DETAILS

Spring Birding Class- 2024 **WAITLIST** Feb 24 th – Plum Island or Cape Ann. 5 AM- All Day. We start the class by birding along the Massachusetts coastline looking for winter ducks, Loons, Grebes, Purple Sandpipers, and perhaps a Snowy Owl. March 9 th - Local. 7 AM-12. We’ll visit several areas in the Hadley, Northampton, and Hatfield areas looking for newly arriving waterfowl and perhaps Horned Larks, Snow Buntings, and Lapland Longspur. March 16 th - Local 7 AM-12. Hampshire/Franklin Counties- more arriving waterfowl. April 6 th – Local 7 AM-12-Hampshire County- Early warblers, Wilson Snipe, and perhaps some more waterfowl. April 13 th - Local- 7 AM-12. Depending on reports, we could visit Westover to look for Upland Sandpipers and rough-winged Swallows and then hike in Tilley Street. Other possibilities include looking for Vesper Sparrows in Hadley, along with Wilson’s Snipe. April 27 th - Plum Island area 5 AM- All Day. Herons, early shorebirds, Ibis, and more. May 4 th - Local-7 AM-12- Looking for arriving Warblers, Vireos, Kinglets etc May 25 th - Local- 6:30 AM-12 Mt. Holyoke. – We’ll hike up Mt. Holyoke with hopes of finding Cerulean and Worm-eating Warblers, plus other migrants. June 1 st - 5 AM-12- Southwick Wildlife Management Area. We usually come away with 40-50 species in this grassland area. Some of the past highlights have been Indigo Bunting, Blue Grosbeak, Grasshopper Sparrow, Field Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, and Prairie Warblers. June 8 th - 5 AM-2 PM. October Mountain/Berkshire County. Nesting birds. It’s been a few years since the class has visited this area. Past highlights have been Barred Owl, Winter Wrens, and serval species of Warblers.