NH Audubon

Pond Adventures - in-person walk at MAC
2021-04-29 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Birds, beavers, reptiles, and amphibians all love spending their days either in the pond or near the pond. Have you ever gone out to find these amazing species but had no luck? Well, spend some time here at NH Audubon Massabesic Center to get your feet wet, your hands dirty, and lock eyes on the amazing critters in our pond.
Registration required; cost: $10/Members, $15/Non-members. Purchase tickets below.

Turtles - live-streamed animal talk
2021-04-29 10:00 - 11:00
What is our most common aquatic turtle in New Hampshire? Does New Hampshire have box turtles? These are two common questions people have here in the great granite state. Join us for a live animal presentation where you’ll be introduced to our ambassador turtles and these questions plus more will be answered!
Registration required; cost: $10/Members, $15/Non-members. Purchase tickets below.

Early spring Bird Walk - in-person walk at MAC
2021-04-28 15:00 - 17:00
Bird migration is one of the most spectacular events in nature. Join us here at NH Audubon Massabesic Center to learn about spring migration. At the same time, enjoy a guided nature walk through the fields to find those beautiful birds that migrate through our land.
Registration required; cost: $10/Members, $15/Non-members. Purchase tickets below.

Bald Eagle - live-streamed animal talk
2021-04-28 10:00 - 11:00
The Bald Eagle is a fascinating creature! Meet our ambassador Eagle with NH Audubon’s Shelby Morelli. You will also learn about what Bald Eagles eat, their habitat, and their biology. You’ll even get to see him enjoy his favorite activity, a shower! Join us with Zoom for this amazing live animal presentation during April Adventure week and meet our Bald Eagle.
Registration required; cost: $10/Members, $15/Non-members. Purchase tickets below.

The Power of Place-based Writing
2021-04-27 19:00 - 20:30
Participants will explore the power of place-based writing to galvanize citizens to protect special places in our NH communities and regions. We will experience how place-based writing clarifies our thinking, connects us to the places we live, and how powerful writing can help shape environmental policy and spur citizens to proactive stewardship of natural resources. Our cultural, ecological, historical (think about land acknowledgements) and social identities contribute to our sense of place. Participants will write, responding to place-based prompts and then read/share our work with others in attendance.
Register for this free webinar through Zoom.

This webinar is part of the year-long Exploring Connections to and Stewardship of the Natural World talks. This series is supported by a grant through the NH Humanities Council and aims to provide a public and personal space for the examination of environmental ethics, fostering a deeper understanding of, appreciation for, and care of, our natural world. Programs are free to the public, and streamed via Zoom, YouTube, and Facebook Live.
For more information and to see the entire slate of talks, visit our series webpage.
Speaker Bio:
Mary Ann McGarry is the former Natural Resource Educator for the Maine Department of Conservation, Director of Maine Lakes Conservancy Institute, and Director of Education for the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation, NH. She has been a professor of environmental science and policy at Plymouth State University (PSU) since 2004, having helped create the master’s and undergraduate programs. She is currently the Endowed Abbott Professor of Environmental Studies. MaryAnn is also one of the founding members of the Sustainability Council which offers a minor. McGarry has led a two major interdisciplinary projects on campus: 1) Forest to Forest: Bicknell’s Thrush– Raising awareness about the Bicknell’s Thrush as a catalyst for focusing on international sustainable development on the island of Hispaniola and in the northeastern U.S. where the birds come to breed on the peaks over 2800 feet; and 2) Valuing Our Campus Trees and Community Forests which led PSU in becoming NH’s first and only higher education institution with Tree Campus USA and Bee Campus USA status. This latter project has involved having her students calculate the ecosystem service of trees on campus using the USFS i-tree software and conducting tree tours of the 106 species on the campus for the community and prospective students. McGarry has conducted environmental place-based writing workshops and courses for local, national and International audiences. She has completed 23 graduate credit hours towards a masters in creative writing, focused on environmental writing. McGarry enjoys uses rhyming poetry to educate citizens about environmental topics.

Signs of Spring Tour and Scavenger Hunt - in-person walk at MAC
2021-04-27 15:00 - 17:00
Spring is one of the most magical seasons we have here in New England. Plants, insects, amphibians, reptiles, and migrating birds begin are visible and active once again. Join NH Audubon Massabesic Center on a walk and a scavenger hunt to find signs of spring. If you enjoy adventure, getting out in the mild, wet fields, and simply love the outdoors then enjoy an afternoon here at Audubon!
Registration required; cost: $10/Members, $15/Non-members. Purchase tickets below.

