NH Audubon

Birding Walk at Massabesic Center
2022-06-10 08:00 - 09:00, 2022-06-03 08:00 - 09:00, 2022-05-27 08:00 - 09:00 (America/New_York) | Massabesic Center, 26 Audubon Way, Auburn, NH, United States
Join NH Audubon for a birding walk along the trails at Massabesic Center (MAC) in Auburn.
This is an hour-long, informal birding walk that begins at MAC and explores the trails with Slater, Massabesic Center’s Education Coordinator. All ages and skill levels of birders are welcome. If you are new to birding, come and learn the basics! If you are an avid birder, come to learn new techniques, network with other birders, or share your expertise with the group.
Cost: $8 Members/$10 Non-members. Registration is required; please purchase your tickets (below), although there are no actual hard-copy tickets.
Photo- Red-bellied Woodpecker by Pam Hunt

Art Exhibit: From the Ground Up
2022-06-03 11:00 - 16:00 | McLane Center, 84 Silk Farm Road, Concord, NH, 03301, United States
McLane Center is pleased to announce a new art exhibit on display by artist Ingeborg Seaboyer. The display will be up for public view from June 3-29 in Concord during regular center hours Tuesdays-Fridays from 11am-4pm.
From the Ground Up – A Forester’s View
Ingeborg Seaboyer is a lifelong resident of Derry, New Hampshire. Her art education has stretched from Pinkerton Academy to the University of New Hampshire to the Manchester Institute of Arts & Sciences (now the New Hampshire Institute of Art) where she began to explore pen and ink drawing in 1993. A forester with the State of New Hampshire Division of Forests and Lands, her drawing has turned into something of a second career. Her works draw on her lifetime in fields and forests of New England; truly viewing those rural landscapes from the ground up.
Ingeborg has illustrated three books: Selecting Trees for Urban Landscape Ecosystems, and Good Forestry in the Granite State 1st and 2nd Editions. She provided most of the illustrations for Project Learning Tree’s Focus on New Hampshire Forests. Additionally, she has completed commissions for the New Hampshire Timberland Owners Association, the New Hampshire Tree Farm Committee, the Granite State Division of the Society of American Foresters and UNH Cooperative Extension. She often combines watercolor and colored pencil with her pen and ink techniques, as well as working solely in watercolor. She is a founding member of the Derry Area Artists Collaborative and her work can be viewed at www.derryareaartists.com.

NH Butterfly Monitoring Network: How you can make important contributions
2022-06-02 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom Link, United States
NH Butterfly Monitoring Network: How you can make important contributions.
Friday, June 2: 7-8:15pm
Cost: Free
Registration Link
We are looking for curious and observant people to help us with a new initiative, the NH Butterfly Monitoring Network! There are over 100 species of butterflies in the state and we need help collecting data on them to monitor their populations over time. Find out how you can contribute from Spring to Fall with your observations of butterflies and participate in an organized survey in your area. We’ll also send you off with a few species to be looking for this time of year.
Heidi Holman is a wildlife diversity biologist with the NH Fish and Game Department. She received her M.S degree from the University of Minnesota in Conservation Biology. Her primary responsibilities include implementation of recovery efforts for the Karner blue butterfly and the New England cottontail rabbit including habitat restoration and release of individuals from captive breeding programs.
New Hampshire Audubon Pollinator Speaker Series: Celebrating and Engaging in Pollinator Conservation
Join New Hampshire Audubon for our 2022 Pollinator Webinar series as we celebrate Pollinator Conservation. This series seeks to inspire involvement and engagement in pollinator conservation through close focus programs that will allow participants to gain a deeper understanding and knowledge of pollinators and the plants they depend on. Programs are free to the public, streamed via Zoom, YouTube, and Facebook Live. Presentations are supported by a grant from the Benjamin and Gertrude Couch Trusts.
The Pollinator Series will kick off on Earth Day, Friday April 22 and culminate with a Pollinator BioBlitz at the McLane Center in Concord, NH on June 25.

