• NestWatch Training

    Thomas & Palmer Brook Reserve 305 State Road, Great Barrington, MA

    NestWatch is a nationwide nest monitoring program led by Cornell’s Lab of Ornithology and supported by community members like yourself. Participating is fun, and anyone can do it – even young ones! This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to…

  • Bird Walks with Ben Nickley

    Bird Walks with Ben Nickley

    New birds arrive daily and anything is possible during migration. Green spaces fill with birds sporting their nuptial plumages, belting songs from the treetops--urging us to take a look. Join GBLC and Ben Nickley, President and Executive Director of Berkshire…

  • Bird Walks with Ben Nickley

    Bird Walks with Ben Nickley

    New birds arrive daily and anything is possible during migration. Green spaces fill with birds sporting their nuptial plumages, belting songs from the treetops--urging us to take a look. Join GBLC and Ben Nickley, President and Executive Director of Berkshire…

  • Bird Walks with Ben Nickley

    Bird Walks with Ben Nickley

    New birds arrive daily and anything is possible during migration. Green spaces fill with birds sporting their nuptial plumages, belting songs from the treetops--urging us to take a look. Join GBLC and Ben Nickley, President and Executive Director of Berkshire…

  • Bird Walks with Ben Nickley

    Bird Walks with Ben Nickley

    New birds arrive daily and anything is possible during migration. Green spaces fill with birds sporting their nuptial plumages, belting songs from the treetops--urging us to take a look. Join GBLC and Ben Nickley, President and Executive Director of Berkshire…

  • Birding at Sheep Hill: Spring Migration

    Sheep Hill 671 Cold Spring Rd, Williamstown, MA

    Join Williamstown Rural Land for a leisurely birding experience at Sheep Hill (671 Cold Spring Rd., Williamstown) with former Audubon chapter president and Williamstown local Tommy Richey. Walk will start at the farmhouse - looking for birds in the willows…

  • Bird Watching with Greg Ward and Chip Blake

    Steepletop Reserve 648 New Marlborough-Monterey Rd., New Marlborough, MA

    Birds are delightful to look at in any season, but never more so than mid-May when many species from the subtropics are moving through the Berkshires, on their way to their breeding grounds farther north.  Meet at the Steepletop parking…

  • Kestrels, Owls and Migratory Birds in the Berkshires with Ben Nickley

    Tyringham Town Hall 116 Main Road, Tyringham, MA

    https://www.thebeatnews.org/BeatTeam/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Bird-poster-3.25.24.pdf The Hop Brook Community Club Presents: Kestrals, Owls, and Migratory Birds in the Berkshires Ben Nickley, Executive Director of the Berkshire Bird Observatory will discuss BBO's bird conservation and monitoring efforts in South County. Free Admission. Freewill offering to…

  • Bird Walks with Ben Nickley

    Bird Walks with Ben Nickley

    New birds arrive daily and anything is possible during migration. Green spaces fill with birds sporting their nuptial plumages, belting songs from the treetops--urging us to take a look. Join GBLC and Ben Nickley, President and Executive Director of Berkshire…

  • Bird Walk with David McGowan

    The Spruces 60 Main St., Williamstown, MA

    Bird Walk at The Spruces with David McGowan on Wednesday, May 22 at 8AM David McGowan, former director of Williamstown Rural Lands, leads a leisurely bird-watching walk at The Spruces and Hoosic River. Gather by the picnic tables at the pond near the pollinator garden (60 Main St.…

  • Bird Walks with Ben Nickley

    Bird Walks with Ben Nickley

    New birds arrive daily and anything is possible during migration. Green spaces fill with birds sporting their nuptial plumages, belting songs from the treetops--urging us to take a look. Join GBLC and Ben Nickley, President and Executive Director of Berkshire…

  • Bird Walks with Ben Nickley

    Bird Walks with Ben Nickley

    New birds arrive daily and anything is possible during migration. Green spaces fill with birds sporting their nuptial plumages, belting songs from the treetops--urging us to take a look. Join GBLC and Ben Nickley, President and Executive Director of Berkshire…

  • Birding at the Mount

    Birding at the Mount
    The Mount 2 Plunkett St, Lenox, MA, United States

    Explore Edith Wharton's original estate, including its woods, wetlands, and meadows. Learn skills to bird by sight and sound as we look for numerous bird species, including bobolinks, woodpeckers, vireos, and warblers. Walks depart from the main parking lot. For…

  • 11th Annual Boreal Forest Bird Walk

    Tamarack Hollow Nature & Cultural Center 1515 & 1516 Savoy Hollow Rd., Windsor, MA

    11th Annual Boreal Forest Bird Walk. Join master birder John Green Jr. for the annual spring breeding bird survey/census at Tamarack Hollow. Learn how to identify birds found at higher elevations by sight and sound. This project has been supported…

  • Family Bird Banding Field Trip

    Williamstown, MA

    How do scientists study birds? Join Dr. Heather Williams of Williams College and Williamstown Rural Lands to find out in this hands-on experience for families! Become part of the process - help set mist nets to catch birds and then…

  • Birding at the Mount

    Birding at the Mount
    The Mount 2 Plunkett St, Lenox, MA, United States

    Explore Edith Wharton's original estate, including its woods, wetlands, and meadows. Learn skills to bird by sight and sound as we look for numerous bird species, including bobolinks, woodpeckers, vireos, and warblers. Walks depart from the main parking lot. For…

  • Birding at the Mount

    Birding at the Mount
    The Mount 2 Plunkett St, Lenox, MA, United States

    Explore Edith Wharton's original estate, including its woods, wetlands, and meadows. Learn skills to bird by sight and sound as we look for numerous bird species, including bobolinks, woodpeckers, vireos, and warblers. Walks depart from the main parking lot. For…

  • Birds of the Berkshires – Community Program and Annual Meeting

    Saint James Place 352 Main St., Great Barrington, MA

    GBLC Presents Birds of the Berkshires: Great Barrington Land Conservancy invites you to learn more about our avian friends from two local experts, Chip Blake and Ben Nickley.  Each year our fields, forests, lakes and rivers provide the habitat needed…