The Wonderful World of Snakes - live-streamed animal talk
2021-04-27 10:00 - 11:00
Snakes are often feared creatures due to how they move and how they look. However, snakes are amazing reptiles! This live animal Zoom talk will highlight different snake features and some snake biology. Plus, Shelby will introduce you to our resident snake ambassadors! By the end, we hope you will no longer fear these wonderful creatures.
Registration required; cost: $10/Members, $15/Non-members. Purchase tickets below.

Vernal Pool Adventures - in-person walk at MAC
2021-04-26 15:00 - 17:00
Spring brings wonderful snowmelts to our New Hampshire landscape. When the snow melts in the woods vernal pools arrive. This brings new life to the woods and they can become very loud! Join NH Audubon for a walk at Massabesic Center to learn about vernal pools and see what lives in them during the spring and early summer months.
Registration required; cost: $10/Members, $15/Non-members. Purchase tickets below.

Red-tailed Hawk - live-streamed animal talk
2021-04-26 10:00 - 11:00
Have you ever wondered what that big bird is, perched near the road? Well, join NH Audubon educator, Shelby Morelli, for a live animal talk and meet our resident Red-tailed Hawk. Learn all about these magnificent raptors via Zoom during our April Adventure week!
Registration required; cost: $10/Members, $15/Non-members. Purchase tickets below.

Saturday Birding with Doug Bechtel
2021-04-24 08:00 - 09:00, 2021-04-10 08:00 - 09:00 | McLane Center, 84 Silk Farm Road, Concord, NH, 03301, United States
Join NH Audubon President, Doug Bechtel, for a casual birding walk at McLane Center in Concord. There is no registration necessary; this is a free program. Doug will head out from the center at 8am for a one-hour exploration. (Note: the location alternates each week from McLane Center to Massabesic Center.)
Photo: Orchard Oriole, by Len Medlock.

Saturday Birding with Doug Bechtel
2021-04-17 08:00 - 09:00 | Massabesic Center, 26 Audubon Way, Auburn, NH, United States
Join NH Audubon President, Doug Bechtel, for a casual birding walk at Massabesic Center in Auburn. There is no registration necessary; this is a free program. Doug will head out from the center at 8am for a one-hour exploration. (Note: the location alternates each week from McLane Center to Massabesic Center.)
Photo: Orchard Oriole, by Len Medlock.

Ravens, Wolves and People
2021-04-14 19:30 - 20:30
Wednesday April 14, 2021 7:30 pm Eastern Time (US and Canada) Zoom Program
Join the New Hampshire Audubon Seacoast Chapter for their April program: Ravens, Wolves and People.
Wolves chasing ravens; photo by John Marzluff.
Common ravens are known to scavenge from wolves and people, but the degree to which they exploit these and other sources of food has not been studied in detail. In 2019, Matthias Loretto and presenter John Marzluff began tagging ravens in Yellowstone National Park with long-lasting GSM transmitters. After tagging >60 ravens and relating their movements to those of people and wolves, they are gaining an appreciation of the raven’s reliance on both providers. John will describe the movements of territorial and non-breeding ravens and relate these to wolf- and human-provisioned foods. He will focus on the exploits of individual birds to emphasize variability. They observed ravens using wolf kills, but the ravens’ discovery appears more incidental than a result of following or purposeful search. As they begin to quantify the relationship between wolves and ravens, they may learn more about raven and wolf synchrony, but at present, it appears to be weak, with discovery of kills occurring during the day rather than after communal roosting. Ravens made extensive use of anthropogenic resources, including direct handouts, wastewater treatment ponds, dumps, agriculture, roadkills, and hunter offal. Territorial ravens have extensive knowledge of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and exploit areas in excess of 6500 square miles to obtain their yearly needs.
John Marzluff is James W. Ridgeway Professor of Wildlife Science at the University of Washington. His graduate (Northern Arizona University) and initial post-doctoral (University of Vermont) research focused on the social behavior and ecology of jays and ravens. He continues this theme investigating the intriguing behavior of crows, ravens, and jays. His current research focuses on the interactions of ravens and wolves in Yellowstone. He teaches Ornithology, Governance and Conservation of Rare Species, Field Research in Yellowstone, and Natural and Cultural History of Costa Rica.
Professor Marzluff has written five books and edited several others. His Welcome to Subirdia (2014 Yale) discovers that moderately settled lands host a splendid array of biological diversity and suggests ways in which people can steward these riches to benefit birds and themselves. His most recent book, In Search of Meadowlarks (2020 Yale) connects our agriculture and diets to the conservation of birds and other wildlife.
Dr. Marzluff has mentored over 40 graduate students and authored over 140 scientific papers on various aspects of bird behavior and wildlife management. He is a member of the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s Recovery Team for the critically endangered Mariana Crow, a former member of the Washington Biodiversity Council, a Fellow of the American Ornithologist’s Union, and a National Geographic Explorer.
All are welcome to attend our Wednesday April 14, 2021 program via Zoom. The Zoom program Meeting begins at 7:30pm, but feel free to sign on early after 7pm to socialize. You may need to download Zoom (https://zoom.us/download) to attend the program.
Please register in advance for this meeting. You can register right up through the start time:
https://unh.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUofuGtqjwjH9GmEQj_YML95AjhNMqqpsaw
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
For more information see our web site at http://www.seacoastchapter.org/programs. Cancellations will be announced on http://www.seacoastchapter.org/programs.