Project Nighthawk Volunteer Training
2022-06-02 17:30 - 18:30 | Zoom Link, United States
Nighthawks were once common in cities throughout New Hampshire, where they nested on gravel roofs and fed on insects attracted to city lights. In recent years, these acrobatic birds have disappeared from many New Hampshire towns, but they still nest in Keene, Concord, and a handful of other places in the Granite State. Help keep track of this charismatic endangered species by monitoring nighthawks this summer! To volunteer with Project Nighthawk, attend this online training with Becky Suomala (NH Audubon) and Brett Amy Thelen (Harris Center). We’ll provide an introduction to nighthawk identification and ecology, and offer tips for nighthawk watching — including where to scout for them in the twilight skies.
5:30 to 6:30 p.m. via Zoom. Closed captioning will be available. To get the login details, please register here. Co-sponsored by the Harris Center for Conservation Education, NH Audubon, and Keene State College.
This event will be recorded. To ensure access to the recording, please register for this event, even if you cannot attend live.

Jeffreys Ledge Pelagic Birding Trip
2022-05-30 08:00 - 17:00 | Rye Harbor, 1870 Ocean Blvd (Rte 1A), Rye, NH, 03870, United States
Location: Rye Harbor, NH
Monday, May 30, 8 am – 5 pm
Cost: $75 Member / $95 Non-Member
Join NH Audubon aboard MV Granite State as we explore Jeffreys Ledge, 20 miles off the New Hampshire coast. We’ll spend all day at sea, searching for pelagic seabirds, whales, dolphins, and anything else that happens to cross our course. Once you register, you will receive confirmation and further information. Participants need to meet at Rye Harbor at 7:30am for check-in and 8am departure. Minimum of 30 participants. Pre-registration required. ​
(To register for Intro to Pelagic Wildlife, see the event for May 29th.)
Photo: Great Shearwater, by Amanda Boyd, USFWS

Introduction to Pelagic Wildlife
2022-05-29 15:00 - 16:00 | Zoom Link, United States
Sunday, May 29th, 3 – 4 pm
Cost: $5 for members, $6 for non-members (free to those attending Pelagic Trip on May 31)
Leader: Jon Woolf
Watch an educational slideshow about some of the wildlife you might see just off NH’s coast. We’ll teach you how to identify some of our common pelagic birds as well as a few of our frequently sighted whale species.
Zoom link will be sent 1 day prior by email.
To register for the Pelagic Birding Boat Trip, see the event for May 30th
Photo: Great Shearwater, by Amanda Boyd, USFWS

Nature Interpreted Art Exhibition
2022-05-29 11:00 - 14:00, 2022-05-27 11:00 - 16:00, 2022-05-26 11:00 - 16:00, 2022-05-25 11:00 - 16:00, 2022-05-24 11:00 - 16:00, 2022-05-20 11:00 - 16:00, 2022-05-19 11:00 - 16:00, 2022-05-18 11:00 - 16:00 and 1 more date | Massabesic Center, 26 Audubon Way, Auburn, NH, United States
Calling upon each artist’s distinct “Spirit of the Maker”, the Nature Interpreted exhibition at New Hampshire Audubon’s Massabesic Center showcases the unique methods and techniques of three League of NH Craftsmen juried members. Participants include photographer Alicia Bergeron, intaglio printmaker J. Ann Eldridge and serigraphic printmaker William Mitchell. The exhibition opens with a reception on April 30th from 2-4pm and continues at Massabesic Center through May 29th.

Massabesic Center is open for the public to view this installation Tuesday – Friday 11am-4pm.
Special hours for the opening reception are Saturday April 30th from 2-4pm.
Additional open hours will be Saturday, May 7, 9am-11am and Sunday, May 29, 9am-2pm

Concord Area Beginner Bird Walks - May 27
2022-05-27 08:00 - 10:00 | Samuel Myron Chase Wildlife Sanctuary, Jewett Road, Hopkinton, NH, 03229, United States
Beginner Bird Walks: Concord Area
8am Samuel Myron Chase Wildlife Sanctuary, Hopkinton. Park at Jewett Road South entrance for Brown/Robinson Trail.
Parking Area: https://goo.gl/maps/XsZ9MPUCdG4gMgUN8
Join NH Audubon for a birding walk along trails in the Concord area.
This is a 1-2 hour-long, informal birding walk that explores trails in the Concord area with Mark Suomala, experienced birder and weekly Rare Bird Alert compiler. All ages and skill levels of birders are welcome. If you are new to birding, come and learn the basics! If you are an avid birder, come to learn new techniques, network with other birders, or share your expertise with the group.
Cost: $8 Members/$10 Non-members. Registration is required; please purchase your tickets (below), although there are no actual hard-copy tickets.
Wear sturdy shoes, and bring binoculars, sunscreen (or rain gear), and bug repellent. Please leave pets at home. Several pairs of binoculars will be available for you to use on the walk at no extra cost.
Capacity: 20 people

Photo: White-throated Sparrow (Mark Suomala).

