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The Amazing Monarch Butterfly: Global Stories and Local Monitoring Efforts

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For hundreds of years, the residents of Michoacán, Mexico, considered the early November arrival of monarch butterflies — which coincides with their celebration of Dia de los Muertos — to represent the souls of their departed ancestors. It wasn’t until…

Butterfly Program at Berkshire Athenaeum

Berkshire Athenaeum 1 Wendell Ave., Pittsfield, MA

An educational program on butterflies will be presented by Dawn O’Brien and Diane van Kempen of the Western Massachusetts Master Gardeners Association at 2 PM on Saturday, February 25, at the Berkshire Athenaeum, 1 Wendell Ave. The talk will focus…

City Nature Challenge

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Please join us in western Massachusetts April 28th through May 1st as we participate in the worldwide City Nature Challenge, a global bioblitz aimed at connecting people with the biodiversity all around them! Now in its eighth year, the City Nature Challenge has grown…

Family Butterfly Hike & Seek

Wild Acres S Mountain Rd., Pittsfield, MA

Join Berkshire Natural Resources Council (BNRC) and Berkshire Family Hikes for a Butterfly Hike & Seek around Wild Acres in Pittsfield. Search for butterflies, both real and artificial, and learn a bit about these winged friends along the way. Dress…

Butterflies of Sheep Hill

Sheep Hill 671 Cold Spring Rd, Williamstown, MA

Join Williamstown Rural Lands and local butterfly enthusiast Doug Lister at Sheep Hill for a casual walk through the meadow in search of our late summer Lepidopteran visitors looking for up to 20 species of butterflies ranging from the big…

2023 Berkshire Biodiversity Day (BioBlitz)

April Hill 62 Undermountain Rd., South Egremont

UPDATE: BIOBLITZ IS HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND! Some people have asked what will happen with Biodiversity Day this weekend if it's raining. We still plan to go ahead with the programs and the surveying, regardless of the weather forecast. We're keeping a close eye…

Early Summer Butterflies of Sheep Hill

Sheep Hill 671 Cold Spring Rd, Williamstown, MA

Join Williamstown Rural Lands and local butterfly enthusiast Doug Lister for a leisurely butterflying experience in search of our early summer Lepidopteran neighbors. The group will walk a slow-paced, ~1.5 mile loop around Sheep Hill to look for hairstreaks, whites,…

Butterfly Walk at Mountain Meadow Preserve

Mountain Meadow Preserve at the end of Mason St., Williamstown, MA

Bee Friendly Williamstown. Naturalists Elena Traister & Pam Weatherbee lead a leisurely walk to identify butterfly species and the plants that sustain them. Children are welcome. Terrain may not be suitable for those with mobility challenges. Rain cancels Meet at…

Field Lecture: Pollinators & Flowers

The Spruces 60 Main St., Williamstown, MA

Bee Friendly Williamstown. Professor Joan Edwards speaks on the exquisite adaptations of flowers to the insect species that pollinate them. Hand lenses provided. This event is child-friendly and wheelchair-accessible, on unpaved terrain. Meet at picnic tables near the multi-use path…

Gardening Wednesdays at the Spruces

The Spruces 60 Main St., Williamstown, MA

Pollinator Garden by the pond at the Spruces Join Bee Friendly Williamstown to learn about the pollinator plantings at The Spruces, and pick up a few tips for your home garden, too. There is always work to do weeding, tidying…

Caterpillar Lab: Caterpillar Walk

Berkshire Botanical Garden 5 West Stockbridge Rd., Stockbridge, MA

The Caterpillar Lab is moving in at Berkshire Botanical Garden, and while the exhibit will be full of their munching critters and offer lots to explore, the real story is the one going on outside the exhibit in the gardens…

Late Summer Butterflies of Sheep Hill

Sheep Hill 671 Cold Spring Rd, Williamstown, MA

Join Williamstown Rural Lands and local butterfly enthusiast Doug Lister for a leisurely butterflying experience in search of our late summer Lepidopteran neighbors. The group will walk a slow-paced, ~1.5 mile loop to the top of Sheep Hill to look…

2024 Berkshire Biodiversity Day (BioBlitz)

Berkshire Community College 1350 West St., Pittsfield, MA

Celebrating local biodiversity during a time of unprecedented global biodiversity loss, the 15th Berkshire Biodiversity Day (aka Berkshire BioBlitz) welcomes community members of all ages to join biologists, naturalists, and environmentalists to identify as many plants, animals, fungi, and other…

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