The eerie call of the loon – many associate it with remote lakes in Maine and New Hampshire, but the common loon is in fact a well established resident of Massachusetts. Find out more about this beautiful bird on Wednesday, October 8 at 7 p.m., at the Millers River Environmental Center, 100 Main St., Athol when Dan Clark of the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) will describe its life history and the conservation efforts underway in the state. Offered by the Athol Bird and Nature Club, the program is free and open to the public. Loons are a small and ancient family of birds. In fact, common loons (Gavia immer) are one of only five species worldwide and the only loon species to breed in New England. Dan Clark is the Director of Natural Resources for the DCR’s Division of Water Supply Protection, where he is responsible for protecting Boston’s unfiltered water supply through a variety of programs, including wildlife management, land acquisition, and forest management. In addition, Clark oversees a variety of programs aimed at enhancing or protecting rare and endangered species on Division lands, active management for rare habitats, vernal pool inventories, and common loon monitoring and management. He received his bachelor’s degree in Wildlife Management from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, his master’s degree in Wildlife Ecology from the University of Missouri, and his doctorate in Environmental Conservation from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. The Athol Bird and Nature Club is an active group of people sharing an appreciation of nature’s many forms. The club manages the Millers River Environmental Center and maintains a natural history collection there, holds meetings featuring members or outside speakers, offers field trips all over southern New England, hosts intensive workshops and institutes on specific natural history topics, and organizes regional biological inventories, including biodiversity surveys, bird counts, and butterfly and dragonfly records. More information about the ABNC is available at atholbirdclub.org. New members are welcome.
Posted on: Sat, 04 Oct 2014 02:25:01 +0000
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