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Established 1940
2004 –
2005 Schedule
Officers
President – Kate Ryan 413-528-4355
PO Box 67
Monterey, MA 01245
DivinDucky@aol.com
Vice President – Gary Soucie 413-458-0309
139 Woodcock Rd.
Williamstown, MA 01267
Secretary – Paula Pomerantz 413-447-7429
144 Williams St.
Pittsfield MA 01201
Treasurer – Tom Collins 413-499-2799
93 Qurico Dr.
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Website Manager –
Dave Charbonneau
e-mail: dcharb@bcn.net 413-655-2128
Club Website – Audrey Werner 802-823-5017
http://www.vgernet.net/awerner
E-mail
Hotline – Audrey Werner
e-mail: awerner@vgernet.net
Telephone Hotline
– Priscilla Bailey
Call to share & pass on sightings 413-442-4937
Publicity – Jody Soules 413-528-6566
Hospitality – Priscilla Bailey 413-442-4937
Refreshments –
Kathy Furey
Field Trip Committee
Members
Chris Blagdon 413-684-1808
Tom Collins 413-499-2799
Executive Committee
Members
Rene′ Laubach 413-637-0320
Noreen Mole 413-442-6327
Membership to the Hoffmann Bird Club is open to anyone interested in birds and bird study. Annual dues are $15 per person, $20.00 per family ($5 for students at any level). Contact the Treasurer for more details. Monthly Meetings are held at Pleasant Valley Sanctuary, 427 W Mountain Rd, Lenox, MA, 413-637-0320 or at Berkshire Life, 700 South St., Pittsfield, MA, 413-499-4321. Consult the schedule for the specific dates and locations. Meetings begin at 7:00pm and are open to everyone interested in birds at no charge. Light refreshments will be served.
Regional Hot Lines:
Western Massachusetts: 413-523-2218
Eastern Massachusetts 781-259-8805
Or http://www.virtualbirder.com
Field Trips – Listed times are for leaving;
please arrive a few minutes early to meet the
leaders and car-pool when possible. Most local
trips last until lunch, unless otherwise noted. For
trips out of town please contact the trip leader for
confirmation. Students under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Call the leader if you have questions.
Bartholomew’s Cobble Trips – All trips to
Bartholomew’s Cobble, 105 Weatogue Rd.,
Ashley Falls, MA. meet at the times indicated.
Present your membership card for member rates
to programs. General admission free to club
members. 413-229-8600 for information.
Bird sightings that are unusual or interesting
should be reported to the hotlines to keep members
informed. This information is also shared with
“The Voice of Western Massachusetts” and other
regional bird clubs.
Club E mail Hotline – E-mail Audrey Werner
at awerner@vgernet.net to post a message. The
hotline is also used to announce unscheduled trips,
to request information, or to arrange carpooling.
The Club Telephone Hotline is used to alert club
members of bird sightings that are of unusual
species or numbers as well as for members without access to the internet. Please call Priscilla Bailey,
442-4937 to report a sighting.
September, 2004
Fri 9/3 Pot Luck & Monthly Meeting 5:30PM
Wildlife of
Madagascar & South
Africa
By: Richard Nord
Meet at 5:30 at Pleasant Valley Sanctuary,
Lenox. Please bring a dish to share. Beverages
will be provided.
Sundays
9/5 & 9/12
7:00AM
Bird Walk at Bartholomew’s
Cobble
Saturdays 9/11 &
9/18 Hawk Watch 11AM
– 1PM, Hulbert’s Hill, Bartholomew’s
Cobble. Bring lunch, enjoy the view.
413-229-8600
Wed 9/15 The Boulders, Pittsfield 7:30AM
Meet at Allendale Shopping Center.
Dave St James, leader: 442-9876
Sat 9/18 Blueberry Hill Hawk Watch 7:30AM
& Pig Roast. Meet at Price Chopper in Lenox for trip to West Granville. This is a combined event with the Allen Bird Club. Bring a dish to share. Nominal fee for roast. Contact Tom Collins: 499-2799. Rain date: 9/19
Sat 9/25 Sparrow Field Trip 7;30AM
Meet at Berkshire Museum for trip to
Springside Park & possibly BCC.
Bill Cook, leader: 518-851-2678
October
2004
10/1 thru mid
November – Volunteers needed for
Saw-whet Owl banding at Hopkins Forest
Contact Drew Jones 597-4353 to check schedule.
Participant number limited per night.