Photography Workshop at Massabesic Center
2022-05-26 17:00 - 18:30 | Massabesic Center, 26 Audubon Way, Auburn, NH, United States
Date: May 26th, 5:00pm-6:30pm
Price: $12 for members, $15 for non-members
Join local nature photographer, Tracy Brunner, at the Massabesic Center for a late afternoon photo hike along Massabesic Lake. The walk will start at the Center and continue on the trails to photograph the beautiful lakeshore landscapes and the local wildlife. During the workshop, Tracy will discuss tips for getting the most out of your landscape photographs, will provide suggestions for camera settings and creative compositions, and answer your photography questions.
Recommended Equipment:
· Camera with spare batteries
· Comfortable walking shoes

· Wide, standard, or zoom lenses (any will will work)
· Tripod (optional)
· Polarizer or neutral density filters (optional)

Photo credit: Tracy Brunner

Brockway Nature Outing for Preschool Ages
2022-05-24 10:00 - 10:45 | Brockway Nature Preserve, Farrington Corner Road, Hopkinton, NH, United States
Join New Hampshire Audubon at Brockway Nature Preserve in Hopkinton for nature exploration with your 3-5 year old. The programs will be held the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of every month. Each Tuesday will be an exciting theme relating to the seasons and wildlife (see below). It will begin at 10am and run for about 45 minutes.
This is an outdoor location with no bathroom facilities. Please dress children for the weather and be ready to walk on the trail, sit on logs and the ground, and dig in the dirt!
Programs will be cancelled if poor weather is predicted during the program time, participants will be notified by email.
Directions: To find the meeting circle, park at the Brockway Nature Preserve parking area along Farrington Corners Road in Hopkinton, then follow the entrance trail across the bridge to the circle. For detailed directions, visit hop-kintonconservaland.org/Brockway-preserve.
Cost: Free to Hopkinton Residents*; Non-resident NH Audubon members: $5/family; Non-resident non-members: $10/family
Registration is required. For questions, please email Shelby Morelli.
Maximum: 10 children
*Thanks to an endowment from Dorothy Brockway Osborn this program is free for Hopkinton Residents.
Themes:
November 23: Oh Deer!
December 14: Evergreens and Cones
December 28: Sleepy Critters
January 11: Wildlife Homes
January 25: Who made that Track?
February 8: Flighted Friends
February 22: Animal Babies
March 8: Hide and Seek
March 22: Welcome Spring!
April 12: Who lives in a Shell?
April 26: Busy Beavers
May 10: Who lives in the Pond?
May 24: Insect Investigation

Watering Your Garden with Drip Irrigation
2022-05-23 16:00 - 18:00 | Massabesic Center, 26 Audubon Way, Auburn, NH, United States
Learn to conserve water, uniformly irrigate, reduce weed and disease pressure, and save time.
Join us for a workshop on how to install a drip irrigation system for a vegetable or annual flower garden. Find out how to design and construct an irrigation system, what materials are needed, best practices for water management, maintaining and troubleshooting a system, and how to take advantage of drip irrigation to grow healthy and productive plants. This workshop will include hands-on demonstration of setting up a drip irrigation system. Open to the gardening public.
Instructor- Pamela Hargest, Horticulture Professional for UMaine Cooperative Extension in Cumberland County
Space is limited to 30 participants
Fee: $15/person; $10/NHA member or Extension volunteer
Register here: https://learnforlife.unh.edu/portal/events/reg/participantTypeSelection.do?method=load&entityId=223565407

Concord Area Beginner Bird Walks - May 22
2022-05-22 08:00 - 10:00 | West Locke Road, 27 Locke Road, Concord, NH, 03301, United States
Beginner Bird Walks: Concord Area
8am West Locke Road (dirt), Concord. Park along Locke Road (paved road) and do not block gate on dirt road.
Join NH Audubon for a birding walk along trails in the Concord area.
This is a 1-2 hour-long, informal birding walk that explores trails in the Concord area with Mark Suomala, experienced birder and weekly Rare Bird Alert compiler. All ages and skill levels of birders are welcome. If you are new to birding, come and learn the basics! If you are an avid birder, come to learn new techniques, network with other birders, or share your expertise with the group.
Cost: $8 Members/$10 Non-members. Registration is required; please purchase your tickets (below), although there are no actual hard-copy tickets.
Wear sturdy shoes, and bring binoculars, sunscreen (or rain gear), and bug repellent. Please leave pets at home. Several pairs of binoculars will be available for you to use on the walk at no extra cost.
Capacity: 20 people

Google Maps Pin: https://goo.gl/maps/Ytt2rjJ52mN8e4MU8

Photo: White-throated Sparrow (Mark Suomala).

