NH Audubon

How to Identify Hairstreaks & Blue Butterflies
2024-03-20 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | NH
Join George DeWolf, Coordinator of the Baker Pond Butterfly Count, for a training on identifying hairstreaks and blue butterflies found in New Hampshire. Participants will also hear about opportunities to learn more and future field days being offered throughout the state, including July Butterfly Counts where volunteers can help survey for butterflies and collect data. All butterfly enthusiasts are welcome, with or without prior experience!
This training is part of a series of six webinars hosted by the NH Butterfly Monitoring Network, a collaborative effort led by NH Fish & Game Department to engage volunteers in counting and identifying butterflies across New Hampshire. The series will provide information on butterflies in New Hampshire, butterfly biology and identification, and how to get involved with the NH Butterfly Monitoring Network. For more information and to register for the session(s) you want to attend (you don’t need to attend them all), visit naturegroupie.org. All butterfly enthusiasts are welcome, with or without prior experience!
Contact:
Heidi Holman, NH Fish and Game: 603-271-3018
Haley Andreozzi, UNH Cooperative Extension: 603-862-5327, haley.andreozzi@unh.edu
Photo by Rebecca Suomala.

How to Identify Fritillary & Checkerspot Butterflies
2024-03-27 18:30 - 19:30
Join Amy Highstrom, Coordinator of the Lake Sunapee Butterfly Count, for a training on identifying orange and black butterflies, such as the fritillaries and checkerspots, found in New Hampshire. Participants will also hear about opportunities to learn more and future field days being offered throughout the state, including July Butterfly Counts where volunteers can help survey for butterflies and collect data. All butterfly enthusiasts are welcome, with or without prior experience!
This training is part of a series of six webinars hosted by the NH Butterfly Monitoring Network, a collaborative effort led by NH Fish & Game Department to engage volunteers in counting and identifying butterflies across New Hampshire. The series will provide information on butterflies in New Hampshire, butterfly biology and identification, and how to get involved with the NH Butterfly Monitoring Network. For more information and to register for the session(s) you want to attend (you don’t need to attend them all), visit naturegroupie.org. All butterfly enthusiasts are welcome, with or without prior experience!
Contact:
Heidi Holman, NH Fish and Game: 603-271-3018
Haley Andreozzi, UNH Cooperative Extension: 603-862-5327, haley.andreozzi@unh.edu
Photo by Diane De Luca.

How to Identify Brown & Skipper Butterflies
2024-04-03 18:30 - 19:30
Join Rick Van de Poll, Ecologist and Research Director at Tin Mountain Conservation Center, for a training on identifying some of the more challenging butterfly species, including the browns and skippers. Participants will also hear about opportunities to learn more and future field days being offered throughout the state, including July Butterfly Counts where volunteers can help survey for butterflies and collect data. All butterfly enthusiasts are welcome, with or without prior experience!
This training is part of a series of six webinars hosted by the NH Butterfly Monitoring Network, a collaborative effort led by NH Fish & Game Department to engage volunteers in counting and identifying butterflies across New Hampshire. The series will provide information on butterflies in New Hampshire, butterfly biology and identification, and how to get involved with the NH Butterfly Monitoring Network. For more information and to register for the session(s) you want to attend (you don’t need to attend them all), visit naturegroupie.org. All butterfly enthusiasts are welcome, with or without prior experience!
Contact:
Heidi Holman, NH Fish and Game: 603-271-3018
Haley Andreozzi, UNH Cooperative Extension: 603-862-5327, haley.andreozzi@unh.edu
Photo by Anita Fernandez.

