Events

VALLEY BIRD DAYS – May 5-13 Join the Hitchcock Center, Mass Audubon at Arcadia, The Kestrel Land Trust, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service to offer a range of programs at our individual sites – all to celebrate the beauty and stewardship of birds! Check out the Valley Bird Days to view programs at all […]

with Dan Ziomek, Local Birder and WRSI’s Bird Songs Radio Program For young people ages 8-13 6 Saturdays: April 8 - May 13 7:30am-10am Individual/Youth: Members $60 Non-members $75 Parent/Child Members $100/Non-members $120 Space is limited, registration required Spring migration is the most exciting time of year to get out and see birds! Be the […]

VALLEY BIRD DAYS – May 5-13 Join the Hitchcock Center, Mass Audubon at Arcadia, The Kestrel Land Trust, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service to offer a range of programs at our individual sites – all to celebrate the beauty and stewardship of birds! Check out the Valley Bird Days to view programs at all […]

Sunday, May 7, 7:00-9:30 am Ted Watt, Hitchcock Center naturalist FREE No registration - this program is part of Valley Bird Days Join us for a spring morning bird walk as part of Valley Bird Days. We’ll make our way along the new accessible trail, looking and listening for songbirds returning from the tropics for […]

Nancy Goodman, local naturalist and plant conservation volunteer with the New England Wild Flower Society Sunday, May 7, 9am-noon Members $20/Non-members $30 Register here Nancy will guide us on a leisurely stroll along a section of Mitch’s Way in Hadley. The unpaved road parallels the Connecticut River through extensive floodplain forest habitat. We will find […]

VALLEY BIRD DAYS – May 5-13 Join the Hitchcock Center, Mass Audubon at Arcadia, The Kestrel Land Trust, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service to offer a range of programs at our individual sites – all to celebrate the beauty and stewardship of birds! Check out the Valley Bird Days to view programs at all […]

VALLEY BIRD DAYS – May 5-13 Join the Hitchcock Center, Mass Audubon at Arcadia, The Kestrel Land Trust, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service to offer a range of programs at our individual sites – all to celebrate the beauty and stewardship of birds! Check out the Valley Bird Days to view programs at all […]

Raindrop to Reservoir: All About Water Katie Koerten, Hitchcock Educator Ages 6-8 Tuesdays, 10:00am-2:00pm 10 classes: March 14, 21, 28, April 11 & 25, May 9, 16, 23, 30, June 6 Members: $420/Non-members: $448 Limited to 12 participants. Non-refundable within a week of the program; all refunds incur a 10% administrative fee.

Biologists in Training Jeff Mazur, Hitchcock Educator Ages 9-12 Tuesdays, 10:00am-2:00pm 10 classes: March 14, 21, 28, April 11, 25, May 9, 16, 23, 30, June 6 Members: $420/Non-members: $448 Limited to 10 participants. Non-refundable within a week of the program; all refunds incur a 10% administrative fee.

Dave King, Research Wildlife Biologist for the US Forest Service and Adjunct Associate Professor of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst May 9, 6:30 pm $5 suggested donation Registration appreciated Dave specializes in the lives of migratory birds as well as the conservation of their global populations. As a member of the Kestrel Land Trust […]