Final Report from the 2023 Hawk Watch
2023 was another successful year at the Pack Monadnock Raptor Observatory. Here are the highlights.
2023 was another successful year at the Pack Monadnock Raptor Observatory. Here are the highlights.
In the fall of 2023, the Harris Center launched its second season of saw-whet owl banding on SuperSanctuary lands, as part of an international research effort to better understand this charismatic species.
The Harris Center “Kestrels” placed first in the birding competition, and raised funds for kestrel conservation efforts.
In 2023, our community scientists and interns documented 5 new vernal pools in four Monadnock Region towns.
The Harris Center recognized several exemplary partners and volunteers at our 53rd Annual Meeting on October 22.
This breeding season, Harris Center staff, interns, and volunteers banded 17 American Kestrel chicks and monitored six Broad-winged Hawk nests and territories. Next up — tallying the migrating raptors soaring over Pack Monadnock!
In the summer of 2023, interns provided essential support for a wide variety of projects, from conservation easement monitoring to invasive species removal to forest community inventory.
This spring, volunteers, interns, and staff from the Harris Center constructed and placed more than 20 nest boxes for kestrels in 11 towns across the Monadnock Region.
In the fall of 2022, the Harris Center conducted a pilot season of saw-whet owl banding on SuperSanctuary lands, as part of an international research effort to better understand this charismatic species.
In 2022, our community scientists and interns documented 5 new vernal pools in three Monadnock Region towns.
2022 was a notable year for the Pack Monadnock Raptor Observatory. Here are the highlights.
This August, the Harris Center piloted a monitoring effort to document the fall migration of the state-endangered Common Nighthawk through the Monadnock Region.