​​​Second Saturdays at the Swanzey Airport

Saturday, December 13, 2025, 8 AM, morning only

Nate Marchessault, nmarchessault@antioch.edu

Meet: Dillant-Hopkins Airport, Swanzey, side of parking lot furthest from main road (GPS directions)

Join us for our recurring walk at one of the most productive birding locations in the area, the Dillant-Hopkins Airport. This area is abuzz with bird activity no matter the time of year, and we'll spend a few hours poking around the uplands, wetlands, fields, and floodplains to see who is around. This walk will be three miles or less on mostly flat, paved ground.

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Christmas Bird Counts

Join with Audubon's long-running winter bird survey! See below for dates for local CBCs, contact sector compilers to sign up.

• Keene CBC: Sunday, December 14, 2025. Contact Phil Brown, pbrownnature@gmail.com

• Peterborough - Hancock CBC: Saturday, December 20, 2025. Contact John Ranta, john.f.ranta@gmail.com

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​Second Saturdays in Surry (Note location change!)

Saturday, January 10, 2026, 8 AM, morning only

Nate Marchessault, nmarchessault@antioch.edu

Meet: Beth-El Bible Church parking lot, Surry Village (GPS directions)

This year we are switching it up and spending Second Saturdays in Surry. Surry is an extremely birdy town with a diversity of habitats like fields, marshes, woodlands, a gravel pit, and Surry Mountain Lake. We'll meet up at the church, and based on the time of year will spend the morning in one of the nearby birding locations. Most locations contain wide paths with only slight elevation change, and a maximum of three miles will be walked. 

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Lawrence, MA Crow Roost

Saturday, January 17, 2026, 3:30 PM to shortly after sunset
Nate Marchessault, nmarchessault@antioch.edu and Jane Wing, jeswing29@yahoo.com 
Meet:  New Balance Factory Parking Lot, Duck Bridge Rd, Lawrence (GPS directions)
Have you ever wondered where crows go during the night? Join us in Lawrence, MA, to learn some evening secrets of our Corvid friends at the Lawrence Crow Roost. An hour before sunset, thousands of crows will gather together at a pre-roost (staging) site before heading to their final roosting site, along the Merrimack River, a half hour after sunset. We will meet to observe where the crows are staging and possibly drive to that area before moving to the evening roosting area. This is an amazing sight to witness, and a must-see if you have not.  

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Swanzey Airport
Saturday, January 31, 2026, 8 AM, morning only
Jane Wing, jeswing29@yahoo.com
Meet: Dillant-Hopkins Airport, Swanzey, side of parking lot furthest from main road (GPS directions)
Join us at one of the most productive birding locations in the area, the Dillant-Hopkins Airport. This area is abuzz with bird activity no matter the time of year, and we'll spend a few hours poking around the uplands, wetlands, fields, and floodplains to see who is around. This walk will be three miles or less on mostly flat, paved ground.