Calendar

For full details of upcoming walks and other events, please join the Boxborough Birders Group email list. Events in italics are organized by other groups, but may be of interest to Boxborough Birders.

Walk Guidelines:

  • Boxborough Birders have resumed regular walk guidelines. Masks are optional (no longer required) and there is no limit to the number of people on a walk.

Saturday, March 25
Woodcock Watch at Oxbow NWR, Still River Depot Road, Harvard
5:30 pm till dark
Meet half way down the hill by the big Oxbow wildlife refuge sign. We will stay until it gets dark to watch for American Woodcock. Come early to enjoy other birds. Rain date Sunday, March 26, same time. Co-sponsored by Brookline Bird Club and Friends of the Assabet River, Oxbow, and Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuges. All are welcome.
Trip Leader: Don MacFarlane, (978) 897-7567, donjmacfarlane@gmail.com

Tuesday, March 28
Woodcock Watch at Rolling Meadows, Boxborough
6:45 PM
Bring a beach chair for sitting as we watch for American Woodcock. Rain date is Wednesday, March 29, same time.
Leader: Al Sgroi

Saturday, April 1
Fruitlands Museum, Harvard
7:00-10:00 AM
Meeting location: Top parking lot at Fruitlands Museum, 102 Prospect Hill Road, Harvard.
Trip leaders: Sandy Oxley, (978) 270-1057, cassandra.oxley@gmail.com and
Rita Grossman, (978) 264-4077, rgibesgrossman@gmail.com

Saturday, April 8
Bolton Flats, Bolton (or Pine Hill Grasslands)
7:30 AM
Leader: Rita Grossman

Saturday, April 15
Delaney Wildlife Management Area
7:30 AM
Meet at 7:30 AM for a 2-hour walk. Paths should be dry for walking.
Leader: Al Sgroi

May 12-13
Mass Audubon Bird-a-thon

Saturday, May 13
Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge
7:15 AM
Meet at the visitor center parking lot using the 680 Hudson Road entrance in Sudbury. When you turn off Hudson Road, there will be a parking area and kiosk on your left. Pass that and continue about a quarter mile to the visitor center.
Leader: Peter Norton

Sunday, May 14
Sargent Memorial Library/Blanchard School, Boxborough
Leader: Rita Grossman

Saturday, May 20
Fruitlands Museum, Harvard
7:00-10:00 AM
Meeting location: Top parking lot at Fruitlands Museum, 102 Prospect Hill Road, Harvard.
Trip leaders: Sandy Oxley, (978) 270-1057, cassandra.oxley@gmail.com and
Rita Grossman, (978) 264-4077, rgibesgrossman@gmail.com

Saturday, June 3
Steele Farm, Boxborough
9:00-11:30 AM
Mid-morning walk to look for bobolinks, swallows, warblers, and other birds nesting in the fields and surrounding woods. Later start time to give some people a chance to join in who may not be able to attend the early morning walks. Meet at the parking lot by the Steele Farm (a white farmhouse) at 484 Middle Road in Boxborough (between Hill Road and Picnic Street).
Leader: Peter Norton

Saturday, June 17
Fruitlands Museum, Harvard
7:00-10:00 AM
Meeting location: Top parking lot at Fruitlands Museum, 102 Prospect Hill Road, Harvard.
Trip leaders: Sandy Oxley, (978) 270-1057, cassandra.oxley@gmail.com and
Rita Grossman, (978) 264-4077, rgibesgrossman@gmail.com

Saturday, June 17
Fifers Day, Flerra Field, Boxborough
12-4 PM
Visit the Boxborough Birders booth at Fifers Day.

December 31, 2023
Christmas Bird Count

See also New England Birding Calendar

Safety
During hunting season, wear orange when birding on properties that allow hunting or that abut land where hunting is or may be allowed (many parcels in Boxborough and surrounding towns).  Check out these links for more info:

Code of Ethics