Community Science: Nexus of People and Place
2021-04-13 19:00 - 20:30
Join NH Audubon staff in an exploration of ways to engage people and place to more fully understand our planet. Community Science is on the rise with increasing numbers of volunteers collecting data to expand scientific knowledge. We will share examples of how Community Scientists collaborate with researchers to gather data on the timing of seasons, precipitation, bird migration and more. Staff will discuss current projects that you can get involved in through NH Audubon and other partner organizations.
Register for this free webinar through Zoom.

This webinar is part of the year-long Exploring Connections to and Stewardship of the Natural World talks. This series is supported by a grant through the NH Humanities Council and aims to provide a public and personal space for the examination of environmental ethics, fostering a deeper understanding of, appreciation for, and care of, our natural world. Programs are free to the public, and streamed via Zoom, YouTube, and Facebook Live.
For more information and to see the entire slate of talks, visit our series webpage.
Speakers:
Marc Nutter, Diane De Luca, and others

Exploring Connections between Humanities and the Natural Sciences
2021-04-08 19:00 - 20:30
A comprehensive understanding of and appreciation for the universe includes knowledge of all aspects of reality, necessarily canvassing across both Natural Sciences and Humanities. Dr. Maria Sanders, a Philosophy professor at Plymouth State University, will facilitate this workshop for Scientists, Statisticians, Economists, and Educators interested in aligning their research, lessons, and expertise with real-world Humanities-based issues, concepts, and movements. Participants will discuss scientific considerations of human society from various perspectives and model ways in which scientific research and education can be understood and taught through a humanistic lens thereby promoting expanded ways to connect to our stories beyond the data.
Register for this free webinar through Zoom.

This webinar is part of the year-long Exploring Connections to and Stewardship of the Natural World talks. This series is supported by a grant through the NH Humanities Council and aims to provide a public and personal space for the examination of environmental ethics, fostering a deeper understanding of, appreciation for, and care of, our natural world. Programs are free to the public, and streamed via Zoom, YouTube, and Facebook Live.
For more information and to see the entire slate of talks, visit our series webpage.
Speaker Bio:
Maria Sanders, a Philosophy professor at Plymouth State University and licensed attorney, has dedicated three decades to researching scientific variables for living full and flourishing lives, including the development of resilience and the exploration of how spaces become meaningful places. During the Fall of 2019, Dr. Sanders traveled for five months to all fifty states in the United States filming interviews that documented people’s experiences with place. As a public philosopher, she has written blogs, curated art exhibitions, hosted radio and television shows, and taught philosophy at the college level for over 30 years. Dr. Sanders’ philosophy holds that intentionally selecting, creating, and protecting the physical environments within which we feel a natural affinity is essential for living a full and flourishing life. The places where we live, work, and spend our leisure must be a good fit for our health and well-being if we are to thrive in our existence. Just as the farmer cares about the soil, water, and air around their crops in order to maximize excellent growth of those crops; caring about our natural environments provides an essential place for our physical, mental, and spiritual growth and well-being.

