Cancelled: Appreciating our Nocturnal Pollinators
**This program has been cancelled.** Join us during Pollinator Week to learn more about the mysterious and diverse world of moths! They’re our (mostly) nocturnal neighbors that remain largely unseen but play a very important role in our gardens, while supporting populations of native bird and bat species across the Northeast. Moth diversity has long […]
Amphibians and Odonates: Ecosystem Indicators
Red Barn 41 North Shore Road, Hebron, NH, United StatesRed Barn Series, Newfound Audubon No registration necessary - just come and join us! Speaker: Katie Duryea, Assistant Professor of Biology, Southern New Hampshire University Learn about Katie's research at Lund University in Sweden on the reproductive behavior and colorations of odonates (damselflies and dragonflies), as well as some of the research that she is […]
Peregrine Falcon Recovery in New Hampshire
Red Barn 41 North Shore Road, Hebron, NH, United StatesRed Barn Series, Newfound Audubon No registration necessary - just come and join us! Speaker: Chris Martin, Senior Biologist, NH Audubon NH Audubon’s raptor biologist Chris Martin will review several decades of work to restore state-listed Peregrine Falcons in New Hampshire, and describe management steps and partnerships that have helped bring back these amazing aerial […]
Connecting to Nature, Virtually
Red Barn 41 North Shore Road, Hebron, NH, United StatesRed Barn Series, Newfound Audubon No registration necessary - just come and join us! Speaker: Michael Weinstein, Director of Sustainability, Southern New Hampshire University Research has shown that people who feel more connected to nature are more willing to act on behalf of it, and that effective environmental education can foster greater nature connection. But […]
Native Plant Sale
August 23 - September 6 online sale, pick up in person on September 12 Bagley Pond Perennials and McLane Center Fall is a great time to refresh and enhance your garden with native plants! Bagley Pond Perennials is hosting an online Native Plant Sale to benefit to the McLane Center Pollinator Garden. The two-week event […]
Connecting Land Use to Water Quality in Newfound Watershed
Red Barn 41 North Shore Road, Hebron, NH, United StatesRed Barn Series, Newfound Audubon No registration necessary - just come and join us! Speaker: Rebecca Hanson, Executive Director Newfound Lake Region Association (NLRA) Water quality is connected directly to the activities in the land that surrounds it. At the center of the Newfound community, Newfound Lake is a healthy, thriving ecosystem. The NLRA has […]
Poetry, Place, and Peace of Mind
Poetry offers a medium for expressing mindful connections with nature, while experiencing the mental health benefits nature provides. Dr. Maria Sanders, a philosopher, poet, and researcher of eudaimonia, the Greek concept for living full and flourishing lives; will facilitate a discussion on the effect nature has on emotions, mood, and sense of well-being. Utilizing poetry […]
Nature Connection in NH Schools – POSTPONED
September 7, 7pm - this program is being postponed until a later date, tbd Jamie Hannon Professor of Adventure Education, Plymouth State University Children aged 6-17 spend most of their weekday waking hours in school. For most students in NH this time is spent primarily indoors or in constructed outdoor environments. As children everywhere experience […]
Birding the Lesser Antilles
Seacoast Science Center Odiorne State Park, Route 1A, Rye, NH, United StatesBob and Dana Fox visited 10 islands in the Lesser Antilles, a chain of islands in the southeast Caribbean in 2020. Their talk will discuss the amazing geology of the region, its rich history of sugar plantations and rum making and its wonderful birds. These islands exhibit a high degree of endemism and each island […]
Pickering Ponds Fall Beginning Bird Walk-Saturday
NH Audubon Seacoast Chapter volunteer Dan Hubbard will lead three Beginning Bird Walks (BBW) this Fall. Although these walks are geared with the beginner birder in mind, birders of all levels of expertise are encouraged to participate and share their experiences. BBW: Pickering Ponds Saturday, September 11, 8 am – 12 pm This walk will […]
Beauty and Reciprocity
Like many of us who experience biophilia, when it comes to our most existential lifeline—the natural world—I exist in a personal and anthropogenic dissonance of celebration and mourning, vision and blindness. I want to explore these tensions, and the questions they raise about reciprocity, through the topic of beauty. Why do we find other life […]
Pickering Ponds Fall Beginning Bird Walk-Wednesday
NH Audubon Seacoast Chapter volunteer Dan Hubbard will lead three Beginning Bird Walks (BBW) this Fall. Although these walks are geared with the beginner birder in mind, birders of all levels of expertise are encouraged to participate and share their experiences. BBW: Pickering Ponds Wednesday, September 15, 8 am – 12 pm This walk will […]