NH Audubon Scientist Series
New Hampshire’s Winter Birds with Dr. Pamela Hunt
Massabesic Center 26 Audubon Way, Auburn, NH, United StatesNH Audubon’s “Backyard Winter Bird Survey” is a citizen science project that has been collecting data on the state’s birds since 1967. In this in-person program, Dr. Pamela Hunt uses the Survey’s data to illustrate how populations of our common winter birds have been changing over time. In the process, we’ll explore many other aspects […]
Motus: A New Revolution in Migration Research with Dr. Carol Foss
Massabesic Center 26 Audubon Way, Auburn, NH, United StatesNew Hampshire Audubon is part of a collaboration that has recently installed 50 receiving stations for tracking radio-tagged migrants across New England's skies, including one at the Massabesic Audubon Center. This in-person presentation will provide a brief history of tracking techniques, introduce this exciting new technology, and illustrate the travels of birds and butterflies detected […]
Common Nighthawks in New Hampshire with Rebecca Suomala
Massabesic Center 26 Audubon Way, Auburn, NH, United StatesNighthawks are endangered in New Hampshire and declining throughout their range but we don't know why. The dawn and dusk “peent” call of these birds was once a familiar sound in cities and towns throughout New Hampshire, where they nested on flat, pea stone gravel roofs and fed on insects attracted to city lights. NH […]
Bird Migration: Fun Facts and Shameless Speculations with Dr. Pamela Hunt
Massabesic Center 26 Audubon Way, Auburn, NH, United StatesWhy do birds migrate? How do they know where they’re going? The phenomenon of bird migration has fascinated people for millennia, and in this program the answers are finally revealed! During this program, Pam Hunt will provide an overview of the nuts and bolts of bird migration, including how scientists study it. We’ll also discuss […]
The People and the Peregrines Behind the Incredible Ongoing Recovery of Falcons in NH with Chris Martin
Massabesic Center 26 Audubon Way, Auburn, NH, United StatesDecades of restoration efforts now make it possible trace generations of Peregrines from successful nest sites across the state. Sightings of banded falcons reveal their NH lineages as populations increase. The Manchester falcon nest site that we can see in NH Audubon’s nest cam has produced 70 chicks so far and over half of them […]
Canceled The State of New Hampshire’s Birds with Dr. Pamela Hunt
Massabesic Center 26 Audubon Way, Auburn, NH, United StatesIn the last 50 years, scientists estimate that North America has lost roughly 3 billion birds, meaning that there are only three quarters as many birds around as there used to be. New Hampshire Audubon has been tracking bird populations for almost as long, and in our “State of the Birds” report we present a […]
Canceled Resurgence of Bald Eagles in New Hampshire with Chris Martin-Canceled
Massabesic Center 26 Audubon Way, Auburn, NH, United StatesThis program examines the dramatic Bald Eagle population recovery in New Hampshire and describes management efforts and partnerships that have helped eagles. Chris Martin has been a raptor biologist for NH Audubon for more than three decades. His work focuses on recovery of the state’s endangered and threatened raptors in close collaboration with NH Fish […]
Canceled Tracking the Signs of the Season: Exploring Phenology with Diane De Luca
Zoom Link , United StatesWhat do budding wildflowers, metamorphosing frogs, and migrating hawks have in common? They are all undergoing life cycle phases that can be affected by climate change. Have you ever made notes about the first peeper you heard calling, the arrival of your first warbler, or your first sighting of a mourning cloak butterfly? Then you […]
Canceled Monarch Migration: How Radio-tagging Informs Conservation with Diane De Luca
Zoom Link , United StatesThe last generation of monarchs travel south to overwinter in central Mexico. A journey close to 3000 miles. The placement of tiny Nanotags on migrating monarch butterflies is part of the larger Motus Project, a global migration tracking system that NH Audubon and many partners are expanding in the Northeast. Tracking information helps determine phenology, […]
Canceled The Rusty Blackbird: Elusive Denizen of Northern Wetlands with Dr. Carol Foss
Massabesic Center 26 Audubon Way, Auburn, NH, United StatesThe Rusty Blackbird is a species of conservation concern that spends its entire life cycle in North America. New Hampshire Audubon has been studying a breeding population of Rusty Blackbirds in northern New Hampshire and adjacent Maine since 2010. This presentation presents basic natural history of the species and shares what we have learned during […]