(Reprinted from the Spring 2023 issue of New Hampshire Bird Records) Spring is migration time and different birds arrive at different times. Huge concentrations can sometimes occur, but it’s often
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!
(Reprinted from the Spring 2023 issue of New Hampshire Bird Records.) Spring is migration time and different birds arrive at different times. Huge concentrations can sometimes occur, but it’s often
(Photos and story by Carol Foss) A newly installed Motus receiving station at Huntley Meadows Park in Alexandria, Virginia stands ready and waiting to detect tagged Rusty Blackbirds on their
(by Diane De Luca) Information has continued to trickle in from southern Motus towers since we shared the known detections of our tagged Monarchs in the October 2023 eNews. In 2023,
The 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
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!
New 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.
(by Pam Hunt) Most people probably don’t pay a lot of attention to Common Grackles (Quiscalus quiscula). Although they’re colorful enough in the right light, they don’t have a particularly
(by Pam Hunt) Fall migration is here, and while many birders focus on the warblers, thrushes, and sparrows starting to wing their way south, there’s another popular migrant species that’s