The Place We Call Home
2021-03-30 19:00 - 20:30
A deep awareness of the connectivity between all living things and their natural environments continues to frame core ethical factors essential for understanding the growing tension between innovative progress and nature’s carrying capacity in a contemporary technological culture. The 21st century has witnessed global pandemics, massive climate changes, genetic engineering, and much more. Ethics is derived from the word “ethos” and defines a way of living. By drawing connections between historical normative theories and relevant contemporary issues, Dr. Maria Sanders offers a pragmatic approach for addressing current global challenges through the generative power of nature.
Register for this free webinar through Zoom.
This webinar is part of the year-long Exploring Connections to and Stewardship of the Natural World talks. This series is supported by a grant through the NH Humanities Council and aims to provide a public and personal space for the examination of environmental ethics, fostering a deeper understanding of, appreciation for, and care of, our natural world. Programs are free to the public, and streamed via Zoom, YouTube, and Facebook Live.
For more information and to see the entire slate of talks, visit our series webpage.
Speaker Bio:
Maria Sanders, a Philosophy professor at Plymouth State University and licensed attorney, has dedicated three decades to researching scientific variables for living full and flourishing lives, including the development of resilience and the exploration of how spaces become meaningful places. During the Fall of 2019, Dr. Sanders traveled for five months to all fifty states in the United States filming interviews that documented people’s experiences with place. As a public philosopher, she has written blogs, curated art exhibitions, hosted radio and television shows, and taught philosophy at the college level for over 30 years. Dr. Sanders’ philosophy holds that intentionally selecting, creating, and protecting the physical environments within which we feel a natural affinity is essential for living a full and flourishing life. The places where we live, work, and spend our leisure must be a good fit for our health and well-being if we are to thrive in our existence. Just as the farmer cares about the soil, water, and air around their crops in order to maximize excellent growth of those crops; caring about our natural environments provides an essential place for our physical, mental, and spiritual growth and well-being.

The State of NH's Birds
2021-03-11 19:00 - 20:30
Birds have long been recognized as environmental indicators. Join Pam Hunt to discuss the newly released State of New Hampshire’s Birds: A Conservation Guide, presenting data on population trends and threats for the over 190 species that breed in the varied habitats of the Granite State. This latest report adds new information on birds that pass through or winter here, and expanded coverage of threats to birds when they’re not in the state. And most importantly, we’ve updated and expanded the list of actions that people can take to help birds both here and beyond our borders.
This is a Zoom program, and registration is required. Cost: $10/Members, $15 Non-members. Purchase tickets below.

Drone Technology for Natural Resource Management
2021-03-10 14:30 - 15:30
Wednesday March 10, 2021 7:30 pm Eastern Time (US and Canada) Zoom Program
Join the New Hampshire Audubon Seacoast Chapter for their March program: Drone Technology for Natural Resource Management.
Drones can do so much more than delivering pizzas and Amazon boxes! Learn how this exciting technology is being used for natural resource management, from monitoring bird nesting colonies to measuring erosion on beaches. Presenter will be Sue Bickford, Stewardship Coordinator for the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve in Wells, ME, as well as owner of drone consulting company, New England UAV.
Sue Bickford is the Stewardship Coordinator for the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve in Wells, ME as well as the owner of New England UAV. She helps organizations understand and utilize drone technology and creates STEM curricula for using drone technology in high school and college level classes.
All are welcome to attend our Wednesday March 10, 2021 program via Zoom. The Zoom program Meeting begins at 7:30 PM, but feel free to sign on early after 7 pm to socialize. You may need to download Zoom (https://zoom.us/download) to attend the program.
Please register in advance for this meeting. You can register right up through the start time:
https://unh.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJArcuuppzkpGNV49yNpq5izNjQIzNGq1cDx
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
For more information see our web site at http://www.seacoastchapter.org/programs. Cancellations will be announced on http://www.seacoastchapter.org/programs.

3 Billion Birds Lost: The Disappearance of North American Birds and What We Can Do About It
2021-02-10 14:30 - 15:30
(Seacoast Chapter program) In 2019, a landmark publication in Science magazine documented the loss of 3 billion birds from the North American avifauna over the past 50 years. Lead author Ken Rosenberg will describe the scientific results of this study, the unprecedented attention it received in the media and the public, and efforts over the past year to respond to this loss and bring back the birds.
Bio: Ken Rosenberg is an Applied Conservation Scientist at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, with a joint partnership appointment at American Bird Conservancy. Ken has been at Cornell for 27 years, after receiving a PhD in Zoology from Louisiana State University studying foraging specialization in Amazonian birds, a MSc from Arizona State University, and a BS from Cornell. Ken’s current research focuses on the conservation status and health of bird populations and filling crucial knowledge gaps that impede full annual-cycle conservation of migratory birds, especially the stopover behavior of our long-distance migrants in Central and South America. Ken has been a long-time leader in Partners in Flight and is on the US Committee of the North American Bird Conservation Initiative, where he leads NABCI’s production of US and North American State of the Birds Reports. He is also a Fellow at Cornell’s Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future. Ken is a lifelong birder and is dedicated to promoting amateur contributions to ornithology and conservation through eBird and other citizen science programs.
All are welcome to attend our Wednesday February 10, 2021 program via Zoom. The Zoom program Meeting begins at 7:30 PM, but feel free to sign on early after 7 pm to socialize. You may need to download Zoom (https://zoom.us/download) to attend the program.
Please register in advance for this meeting. You can register right up through the start time:
https://unh.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAkc–rrDgsGNBLCwTWip_h6LaUDEY0HkTC
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
For more information see our web site at http://www.seacoastchapter.org/programs. Cancellations will be announced on http://www.seacoastchapter.org/programs
Photo: Blackburnian Warbler, by Len Medlock.

