Book Fund Award to Ruth Batson Academy in Boston
The Brookline Bird Club Book Fund committee has made a donation of $750 to support a school library program of bird and nature study at the Ruth Batson Academy in Dorchester, MA. The effort has been organized by librarian Isabel DePina. The Ruth Batson Academy provide education for for middle and high school students with autism and intellectual disabilities.
Lessons will incorporate field trips to Boston Harbor and neighborhood locations, books, games, and educational resources from the BBC and from the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology’s Celebrate Urban Birds program.
Thanks to committee chair Dave Williams and members Leslie Kramer, Carol Molander, and John Nelson.
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South Shore Century Run
Meet at 6:00 am at the main parking area of Wompatuck State Park, Hingham. A medium-paced trip to key places on the South Shore to try to observe 100 species of migrants and residents while having fun. Note: This trip will likely go to The Trustees of Reservation Property at World’s End. Contact leader for
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Parker River NWR on Bike
Leave your car behind as we cycle the main refuge road looking and listening for spring migrants. Be ready to peddle by 6:30 a.m. Note that an entrance fee or pass is required. Restrooms available.
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Belle Isle Marsh and Vicinity
Led by DCR staff. We will search on foot up to one mile on flat, easy terrain, for migrating or resident songbirds, raptors, shorebirds, and marsh birds at this birding hotspot and state park. This is a traveling program by car or bike. Prepare for ticks and mosquitoes. Ages: Adults and kids 8 years+ with
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Brook Farm Historic Site (rescheduled from May 3)
Join us to observe resident birds and spring migrants in a unique urban habitat that is a favorite for many bird species, including uncommon and rare flycatchers, swallows & warblers. Birders of all levels will enjoy this walk. The trails are (generally) flat and easy to walk, though there are some rough patches. A water






