This winter our members have been given the wonderful opportunity of working with Senior Naturalist, Vern Laux of The Linda Loring Nature Foundation. To date Vern has taken some 30 Club members out to look at Nantucket's wintering birdlife. Most recently members have gotten great views of Snowy Owls through a spotting scope. Vern has taught them about the species many adaptations to survive in the cold of the Arctic, and how and what they eat when visiting Nantucket. This winter has seen the largest "irruption" ever recorded with 33 Snowy Owls on the island's Christmas Bird Count!

Thank you again to Vern and The Linda Loring Nature Foundation for providing our members with these wonderful field trips! Check out more about The LLNF and their programs by visiting their website here.

Join us on Friday, January 24^th for a very special Family Fun Night! The NBGC has partnered up again with Nantucket Disc Golf to host a "Disc Dyeing Social". From 5:00pm - 7:30pm in the Art Room Club members and their families will be given all the tools they need to dye their own discs. Discs will be provided by Nantucket Disc Golf, or you may bring your own. This event will be open to the entire community and all ages are welcome!

Cost for the program is a $10 donation to the Club per family.

These special members were nominated by Club staff as

"NBGC All Stars" for good character and being kind to others. This has become a new monthly tradition- so look for the bulletin board in our canteen area!