Winter Blooms: A Virtual Garden Tour Plus Activities to Discover and Explore Pollinator Roles and Habitats
2021-02-10 11:00 - 12:00 | Zoom Link, United States
Free Webinar for Teachers! Wednesday, February 10th – 4pm
Winter Blooms: A Virtual Garden Tour Plus Activities to Discover and Explore Pollinator Roles &Habitats
by Ted Kendziora, US Fish & Wildlife; Marc Nutter, NH Audubon; and Willamina Coroka, NH Audubon
Are you and your students missing the vivid colors of a garden in bloom while the landscape outside is cloaked in snow? Intrigued by the idea of a virtual summer scene to navigate and explore? Join NH Audubon as we guide you on a newly developed virtual tour of the pollinator gardens located at our state headquarters in Concord. Attendees will be given a sneak peek into an immersive educational experience designed to engage and educate youth and adults about beneficial pollinators and the habitats that attract them. This online resource and printable activity guide are aimed at middle school students, and can be adapted to upper elementary or high school ages as well. Use the activities to explore both the virtual tour and your own school gardens. Exchange the cool hues of the winter months for a vibrant summer day as we traverse the 360° views of the McLane Center’s gardens. We welcome your feedback on the existing and future content development to make this useful for you and your classroom!
Registration Link.

Ask the Naturalist
2021-02-04 11:00 - 11:30, 2021-01-28 05:00 - 05:30, 2021-01-14 05:00 - 05:30, 2021-01-07 05:00 - 05:30, 2020-12-17 05:00 - 05:30 | Facebook
Visit our Facebook page on Thursdays to see this weekly live-streaming event where NH Audubon staff answers questions about what you are seeing in nature right now and what’s going on in the birding world around you.

Ask the Naturalist
2021-01-21 11:00 - 11:30 | Facebook
Visit our Facebook page on Thursdays to see this weekly live-streaming event where NH Audubon’s Becky Suomala answers questions about what you are seeing in nature right now and what’s going on in the birding world around you.

NH's Winter Birds
2021-01-14 14:00 - 15:30 | Zoom Link, United States
Thursday, Jan 14 at 7pm, Zoom
NH 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 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 of bird biology.
Photo: Northern Cardinal, by Len Medlock.

Pelagic Birds and Wildlife of the Gulf of Maine
2021-01-13 14:30 - 15:30
Join Steve Mirick, long time active NH birder and leader of many pelagic bird trips, for an exploration of the birds and assorted marine life encountered off the NH coastline in the Gulf of Maine. Learn why this area is so important for marine life and how pelagic birds have adapted to a life at sea.
Bio: Steve Mirick has been birding in the State of NH for over 35 years. He was the former fall editor for NH Bird Records and is the author of Birding the New Hampshire Seacoast and Great Bay. He has led countless field trips along the NH coast and has led many pelagic bird trips off the coastline.
All are welcome to attend our Wednesday January 13, 2021 program via Zoom. The Zoom program Meeting begins at 7:30 PM, but feel free to sign on early after 7 pm to socialize. You may need to download Zoom (https://zoom.us/download) to attend the program.
Please register in advance for this meeting. You can register right up through the start time:
https://unh.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJErdOqrqjIiGddYw7pQV4MZsThlj1EmyUkv
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
For more information see our web site at http://www.seacoastchapter.org/programs. Cancellations will be announced on http://www.seacoastchapter.org/programs.

Photo: Corys Shearwater, by Steve Mirick.

Ask the Naturalist
2020-12-31 07:00 - 07:30 | Facebook
Visit our Facebook page at NOON today to see this live-streaming event where Becky answers questions about what you are seeing in nature right now and what’s going on in the birding world around you.

Tracking and tagging migrating birds and butterflies through the Motus program
2020-12-10 14:00 - 15:15 | Zoom Link, United States
Find out about the Motus Wildlife Tracking System — a new research network that is revolutionizing the study of winged migration by tracking the movements of birds, bats, and even large insects that have been fitted with tiny radio transmitters (nanotags). The Motus network is dramatically increasing our understanding of the phenomenon of migration. Learn how NH Audubon is one of a team of many, expanding the global Motus network into new regions in the Northeast, starting with receiving towers installed in northern NH and the Mondanock region.
Proceeds support NH Audubon’s programs, including the Motus Project