Mon 10/4 Monthly Meeting 7PM
Berkshire Life Insurance, 700 South St., Pittsfield
Wed 10/06 A Walk Around
the Block
9AM
Three mile walk on loop past sheep farm, woodlands, and dairy farm. Meet at Rudolph Steiner School parking lot, 35 W Plain Rd., Great Barrington. Call Jill Johnson for details: 528-3562
Sat 10/16 The Meadows, Northampton 7AM
Meet at Allendale Shopping Ctr. This is a ¾-day trip. Bring a lunch.
Chris Blagdon, leader: 684-1808
Wed 10/20 Beginner Waterfowl Trip 8AM
Meet at Berkshire Museum ½ day trip.
Ed Neumuth, leader: 623-5447.
Sun 10/31 58th
Bart Hendricks
7:30AM
Memorial Waterfowl Census. Join the annual census, meet at Berkshire Museum. Bring your lunch and scope.
Tom Tyning, leader: 442-2165
November 2004
Mon 11/8 Monthly Meeting 7PM
Berkshire Life Insurance, 700 South St
Rehabilitation & Bird Behavior
By Barbara Skelly from The
C.R.O.W.
Sat 11/06 Dead
Creek, VT
Join Gail Platz to see numerous Snow Geese, various other migrating waterfowl. Contact Gail for details: 413-896-2591
Sat 11/13 Northwestern Connecticut 9AM
Waterfowl
Census. Meet
at Bartholomew’s Cobble. Bring scopes and lunch. Approx 9AM to 2PM.
Kate Ryan, leader: 528-4355
Sun 11/14
Hotline Trip
Destination TBA
Tom Collins, leader: Call 449-2799 for details
December
2004
Mon 12/6 Monthly Meeting 7PM
Berkshire Life Insurance, 700 South Street
Pittsfield
Members’ Night & Christmas Count Details
Please bring 10 slides or digital images and any holiday sweets to share.
Sat
12/11 Dovekie Trip to Cape Ann
Search for dovekies & coastal birds.
Contact Noreen Mole for details: 442-6327
Sun 12/18 Central
Berkshire Christmas Count
&
Potluck Supper.
Join a team and keep tradition going.
Tom Collins: 499-2799. Rain date: 12/19
January 2005
Sat 1/1 Southern
Berkshire Christmas Count
Coordinator: Rene′ Laubach, 637-0320
Join a team and welcome the New Year in birding.
Sat
1/15 Search for Winter Finches
8AM
Meet at Allendale Shopping Center
Destination TBA, Leader: Noreen Mole 442-6327
SAT 1/29 Birds & Tracks 9AM
Joint trip with ALAN DEVOE Bird Club to Powell Sanctuary, Old Chatham, NY Snowshoes suggested, prepare to walk off-trail.
Leader: Elle Dietermann
contact: Kate Ryan: 528-4355
February 2005
Sat 2/5 Manure Fields of Gt Barrington 10AM
Explore farm fields of Baldwin Hill for Lapland longspur, buntings, and surprises. Leader, Jill Johnson: 528-3562. Meet at Big Y parking lot in Great Barrington.
Sat 2/19–Sun
2/20 Winter Coastal Trip
Cape Ann & Plum Island. Join us for a day trip or overnight. Call Chris Blagdon: 684-1808 for details.
TBA Hotline Trip
Dave St. James. Call for info: 442-9876
March 2005
Mon 3/7 Monthly Meeting 7PM
Berkshire Life Insurance, 700 South Street
To Learn or Not To Learn: Bird Song
By Heather Williams
Sat 3/12 Quabbin Reservoir 7:30AM
Eagles & waterfowl as prime target birds
Leader, Tom Tyning: 442-2165
Bring a lunch.
Sat 3/19 Daniel Webster Sanctuary 9:30AM
Marshfield, MA
Meet at the 99 Restaurant at exit 12 off Rte 3 in
Marshfield/Pembroke at 9:30AM (on Rte 139). From there we'll carpool and
head south to Plymouth Mass, the Cape Cod Canal, Scusset Beach, and other
Cape hot spots. We'll bird DWWS in the late afternoon looking for raptors, owls, and
winter ducks. Leader: Dan Furbish. Contact: Kate Ryan 528-4355.
April
2005
Mon 4/4 Monthly Meeting 7PM
Berkshire Life Insurance, 700 South St.
Banding Red Knots in Cape May
by Gail Platz
Sat 4/23 Woodcock in Flight 5:30PM
Meet at Price Chopper in
Lenox for trip to
New Lenox Road Fields near Decker Landing.
