The Loon Center

Returning North with the Spring: Retracing the Journey of Naturalist Edwin Way Teale In 1947, Edwin Way Teale, the most popular naturalist in the decade between Aldo Leopold and Rachel Carson, followed the progress of spring over four months from the Everglades to the summit of Mount Washington. His best-selling book, North with the Spring, […]

Join Becky Suomala on a boat trip from Santiago, Chile around Cape Horn to Buenos Aires. In addition to seabirding for albatross and the other pelagic species in southern waters, there were landbird stops in Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay. One of the highlights was a visit to a penguin colony on the Falkland Islands. See some of the […]

Grassland birds such as the Bobolink and Eastern Meadowlark are declining throughout their ranges. In this talk we review the history and ecology of these species, with a focus on New Hampshire and the Northeast U.S., then shift to the conservation challenges they face and some of the things people can do to overcome these threats.

On Thursday, January 15th at 7:00 p.m. at the Loon Center in Moultonborough, the Lakes Region Chapter of the New Hampshire Audubon Society will present a program called What’s Wild, by veteran wildlife biologist Eric Orff. Join Eric for humorous and educational stories from his 50-year career in New Hampshire, covering topics like wildlife conservation, […]

In far northeastern NH lies the richest wildlife area in all of the Granite State- Lake Umbagog. William Brewster, the paragon of 19th century field ornithologists described it as “…like many a precious stone, has beauty and charm due to the effectiveness of its perfect setting ….” The Umbagog region is still one of the […]

Huge flocks of White Storks and Black Kites whirl over this dramatic and historic part of Spain. Surprisingly little visited, this spring migration bottleneck concentrates phenomenal numbers of birds from Short-toed Eagles to Alpine Swifts, and even the bizarre looking Eurasian Hoopoe and Northern Bald Ibis. But wait, there's more! Roman ruins, historic towns, bull […]

Join Joe Callanan as he presents the incredible story behind a single day photographing a mother River Otter and her 3 young for over 4 hours! River Otters are a beautiful and wild part of our local habitats, but they are seldom seen. Usually, an Otter sighting tends to be over in the blink of […]