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Celebrating Our Trip Leaders and Trail Stewards
Calling all volunteer trip leaders and trail stewards! Join Harris Center staff for a scenic lunch at a cabin above Island Pond, as a thank you for your incredible and much-appreciated work.
Learn more »Raptor Volunteer Educator Training
Calling all hawk fans – we’re in need of volunteer educators to help out at the Pack Monadnock Raptor Observatory this fall! In this volunteer training, we'll teach you the tricks of the trade, so you’ll be well prepared for sharing your love of hawks with kids who are hawkwatching for the first time.
Learn more »Easygoing Hike to White Ledges in Temple
Join Lee Baker and Rich Taylor for a moderately strenuous, 4-mile hike to White Ledges, with views toward Nashua and Manchester.
Learn more »Pollinate New England
Pollinators need plants, and plants need pollinators. Without both, our entire food system is at risk. Join us for a talk on the plight of pollinators and how you can help – including recommendations for garden plants that best support local pollinators.
Learn more »Raptor Ready with New Hampshire Audubon
Get ready for the greatest show above earth -- the fall hawk migration! Learn what to look for and where to look for it, then experience a close encounter with one of NH Audubon’s live raptors.
Learn more »Tracking Ospreys from New Hampshire to South America
Join Iain MacLeod for an introduction to Project OspreyTrack, a multi-year project that uses GPS trackers to follow Ospreys from their nests in New Hampshire to their wintering grounds in South America and back.
Learn more »Fall Hawk Watch Tune-Up
Join Francie Von Mertens for a review of basic raptor ID tips at the beginning of the fall hawk watch season. Whether you watch with others at the Pack Monadnock Raptor Observatory or from your own backyard, tune-up to better tune-in to one of the wonders of the natural world!
Learn more »Nocturnal Nature: Listening to Bird Migration
For the last several years, Eric Masterson has been operating a nocturnal flight call station from his yard in Hancock, recording and analyzing the calls of migrating birds as they pass unseen overhead. Join him to learn about this fascinating and little-known window into bird migration.
Learn more »Surveying for Salamanders
Join Brett Amy Thelen for an afternoon of monitoring our redbacked salamander research plots. We’ll start at the Harris Center with a brief introduction to redbacked salamander ecology and to our study methods, then head into the woods to survey for salamanders. No experience necessary!
Learn more »Shinrin Yoku / Forest Bathing
Through yoga poses, deep breathing, outdoor meditation, and quiet sensory observations, our revitalizing "forest bathing" lunch break will help you catch your breath, slow down, and find solace in nature.
Learn more »Raptor Migration in NH: What the Numbers Tell Us
Join Pack Monadnock Hawk Watch Coordinator Phil Brown for a talk about hawkwatching in New Hampshire, raptor identification, and the natural history of commonly-seen hawk species.
Learn more »Bat Conservation in New Hampshire
Join Sandra Houghton (NHFG) and Jesse Mohr (Native Geographic) to learn about the ecology of New Hampshire bats, bat-friendly forestry, and what you can do to help local bats.
Learn more »Babies in Backpacks and Toddlers in Tow in Hancock
Join us for this slow, simple ramble at the Harris Center, specially geared towards babies, toddlers, and their caregivers. As we go, we’ll search for signs and sounds of autumn -- animal sign, migrating birds, acorns, beechnuts, wild seeds, and more.
Learn more »Mount Monadnock Hike and Hawk Watch
Join Tom Warren during peak hawk migration week for a hike and hawk watch along Mount Monadnock's Dublin Trail. Though we'll not be visiting the summit, we'll be sure to stop at several vantage points to scan the sky for southbound migrants.
Learn more »Pack Monadnock Raptor Release
Join us for the special send-off of a rehabilitated migratory bird of prey! This annual event is timed to coincide with the peak of the Broad-winged Hawk migration, so bring your binoculars and hope to witness a spectacle.