Become a Volunteer Guide: NH Butterfly Monitoring Network
2024-04-10 18:30 - 19:30
The NH Butterfly Monitoring Network (NHBMN) is relatively new collaborative effort, led by NH Fish & Game and UNH Extension, to engage volunteers in counting and identifying butterflies across New Hampshire. Data collected by volunteers can contribute to our understanding of long-term trends in butterfly populations and inform conservation actions for both common and declining species. An important part of this work involves promoting volunteer participation in July Butterfly Counts, currently held in 6 locations across the state each year. There is growing interest from volunteers in helping at these fun, day-long counts, but we need volunteers to lead groups to increase our capacity and help us collect more useful data.
Join us for this training to learn more about becoming a Volunteer Guide for the NH Butterfly Monitoring Network’s July Butterfly Counts. We’ll provide an overview of the survey process, describe the role of a Volunteer Guide, and share tips for leading a group outdoors. Participants will also be introduced to documenting butterfly species and best practices for data collection. Following the training, we’ll connect you with the coordinator of a local count circle who will provide opportunities for field-based learning and will coordinate with you as a Volunteer Guide for the July Butterfly Count.
You don’t need to be an expert in butterfly identification to be a Volunteer Guide for the NH Butterfly Monitoring Network! Photographs can be taken to identify butterflies later on, using the help of technology and the support of experts already involved in the counts. Volunteer Guides just need to be excited about butterflies, willing to lead a small group outdoors, and interested in learning more.
This training is part of a series of six webinars hosted by the NH Butterfly Monitoring Network, a collaborative effort led by NH Fish & Game Department to engage volunteers in counting and identifying butterflies across New Hampshire. The series will provide information on butterflies in New Hampshire, butterfly biology and identification, and how to get involved with the NH Butterfly Monitoring Network. For more information and to register for the session(s) you want to attend (you don’t need to attend them all), visit naturegroupie.org. All butterfly enthusiasts are welcome, with or without prior experience!
Contact:
Heidi Holman, NH Fish and Game: 603-271-3018
Haley Andreozzi, UNH Cooperative Extension: 603-862-5327, haley.andreozzi@unh.edu
Photo by Anita Fernandez.

Bird Migration Webinar
2024-05-09 18:00 - 19:00
Why 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! Pam Hunt will provide an overview of the nuts and bolts of bird migration, including how scientists study it. We’ll also discuss examples of migration routes of some familiar (and unfamiliar) species and touch on the conservation issues facing migratory birds.
This webinar will kick-off our World Migratory Bird Day Celebration! (A Zoom link will be sent to participants’ email one day prior to the webinar.)

Introduction to Pelagic Wildlife Webinar
2024-05-23 18:30 - 19:30
Join NH Audubon for a deep dive into pelagic wildlife watching! The word pelagic references the ocean. In this webinar, we will focus on birds often seen at sea. We’ll discuss frequent and hoped-for sightings associated with NH Audubon’s biannual Pelagic Trip, which sets sail every spring and fall. Whether you’re joining us on the boat this fall, or planning a seafaring adventure of your own, this webinar will teach you the basics of identifying common pelagic birds (and mammals) found off New Hampshire’s coast.
This workshop is free to all Pelagic Trip attendees, check your email for a Zoom link.
Presenter:
NH Audubon volunteer and avid birder Jon Woolf will give an introductory webinar on Thursday May 23rd, 6:30pm-7:30pm
For mobility, sensory, behavioral, or other accessibility accommodations, please contact Slater Roosa.

A Forum for Safe Rodent Control in New England
2024-10-09 18:00 - 19:30
In recent years, shocking numbers of raptors, foxes, coyotes, and other predators have been sickened or killed after preying on rodents poisoned with rodenticides. Public and private property owners and managers need to use a non-poison, integrated pest management approach to rodent control and protect New Hampshire’s native predators.
NH Audubon, Mass Audubon, and Audubon Society of Rhode Island are actively advocating to reduce the use of these poisons and encourage municipalities to adopt a non-poison, Integrated Pest Management approach to rodent control.
Hear the successes and challenges of these methods from New England’s leading poison-free pest control professionals. Learn about their proven, wildlife-safe pest control approaches and use this knowledge to advocate for an end to the use of rodent poisons in your community. Sign up for the webinar here.