Leader, Judith Butler: 684-4151
Sun 4/24 Monterey Backroads 7:30AM
& Gould Farm ½-day trip
Meet at The Roadside Restaurant for breakfast & birding, Rt 23, Monterey. Leader, Kate Ryan: 528-4355
Sat 4/30 Plum Island
Search
for early migrants. Leader: Chris Blagdon
Call for details: 684-1808
May
2005
Sun 5/1 Clarksburg State Park 8 AM.
Search along a board walk through wetlands and ponds for early migrants. Meet at park off route 8
OR call to arrange to meet at the MASS
MoCA parking lot. Paula Wells: 597-2342
& Juliet Flynt: 644-9301
Wed 5/4 Berry Pond, Pittsfield 7AM
Seeking warblers & other migrants
Leader: Priscilla Bailey: 442-4937
Fri 5/6 Annual
Meeting & Banquet
Seabirds,
Whales, and EasternCoyotes
by teacher & author, Peter Trull
Banquet Coordinator: Tom Collins,
499-2799
Sign up for the Century Run
Sat 5/7 Birdathon Tune–up 5:30AM
Bird Bartholomew’s Cobble & Questing
in New Marlborough to sharpen up your skills.
Contact: Chris Blagdon
684-1808
Wed 5/11 Birding
Basics
6AM
Meet at Berkshire Museum to gain skill and knowledge from Leader, Ed Neumuth: 623-5447
Bring a lunch.
Fri
5/13–Sat 5/14 Century Run & Mass Audubon Birdathon. Join
a team. Details from officers or at
the Banquet.
Sat 5/21- Mon 5/23
Cape May Trip
Make your own reservations at the Blue Amber Motel: 609-884-8266
Leader: Bob Wood: rrwood50@hotmail.com
Sat 5/21 Southstream Fish & Wildlife 6:30AM
Area/Country Rd., Pownal VT. Walk along logging roads & power line trails in mixed deciduous forest. Carpool from the Berkshire Museum to Audrey’s house in Pownal. Call Audrey : 802-823-5017 or e-mail awerner@vgernet.net
Fri 5/27 River Rd., Kent Falls CT. 6AM
Meet at Lenox Price Chopper parking lot
Leader: Noreen Mole 442-6327
Sat 5/28
Frelinghuysen-Morris Estate
Stroll the grounds and new streamside trail
Meet: 92 Hawthorne St, Stockbridge
Leader: Kinney Frelinghuysen , 698-2632
See Frelinghuysen.org
for directions.
June
2005
Fri
6/3 Picnic & Birding
Bring a dish to share. Details to
be provided
Sat
6/4 Birdwatching Basics for Beginners
8AM
Field Farm parking lot,
Sloan Road, Williamstown
Bring kids, & binos, if
you have them.
Leaders: Gary Soucie &
Marina Brodskaya
458-0309
Mon
6/6 Whip-poor-will Search
8:15PM
Meet at the AT parking lot off Rte. 23, Monterey. Contact Kate Ryan: 528-4355.
Sat 6/11 Alandar Trail & Copake 6:15 AM
Rail Trail. Joint trip with ALAN DEVOE Bird Club. Meet at Stewart Shop, Hillsdale, Rt 22 just south of Route 23 intersection. Search for hooded & worm-eating warblers
Leader: Bill Cook 518-851-2678. Bring lunch.
Sun 6/12 Mt. Greylock 6AM
Meet at Berkshire Museum
Leader: Dave St James 442-9876 Bring lunch
Wed 6/15 October Mt, State Forest 6AM
Meet 6AM at McDonald’s in Lee, Rt 20
Leader: Dave St James 442-9876
Fri 6/17 Evening Birding in New Ashford/
Greylock area 5:30PM
Meet for a pleasant 2- to 6-mile walk depending on findings.
Leader: Matt Kelly: 458-3290
Sat 6/18 Breeding Bird Behavior. 6:30AM
Meet at Berkshire Museum to car pool to Audrey’s. Walk country road in Pownal VT watching bird behavior to confirm nesting. A trip to view courtship display, feeding fledglings, & finding nests. Leader: Audrey Werner: 802-823-5017
Sat 6/25 Taconic Trail State Park, 7:30AM
Williamstown. Meet at 7:30AM, Margaret Lindley
Park, just off rte. 2 & 7, So. Williamstown
Leader: Gary Soucie &
Marina Brodskaya
458-0309.
August
2005
8/20–9/1
Evening Nighthawk Watch
Bring a chair & relax.
Meet one hour before sunset at the public gardens at 350 Williams St.,
Pittsfield. Coordinators: Scott & Joan Robinson 637-3408
Sat 8/20 Plum Island all-day trip. Meeting time and place to be announced.
Leader: Chris Blagdon, 684-1808
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