The Milne Library's Flight Path Program has launched! As a part of this initiative, the Williamstown library has planned bird-related programs, activities, displays, and added birding tools, games and other bird-ish items to their Thingdom!
Tuesday, February 10th: Sustainabili-Reads Book Group: Nature's Best Hope by Douglas Tallamy (not officially a Flight Path program, but very relevant to birds)
Tuesday, February 17th: Stuffie Storytime and Craft: Owl Moon
Wednesday, February 18th: Decorate an Edible "House" for Birds!
Tuesday, February 24th: Talk: Birdsong of Sparrows, with Professor Heather Williams
Saturday, February 28th: Movie at the Milne: The Big Year
Tuesday, March 3rd: Talk: Goodbye Lawn! Alternatives to the Traditional Grass Lawn
(not officially a Flight Path program, but very relevant to birds)
Wednesday, March 4th: Wild Hope: Building for Birds - Film Screening and Taking Action
Tuesday, March 17th: Talk: Berkshire Bird Observatory's First Four Years of Conservation Science
Saturday, March 21st: Community Art Drop-In: Make a Felt Bird Portrait
Thursday, March 26th: Talk: Bird Conservation in the Berkshires: The HBC's Avian Action Club
Saturday, March 28th: Wild Hope: Building for Birds - Film Screening and Taking Action
Thursday, April 9th: Talk: Stop the Thud: Window Collision Monitoring
Saturday, April 18th: Talk and Walk: Birding for Beginners, with Mass Audubon
Thursday, April 23rd: Author Talk: Zach Adams' Birding in New England
Saturday, May 2nd: Talk: Live Birds of Prey with Tom Ricardi
Saturday, May 9th: Guided Birdwatching Walk, with David McGowan
Other Bird and Birding Activities at the library:
- Check out and play the popular game, Wingspan, from our Thingdom
- Borrow binoculars (there are multiple pairs/sizes), or our birding backpack, from our Thingdom and get outside!
- Take a look at our book displays with all kinds of books about birds (in March and April)
- Check out a brand new book about birds - we have guides, illustrated books and even fiction!
- Watch the documentary about birding, Listers, for free on YouTube! (not rated, but recommended for mature audiences)
- Watch birds at the feeders on the big windows from inside the library! (coming soon...)
- Enjoy a Flight Path 'passive program' (that you can do anytime) right here in the library!
Excellent bird resources and organizations:
Did you know....
National Bird Feeding Month ... is February!
Support groups that support birds, and
check out their amazing websites:
Berkshires:
Massachusetts:
National:
National Audubon Society
Learn more about, and view, Audubon's original works:
Williams College Special Collections Audubon's Birds of America
Library of Congress Bibliomania: Audubon at Scale (Read or listen!)
The Flight Path program is an initiative of Spark of Science@ My Library, which has the goal of sparking curiosity about science and creating a deeper understanding of how science can improve human health and the health of our planet.
