Birding blogger Tom Pirro has written up the results of a day spent out on the Merrimack.
Last Saturday (1/9) he took a trip along the river from Lowell to Lawrence and spotted an assortment of gulls, hawks and ducks.
READ BIRDING NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS…AND BEYOND

From the Newburyport Daily News
Annual count spots seven raptors along Merrimack River
By Liz King
NEWBURYPORT — After decades spent on the federal endangered species list, the bald eagle population continues to take root in the Merrimack Valley.
Yesterday, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife’s annual winter eagle survey of the lower Merrimack River area found six adult [...]

A Million Blackbirds? Sponsored by Joppa Flats
Sun, Nov 01, 2009 5:00 am – 9:00 am
Location: Peat Meadow Methuen, MA
Instructors: Dave Larson, Joppa Flats Education Coordinator
Audience: Adult
Fee: Adults $23.00m/ $30.00nm
ULR:  MassAudubon Joppa Flats program.

From the Eagle Tribune
Black bear sighted in Methuen forest — street, that is
By Mark E. Vogler
September 24, 2009
METHUEN — Police posted a lighted electronic sign on Forest Street last night, to warn people about a “Black Bear Sighted In The Area.”
A Giles Road resident’s encounter with a young black bear — estimated to weigh about [...]

MSPCA Barn & Pasture Tours
Date: Saturday July 11, 2009
Time: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
This event repeats every week until Saturday October 31, 2009.
Location: MSPCA @ Nevins Farm 400 Broadway, Methuen
Phone: 978) 687-7453 x 6113.
Back by popular demand, our summer Barn Tours are scheduled to begin Saturday July 11th. Every Saturday at 1pm, weather permitting, a volunteer tour guide will [...]

Methuen Rail Trail Alliance Meeting
Date: Wednesday August 26, 2009
Time: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Location: Nevins Memorial Library
The Methuen Rail Trail group, is seeking members to help create a shared use
trail for walkers, hikers and cyclists. Methuen needs a safe place for
recreation; a place to walk, run and ride without competing with automobiles. To
join the effort [...]