/2025
News from the Cornell Ornithological Lab: 

The fall bird migration is underway. Use Cornell's "Migration Dashboard" to see what's happening in your area. 

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3/30/2025
Martha Rullman: "Anticoagulant Rodenticides are Wreaking Havoc with Wildlife"

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2/1/2025
Patter Field: Notes on Feeding Birds

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11/25/2024
Mary Holland: The Changing Appearance of European Starlings

Bird walks occur primarily in the spring. Nature walks can happen  any time.  

Check the  Walks and Programs  pages.

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Upcoming Programs

Birds of Summer

Details
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Check out the Events Calendar at the Great Falls Discovery Center