David Spector is an ornithologist who has done research on warbler song and has an interest in birds in literature. He is a retired professor of biology at Central Connecticut State University, former board president of the Hitchcock Center for the Environment, and co-editor of the Bird Finding Guide to Western Massachusetts.

Other programs coming up

Giant Wasps

Paul Sievert

January 27, 2026, 6-7 p.m.

Dickinson Library, Northfield. MA

The Harris Center's American Kestrel Project: A Fledgling Conservation Project for NH's Monadnock Region

Phil Brown

February 10, 2026, 6:00 p.m. (snow date: Feb. 12, 6:00 p.m.)

Northfield Mountain Recreation Environmental Center, Northfield, MA

Build a Bluebird Nest Box

Jon Rastallis

March, 21, 2026 (time TBD) 

Details TBD

Northfield Mountain Recreation Environmental Center, Northfield, MA

Warbler Madness!

David Brown

April 30, 2026, 6 p.m.

Dickinson Library, Northfield, MA

This program may include an optional bird walk (TBD)