Mass Audubon Blogs

Clever, pugnacious Blue Jays are well-known for their territorial behavior and raucous Jay! Jay! call, but they are actually capable of an amazing array of vocal sounds, including whistles, toots, and wheedle-wheedle calls. Blue Jays can even mimic the scream of a Red-tailed Hawk in order to scare other birds! Like all blue birds, Blue Jays are […]

Look for owls after dark, practice yoga, take a photography workshop, celebrate bird migration, attend a Climate Cafe, and more at a wildlife sanctuary this weekend. Greater Boston Experience Yoga and Mindfulness at Habitat in Belmont. After a 45-minute slow and gentle yoga class indoors, head outside to explore the trails. (adults, registration required) Do […]

Massachusetts has made great strides in the fight against climate change, but we need to move even faster to avoid its worst impacts. That’s why Mass Audubon supports H.3983, An Act to Create a 2050 Roadmap to a Clean and Thriving Commonwealth. This state legislation would update our emissions reduction targets, and requires the state […]

The final report describing “Barn Swallow Nesting Biology at Bri Mar Stable, Hadley, Massachusetts During 2019” is available here. The report, written by Mass Audubon’s Director of Bird Conservation, Jon Atwood, as well as collaborators with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, describes the scientific context and behavioral ecology of Barn Swallows nesting at the […]

Scott and Gladys Olson generously donated their 4.9-acre property in Princeton, to have it become part of the Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary. While modest in size, the parcel situated at the intersection of Gates and Goodnow roads near Wachusett Meadow’s western boundary represents a significant addition to the 1,100-acre wildlife sanctuary.   Benefits for People […]

Two visitors dropped b to enjoy the fall colors together and discovered: The Freedom Chair, a self-propelled trail chair based on bicycle technology. It’s available to borrow for use on the All Persons Trail at Broadmoor thanks to a donor who wants to make nature accessible for everyone. It can be pushed by a second […]

You can now charge your car at your next visit to Drumlin Farm with one of our new electric vehicle charging stations. As part of an ongoing statewide initiative at Mass Audubon to decrease carbon emissions and increase access to greener transportation options for our communities, Drumlin Farm, PowerOptions, and Eversource, collaborated on the new […]

It was a brisk fall day for Don Cooper and me to lead about 30 people to Plum Island this week. Because there were a lot of seabirds on the ocean over the past few weeks, we decided to start at the north end of the island to see if any of those presumed migrants […]

If you are looking for unique gifts this Holiday season, be sure to come check out our ever growing and changing gift shop right up at the Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary Nature Center. We are proud to support a wide range of local artists with items such as handmade jewelry, wood burned art, cement garden […]

The start of the 2019 cold-stun sea turtle season is drawing near! Cape Cod Bay surface water temperature has dropped to the mid-50’s F, and the bay generally has uniform temperature from surface to bottom at this time of year, so we know turtles are already compromised by the cold. When they get cold enough […]

The wait is over! Registration for summer 2020 at Wildwood is now open! It’s the season for giving thanks and we’re thankful that we can finally start accepting campers for next summer. But that’s not all! We’re also thankful for: Sunshine & Summertime We’ll find ways to occupy ourselves and through the long winter—snowshoeing, hiking, […]