Bird Count at Canoe Meadows in Pittsfield

(Photo credit: Sienna Wildfield)

There have been lots of opportunities lately to become a Citizen Scientist and assist with bird population counts!  Audubon’s Christmas Bird Count and Bald Eagle Count both took place recently, but there’s another bird count that you can do any time of year!  Mass Audubon offers a checklist of birds that visitors to Canoe Meadows (located in Pittsfield) can print and take along on their excursion.

After visiting, you can submit your bird observations to Audubon’s website to assist with the Oriole Project, Whip-poor-will Survey, Breeding Bird Atlas, and other projects.  In participating, you’ll not only get to have a great outdoor adventure (go for an afternoon hike or strap on some show shoes once the flakes come down!), but you’ll learn more about their behaviors and habitat while contributing to an important study!  Citizen scientists’ contributions to Audubon’s studies are very important, as the organization’s observation capabilities are limited.  Along with this ongoing opportunity at Canoe Meadows, Audubon is hosting numerous birding events over the course of the next few months:

Arcadia in Easthmapton, MA:

• Owl Moon, Arcadia – 1/28/12
• Winter Crows, Arcadia – 2/5/12
• Eagles at Quabbin, Arcadia – 2/25/12
• Dance of the American Woodcock, Arcadia – 3/24/12
• Bird Sounds… Songs and Calls, Arcadia – 4/11/12
• Great Blue Herons, Arcadia – 4/14/12
• Birding the Amherst Rail Trail, Arcadia – 4/28/12
• Early-Morning Birding, Arcadia – 5/5/12
• Early-Morning Birding, Arcadia – 5/7/12
• Early-Morning Birding, Arcadia – 5/8/12
• Early-Morning Birding, Arcadia – 5/9/12
• Early-Morning Birding, Arcadia – 5/10/12
• Birding by Canoe, Arcadia – 5/11/12
• Early-Morning Birding, Arcadia – 5/11/12
• Quabbin Reservoir Bird Walk, Arcadia – 5/19/12

Pleasant Valley in Lenox, MA:

• Bird Banding Demonstration, Pleasant Valley – 1/14/12
• Eagles at Quabbin Reservoir, Pleasant Valley – 1/21/12
• Bird Banding Demonstration, Pleasant Valley – 2/11/12
• Eagles at Quabbin Reservoir, Pleasant Valley – 2/12/12
• Bird Banding Demonstration, Pleasant Valley – 3/3/12
• Bat House Making Workshop, Pleasant Valley – 3/31/12
• Bird Walks at Canoe Meadows, Pleasant Valley – 4/6/12
• Bird Walks at Canoe Meadows, Pleasant Valley – 4/13/12
• Bird Banding Demonstration, Pleasant Valley – 4/14/12
• Bird Walks at Canoe Meadows, Pleasant Valley – 4/20/12
• Bird Walks at Canoe Meadows, Pleasant Valley – 4/27/12
• Bird Walks at Canoe Meadows, Pleasant Valley – 5/4/12
• Bird Walks at Canoe Meadows, Pleasant Valley – 5/11/12
• Bird Walks at Canoe Meadows, Pleasant Valley – 5/18/12
• Bird Walks at Canoe Meadows, Pleasant Valley – 5/25/12