Native Plants and the Pollinators They Attract
2022-05-19 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom Link, United States
Native Plants and the Pollinators they Attract
Thursday, May 19: 7-8:15pm
Cost: Free
🐛 —> Register Here!
Pollinators have evolved with native plants, and most pollinators feed on specific plant species. Hummingbirds tend to favor long, tubular flowers, while short-tongued bees prefer more open-faced flowers. Learn how you can attract and support a maximum diversity of pollinators in your landscape by carefully selecting native plants that serve a variety of pollinating insect and animal needs.
Emma Erler is a horticulturist at the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center. Her expertise is in ecological landscaping and native plants, and she provides educational programming on numerous gardening topics, including gardening for pollinators and wildlife. She also manages the Kirkwood Gardens in Holderness, NH, a free public garden that is open daily, which focuses on beautiful and sustainable landscape practices.
New Hampshire Audubon Pollinator Speaker Series: Celebrating and Engaging in Pollinator Conservation
Join New Hampshire Audubon for our 2022 Pollinator Webinar series as we celebrate Pollinator Conservation. This series seeks to inspire involvement and engagement in pollinator conservation through close focus programs that will allow participants to gain a deeper understanding and knowledge of pollinators and the plants they depend on. Programs are free to the public, streamed via Zoom, YouTube, and Facebook Live. Presentations are supported by a grant from the Benjamin and Gertrude Couch Trusts.
The Pollinator Series will kick off on Earth Day, Friday April 22 and culminate with a Pollinator BioBlitz at the McLane Center in Concord, NH on June 25.

BBW Pickering Ponds
2022-05-18 07:00 - 12:00 | NH
An encore of the very popular Pickering Ponds walk on May 8. One of the top 10 birding spots in New Hampshire, this walk will traverse Rochester city park trails along the Cocheco River and around the former wastewater treatment settling ponds. Meet at the Pickering Ponds parking area at 7am. The entrance is about a mile south of the Rochester Wastewater Treatment Plant on Pickering Road (opposite mailbox #374). Contact: Dan Hubbard at danielhubbard@peoplepc.com or 603-978-0218.
This field trip will be limited to 20 participants. Visit the Seacoast Chapter website for event details and to sign up.

Beginner Bird Walks (BBW)
The NH Audubon Seacoast Chapter will have six Beginner Bird Walks (BBW) this spring, 2022. 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. Children are gladly welcome with an adult. Participants should be fully vaccinated and are encouraged to bring binoculars, water, insect repellent, and sunscreen.

Resilient Raptors Webinar
2022-05-17 19:00 - 20:00 | NH
Hatching, Hunting & Chick Development
This webinar discusses the rapid stages of development expected to occur in the short six-weeks between hatching and fledging and the demands placed on each breeding pair by their ravenous offspring. Hunting techniques, food webs, and raptor digestion will be covered before we wrap up with the dissection of an owl pellet.
Attendees wishing to follow along are invited to pick up individual pellets free of charge thanks to a generous grant provided by the Dorr Foundation!
Pellets and accompanying diagrams will be available at the Manchester City Library, the Concord Public Library, or the Massabesic Audubon Center in Auburn starting on May 3rd. While pellets are free, they are limited to one per household.
To register for the webinar please click the registration link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DeX-PW7QSTqXQntam-pGTg
Once you have registered, you will receive a confirmation email as well as an email with the Zoom link a day before and an hour before the actual webinar begins.
Follow along as we monitor the Manchester Peregrine Falcon pair at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsV9g-VmTpw

