Field Trips
2024 Field Trip to Massachusetts
Newburyport and Mount Auburn Cemetery
May 18 and 19, 2024
Join SVAS for a weekend of fabulous birding at two of New England's premier locations for spring migration. Naturalist Bob Martell will lead walks at both locations. We plan to meet at 8 AM at Parker River NWR on Saturday, May 18 and again at 7 AM at Mount Auburn Cemetery on Sunday, May 19. Attendees are responsible for their own transportation and lodging. Join for one or both days. Registration is REQUIRED. To register, email Bob Martell at EMAIL BOB. Further details below:
Weekend Trip to Plum Island and Mt.Auburn Cemetery.
On Saturday, May 18 - Bob Martel will lead a weekend trip to Plum Island National Wildlife Refuge and Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
The trip will first met at Plum Island Parker River National Wildlife Refuge in Newburyport MA on Saturday May 18. We will meet at in the #1 parking lot just past the entrance gate at 8AM. We will bird in the refuge into the afternoon then break. Persons attending the Plum Island trip who plan to attend the walk at Mt.Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, MA (see below) might want to consider a hotel halfway between Cambridge and Newburyport perhaps in the Rt. 93 area in the Woburn area or in the 95/1 area of Saugus / Peabody / Danvers. Registration is required. (See contact information below.)
The following morning Sunday, May 19 we will meet at the front gate of the Mt. Auburn Cemetery on Mt. Auburn Street in Cambridge, MA at 7:00AM. There are ample places to park in Mt. Auburn and the gate might be open prior to 7:00A.
CEMETERY PARKING: DO NOT PARK ON LAWNS OR ON ANY ROAD WITH A GREEN PAINTED DIVIDING LINE. SERIOUSLY.
Parking on Cambridge Streets is less restrictive on Sundays. Be sure to observe the posted parking rules. The trip will conclude at approximately 9:30A. Registration is required. For registration, questions or details call, text or email Bob
(617)-922-8505
robertgmartel@gmail.comi