Chapter Program
There’s Something About Owls
Join the NH Audubon Seacoast Chapter for their remote February program: There's Something About Owls. Owls are much loved in the bird world and seeing any owl is indeed a thrill. The secretive lives of owls are part of their mystique and can make them very difficult to find in the wild. "There's Something About […]
Woodpeckers: A Unique and Fascinating Family
Seacoast Science Center Odiorne State Park, Route 1A, Rye, NH, United StatesJoin the NH Audubon Seacoast Chapter for their in person March program: Woodpeckers: A Unique and Fascinating Family. Come and hear Dana and Bob Fox tell the fascinating story about the woodpecker family of birds. With 233 species in the world, they are found almost worldwide where trees are abundant. They can't sing like some […]
Exploring the Wonders of a Pollinator Garden through its Insects
Seacoast Science Center Odiorne State Park, Route 1A, Rye, NH, United StatesJoin the NH Audubon Seacoast Chapter for their in person April program: Exploring the Wonders of a Pollinator Garden through its Insects. Sometimes, you don't have to leave your backyard to explore the wonders of the natural world. Join Paul Lacourse on his quest to understand the ecology of his pollinator garden through its insects. […]
Entomology for the Masses: Introducing the Insects with Lakes Region Chapter of NH Audubon
The Loon Center 183 Lees Mill Road, Moultonborough, NH, United StatesThis talk is a celebration of everything with six legs. Insects are by far the most abundant and diverse group of organisms on earth, with by some estimates well over a million species – or slightly over half of ALL species known to live on our planet. And yet what do we REALLY know about […]
Conserving “Our Birds” South of the Border with Scott Hecker
Seacoast Science Center Odiorne State Park, Route 1A, Rye, NH, United StatesJoin the NH Audubon Seacoast Chapter for their in person May program: Conserving "Our Birds" South of the Border with Scott Hecker. "3 billion birds gone" headlined a report in 2019. What more do we know, what can we do? As a "Director of Bird Conservation" since the 1980s, it is my job to know […]
Identification and Role of Native and Non-native Shrubs as Habitat for Birds – June 12
Pickering Ponds Trails 175 Pickering Rd, Rochester, United StatesJoin the NH Audubon Seacoast Chapter for their in person, outdoors June programs: Identification and Role of Native and Non-native Shrubs as Habitat for Birds on June 12 and June 14. Wednesday, June 12 5:30-8:00pm and Friday, June 14 7:30-10:00am at Pickering Ponds trails, Rochester. Each program will be limited to 15 participants with no […]
Identification and Role of Native and Non-native Shrubs as Habitat for Birds – June 14
Pickering Ponds Trails 175 Pickering Rd, Rochester, United StatesJoin the NH Audubon Seacoast Chapter for their in person, outdoors June programs: Identification and Role of Native and Non-native Shrubs as Habitat for Birds on June 12 and June 14. Wednesday, June 12 5:30-8:00pm and Friday, June 14 7:30-10:00am at Pickering Ponds trails, Rochester. Each program will be limited to 15 participants with no […]
The Shaping of New Hampshire’s Landscapes by Past Glaciations
Seacoast Science Center Odiorne State Park, Route 1A, Rye, NH, United StatesThis program by Dr. Joe Licciardi, Professor of Earth Sciences at UNH, will explore the glacial history of New Hampshire and how these processes helped create and sculpt the modern landforms and landscapes we see today. Geologically speaking, the glacial features that dominate much of the state are quite young and developed about 15,000 years […]
Birding Colombia’s Valle del Cauca
Seacoast Science Center Odiorne State Park, Route 1A, Rye, NH, United StatesColombia is known for having the greatest bird diversity in the world (1,908 species) and the Cauca Valley has recorded 1,000 of those species in an area that constitutes only 2% of the land area of the country. Join Katie Towler and Jim Sparrell as they present stories and photos from their trip in August […]
Racing the Tides: Saltmarsh Sparrow Research and Monitoring in NH
Seacoast Science Center Odiorne State Park, Route 1A, Rye, NH, United StatesNicknamed the "Canary in the Coastline", Saltmarsh Sparrows shine a light on the threat that accelerated rates of sea-level rise pose to salt marshes across New England. This small secretive bird nests exclusively in salt marshes but, as marshes degrade, Saltmarsh Sparrows are at risk of global extinction, with estimates as early as 2035. Come […]
Hornbills: A Unique Old-World Family of Birds
The Loon Center 183 Lees Mill Road, Moultonborough, NH, United StatesJoin the Lakes Region Audubon chapter for a presentation about Hornbills. "Dana and Bob are excited to present this talk about the family of birds called Hornbills. Hornbills are an Old-World family of birds which first evolved in Africa over 60 million years ago and then one species radiated to Asia. Today half of the […]
Range-wide Migratory Connectivity of the American Redstart
Seacoast Science Center Odiorne State Park, Route 1A, Rye, NH, United StatesGlobal change threatens life on our planet. Migratory birds are particularly at risk, suffering multiple threats of global change during different stages of their full annual cycle. Moreover, stages of the full annual cycle are inextricably linked, where events during the nonbreeding period can influence events during the breeding period and vice versa. If we […]