Learn more »Shinrin Yoku / Forest Bathing
Through yoga poses, deep breathing, outdoor meditation, and quiet sensory observations, our revitalizing "forest bathing" lunch break will help you catch your breath, slow down, and find solace in nature.
Learn more »Babies in Backpacks and Toddlers in Tow in Peterborough
Join us for this slow, simple ramble at the Hiroshi Land in Peterborough, specially geared towards babies, toddlers, and their caregivers. As we go, we’ll search for signs and sounds of autumn -- animal sign, migrating birds, acorns, beechnuts, wild seeds, and more.
Learn more »Gilgamesh: A Retelling of an Ancient Tale
Join master storyteller Sebastian Lockwood as we gather around the campfire for a new telling of the 4,000-year-old epic, Gilgamesh – a Mesopotamian myth filled with adventure, friendship, loyalty, and even a monster.
Learn more »Mount Monadnock Hike and Hawk Watch
Join Tom Warren for a 2.5- to 3-mile hike and hawk watch from points along Mount Monadnock's Dublin Trail. We'll not be visiting the summit, but we'll be sure to stop at several vantage points to scan the sky for southbound migrants.
Learn more »Shinrin Yoku / Forest Bathing
Through yoga poses, deep breathing, outdoor meditation, and quiet sensory observations, our revitalizing "forest bathing" lunch break will help you catch your breath, slow down, and find solace in nature.
Learn more »Easygoing Paddle on Ashuelot Pond
Join Lee Baker and Rich Taylor for a paddle on scenic Ashuelot Pond in Washington.
Learn more »Babies in Backpacks and Toddlers in Tow in Hancock
Join us for this slow, simple ramble along the Jaquith Rail Trail, specially geared towards babies, toddlers, and their caregivers. As we go, we’ll search for signs and sounds of autumn -- animal sign, migrating birds, acorns, beechnuts, wild seeds, and more.
Learn more »“Big Sit” Migration Watch at Pack Monadnock
Join fellow birders and hawk watchers for the annual “Big Sit” event – a tally of all bird species as viewed from the Pack Monadnock Raptor Observatory. Come for an hour or stay the whole day, and lend your eyes to the skies.
Learn more »Wild Skills presented by SheJumps
This SheJump program teaches girls the survival and technical skills they need for outdoor adventuring, including basic first aid, navigation, leave no trace practices, and shelter building.
Learn more »Exploring Monson Center
Join Dave Butler for a moderately easy exploration of the Forest Society's Monson Center Reservation in Milford, an early settlement that existed from 1737 to 1770.
Learn more »Camera Trapping Workshop: Where to Place Your Camera for Great Wildlife Images
Join Janet Pesaturo, author of Camera Trapping Guide: Tracks, Sign, and Behavior of Eastern Wildlife, for a presentation on how to use tracks, sign, and knowledge of animal behavior to find the best spots for placing your wildlife camera.
Learn more »Babies in Backpacks and Toddlers in Tow in Keene
Join us for this slow, simple ramble at Goose Pond, specially geared towards babies, toddlers, and their caregivers. As we go, we’ll search for signs and sounds of autumn -- animal sign, migrating birds, acorns, beechnuts, wild seeds, and more.
Learn more »Plovers, Knots, and Spoonies: Shorebird Success Stories from the Field
Join Scott Hecker, Director of Bird Conservation for the International Conservation Fund of Canada, for a talk about ICFC's work to protect Piping Plovers, Red Knots, Spoon-billed Sandpipers and more on their wintering grounds in the southern hemisphere.
Learn more »Easygoing Hike to Crotched Mountain
Join Rich Taylor and Lee Baker for a moderately strenuous, 4-mile roundtrip hike through blueberry barrens to the top of Crotched Mountain.
Learn more »Watching for Golden Eagles from Mount Monadnock
Join Tom Warren during the peak week for Golden Eagles to migrate through the Monadnock Region on their way south from Quebec. We’ll hike Mount Monadnock's Dublin Trail, stopping at suitable vantage points to scan the skies for this charismatic raptor.
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