Forbush Bird Club - What We Do

FORBUSH BIRD CLUB                  Worcester, Massachusetts

Our club has meetings and field trips. See the Coming Events page for this year's schedule.

• We have a wide variety of field trips throughout the year to the top birding locations in Worcester County and beyond. Many trip leaders have decades of birding experience. Birders of all levels are welcome!

• We publish The Chickadee reporting on our activities and bird sightings. (Look under "Reports & Sightings | The Chickadee" for more information.)

The Chickadee is the annual members’ publication of the Forbush Bird Club and has been published since 1931.

• The journal chronicles the affairs of the Club, reports items of interest concerning Worcester County birds, and stimulates a more serious study of birds.

• The Editorial Committee reviews Individual submissions and thousands of eBird checklists to ensure an accurate and complete record.

• Downloadable copies of The Chickadee from 1931 to 2017 are available on our website, forbushbird.org.

• Printed copies from 2018 to 2022 are available for a fee. Contact the Treasurer for details (forbushtreasurer@gmail.com)

  **2026 Update: Because of changes in the Editorial Committee, work on recent issues has been delayed.

FIELD TRIPS

Below is the list of our annual trip destinations. In each year there may be additions or omissions. See the Coming Events calendar for this year's trip details and leaders’ contact information.

1. New Year’s Day trip in Worcester and vicinity

2. Cape Ann/Gloucester and Rockport (winter)

3. Lake Chauncy and Westborough Wildlife Management Area (spring and fall)

4. Evening walk for American Woodcock at Westborough WMA (spring)

5. Delaney WMA in Stow/Harvard (spring and fall)

6. High Ridge Wildlife Management Area in Gardner (spring)

7. Weekday morning birding at Lake Chauncy and Westborough WMA (three walks in spring; two in fall)

8. Greenbrier Conservation Area and Hodges Village Dam, Oxford/Dudley (spring)

9. Weekday morning birding at Mass Audubon Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary (two walks in spring)

10. Three walks at Worcester’s historic cemeteries and parks (spring and fall)

11. Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge (spring)

12. Kristoff Farm in Sterling (spring)

13. Upton State Forest (spring)

14. Two walks at Rauscher Farm Conservation Area in Clinton (spring and fall)

15. Barre Falls Dam and Rutland State Park (spring)

16. Birds & Butterflies with the Massachusetts Butterfly Club in Leicester (summer)

17. Mass Audubon Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary (late summer)

18. Sholan Farms in Leominster (fall)

19. Northborough/Westborough Ponds and Fields (fall)

20. Quabbin Park in Ware (late fall)

21. Christmas Bird Counts in Worcester County (December)