Date: Tuesday, September 20
Time: 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
» virtual will begin at 6 PM
Location: BEAT’s Environmental Leadership & Education Center, 20 Chapel St, Pittsfield MA // or online by Zoom

Join us for our first HYBRID Pittsfield Green Drinks event to hear about the avian research being carried out by Berkshire Bird Observatory (BBO). Director of BBO Ben Nickley will speak about BBO’s aims, current research projects, and future possibilities. They will also show some of the many pictures of birds in hands captured this year and relate stories from BBO’s pilot spring, summer, and fall seasons at Jug End State Reservation.

On Tuesday, September 20th, in-person Pittsfield Green Drinks will start around 5:00 PM* at BEAT’s Environmental Leadership & Education Center, located at 20 Chapel Street in Pittsfield. Ben will speak at 6:00 PM, at which time the Zoom event will also begin.

BEAT will provide a free meal from BB’s Hotspot to the first 35 people who register for the in-person presentation. Community members must register and plan to stay for the entire presentation in order to reserve a free meal. If the weather allows it, we will eat outside. The presentation will be held inside.

Reserve a meal and register for the in-person event at www.tinyurl.com/Sept22-Green-Drinks.

Virtual participants can register at www.tinyurl.com/Zoom-Sept22-Green-Drinks.

*You can arrive anytime between 5 PM & 6 PM for the in-person event. If you plan to get food, please get there by 5:45 PM. 

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Ben Nickley is a researcher with a passion for birds and the natural landscapes that they are an integral part of. Over the past several years, Ben has traveled across North America to conduct field studies in many exceptional places, and attended college and grad school along the way. Of all the places they’ve been — from the Cypress swamps of the Southeast to the high meadows of the Sierra Nevada — they love nothing more than the Northeastern Deciduous Forest. Ben feels truly privileged to have landed in the Berkshires and to have support from Green Berkshires, BBO’s parent organization. Ben hopes to garner continued support from the Berkshire community to ensure the longevity of BBO as a social, scientific, and conservation institution in this wonderful region.

Covid Precautions: We do not have an indoor mask requirement at this time, but ask people to please not attend the in-person event if they are feeling ill or have any flu-like symptoms. We also ask that if you’re unvaccinated, please use caution and wear a mask if you cannot maintain 6 feet of distance between yourself and others.

What is Pittsfield Green Drinks? Pittsfield Green Drinks is an informal gathering on the third Tuesday of the month. A guest speaker talks for about 30 minutes beginning at 6 PM, and the presentation is followed by a discussion and Q&A. These nights are free and open to everyone with any environmental interest. The drinks aren’t green but the conversations are. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to join and bring along questions!

What is Green Drinks? Green Drinks is an international forum where people who work in the environmental field meet for a drink and snacks at informal sessions. There will be a lively mix of people from non-profit organizations, academia, government, business, and the general public. Green Drinks is a great way of catching up with people you know and for making new contacts. These networking events are very simple and unstructured. Come along and you’ll be made welcome.