20th Annual Migratory Bird Day Walk at Pondicherry
2022-05-17 07:00 - 15:00 | Pondicherry Wildlife Sanctuary, Presidential Rail Trail, 289 Airport Road, Whitefield, NH, 03598, United States
Tuesday May 17, 2022
Explore Pondicherry Wildlife Sanctuary with Friends of Pondicherry! Join us for a Migratory Bird Day Walk at the Pondicherry National Wildlife Refuge. We will meet at the overlook at Airport Marsh on Airport Road in Whitefield at 7am to look for waterfowl and grassland birds. We expect to see Bobolinks, Savanah Sparrows, and several warbler species. At around 8am, we will drive over to the Pondicherry Trailhead at 289 Airport Road and bird the 1.5 miles to Cherry Pond. At Cherry Pond, we will take a side trip to Moorhen Marsh for Marsh Wrens. We will also bird the Little Cherry Pond Trail looking for Black-backed Woodpeckers and Cape May Warblers. On a good day at this time of year, we can expect to see up to 20 species of warblers and 80 or more total species. We will finish the hike by mid-afternoon, although you are welcome to stay as long as you like.
The walk is free, and we will have free 2022 migratory bird day posters available. This year’s theme is Light Pollution and how it affects birds and other wildlife. The total walking distance will be 3-5 miles depending on the side trips you take from Cherry Pond. Most walking will be on a flat rail trail or the easy and flat Little Cherry Pond Trail.
Bring binoculars, water, lunch, and clothing for the weather, and be prepared for black flies. We will have experienced birders assist with this walk.
If you have questions or want to let me know that you are joining us, contact me at David.Govatski@gmail.com
We hope to see you on Tuesday, 17 May 2022, at Pondicherry.
David Govatski
Friends of Pondicherry

Big Day - Massabesic Beginner Bird Walk - May 14
2022-05-14 08:00 - 10:00 | Massabesic Center, 26 Audubon Way, Auburn, NH, United States
8am Massabesic Center, Auburn. Join Doug Bechtel, President of NH Audubon, for a birding walk along the trails and meadows for BIG DAY IN MAY!
This is a 1-2 hour-long, informal birding walk. All ages and skill levels of birders are welcome. If you are new to birding, come and learn the basics! If you are an avid birder, come to learn new techniques, network with other birders, or share your expertise with the group.
Cost: free. Registration is required; please RSVP (below), although there are no actual hard-copy tickets.
Wear sturdy shoes, and bring binoculars, sunscreen (or rain gear), and bug repellent. Please leave pets at home. Several pairs of binoculars will be available for you to use on the walk.
Capacity: 20 people

Photo: White-throated Sparrow (Mark Suomala).

Jack Gleason Memorial Nature Walk at Ponemah Bog
2022-05-14 08:00 - 10:00 | Ponemah Bog Wildlife Sanctuary, Rhodora Drive, Amherst, NH, United States
Join us for the Jack Gleason memorial Nature Walk at Ponemah Bog Wildlife Sanctuary in Amherst. Explore the bog with Gail Coffey and Phil Brown on May 14, starting at 8am. This is a rain or shine event, with a cancel for heavy rain. Limited to 20 attendees; register by May 9, 2022.
Cost: Free, registration required.
Photo: Ponemah Bog (Phil Brown).

Big Day - Concord Area Beginner Bird Walks - May 14
2022-05-14 08:00 - 10:00 | McLane Center, 84 Silk Farm Road, Concord, NH, 03301, United States
Beginner Bird Walks: Concord Area
8am McLane Center, Concord. Turkey Pond trails – BIG DAY IN MAY!
Join NH Audubon for a birding walk along trails in the Concord area.
This is a 1-2 hour-long, informal birding walk that explores trails in the Concord area with Mark Suomala, experienced birder and weekly Rare Bird Alert compiler. All ages and skill levels of birders are welcome. If you are new to birding, come and learn the basics! If you are an avid birder, come to learn new techniques, network with other birders, or share your expertise with the group.
Cost: free. Registration is required; please RSVP (below), although there are no actual hard-copy tickets.
Wear sturdy shoes, and bring binoculars, sunscreen (or rain gear), and bug repellent. Please leave pets at home. Several pairs of binoculars will be available for you to use on the walk.
Capacity: 20 people

Photo: White-throated Sparrow (Mark Suomala).

Big Day in May 2022
2022-05-14 | Statewide, NH
Register to participate in Big Day on May 14, 2022.
Use this link to report on your findings at any time on Saturday and Sunday.
Find out more, here.
