Motus
Wings over New Hampshire, What We Are Learning from the Motus Wildlife Tracking System
Seacoast Science Center Odiorne State Park, Route 1A, Rye, NH, United StatesJoin the New Hampshire Audubon Seacoast Chapter for their ZOOM December program. Grants from the US Fish and Wildlife Service and private donations have supported installation of 10 Motus receiving stations in NH. These stations have detected birds tagged by researchers from Hudson Bay to South America. This presentation, by Carol Foss of NH Audubon, […]
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 […]
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, […]
Red Barn Speaker Series – A New Revolution in Migration Research: The Motus Wildlife Tracking System
Red Barn 41 North Shore Road, Hebron, NH, United States2024 Red Barn Series, Newfound Audubon No registration necessary - just come and join us! Speaker: Dr. Carol Foss, NH Audubon Learn how automated radio telemetry has transformed the way biologists study bird migration and how New Hampshire plays a role in this global network. Explore the travels of birds that travel New Hampshire skies […]
Red Barn Speaker Series – Nature In Focus: Images of Flora, Fauna and Landscapes of New England
Red Barn 41 North Shore Road, Hebron, NH, United States2024 Red Barn Series, Newfound Audubon No registration necessary - just come and join us! Speaker: Bob Fleck, Author/Photographer “In all things of Nature, there is something of the marvelous.” ~ Aristotle The selection of photographic images to be presented in this lecture portray the artist’s interpretation of Aristotle’s ancient words. Curated from photographs taken […]