Calendar of Events
Wildlife
Mammal Evidence Investigations: A Workshop for Teachers
Join Harris Center teacher-naturalists Jenna Spear, and Jaime Hutchinson for this fun and energizing professional development workshop for teachers of all grades. This session will inspire you to step outside and investigate the secret lives of New Hampshire’s wild land mammals, right from your schoolyard!
Utterly Otters
Join naturalist Susie Spikol for a lively talk on the bounding, sliding, swimming river otter! We’ll spend some time getting to know this charismatic local mammal and learning how to recognize its tracks and sign.
Birding the Dillant-Hopkins Airport
Join Harris Center ecologist Nate Marchessault and the Monadnock Bird and Nature Club for a morning of easygoing birding at the Dillant-Hopkins Airport — a local birding hotspot with great views of wetlands, woodlands, and fields. Beginning birders welcome!
LAB GIRLS+ Experiments From the Wild & In the Field: Mammal Evidence
Hiroshi Land Route 137, Peterborough, NH, United StatesIf you like having hands-on experiences in nature, making discoveries, and studying animals, this club is for you! Connect with tracking professionals and learn how to interpret wild animal evidence, such as tracks, scat, feeding sign, and more.
Nature on Tap: Trivia Night
Calling all bird nerds, frog fanatics, and botany buffs! Put your nature knowledge to the test during an evening of nature trivia in Post & Beam’s cozy taproom.
Lunch & Learn: Vulture Conservation in Europe
Join the Hawk Migration Association for an inspiring Zoom presentation with José Tavares and Alice Gama of the Vulture Conservation Foundation, highlighting Europe’s successful Bearded Vulture reintroduction efforts and ongoing vulture conservation.
52nd Annual Peterborough-Hancock Christmas Bird Count
Every winter for more than 50 years, volunteers have searched for birds in the Peterborough-Hancock area as part of the Christmas Bird Count (CBC) — the largest and longest-running community science project in the world. New volunteers are always welcome!
Kestrels Young Birders Club: Christmas Bird Count
Are you a tween or a teen with an interest in birds and birding? Don’t miss this opportunity to grow your skills, connect with other wildlife fans, and contribute to community science. We’ll take part in the annual Christmas Bird Count — helping to collect valuable data on winter bird populations. For students in grades 5 through 12.
Trees & Tracks for Veterans
Join naturalist Susie Spikol and forest ecologist Jeremy Wilson for a morning ramble around the Harris Center grounds, where we’ll search for mammal tracks and sign and take a closer look at trees in winter. Open to all veterans.
Birding in Surry
Join Harris Center ecologist Nate Marchessault and the Monadnock Bird and Nature Club for a morning of birding in Surry. Beginning birders welcome!
Environmental Studies Institute: Winter Tracking & Sign
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesLearn to read the winter woods with Harris Center naturalist Susie Spikol. Together, we’ll explore local fields and forests in search of tracks, trails, and other clues that reveal how animals move through the cold season.
Environmental Studies Institute: Winter Tracking & Sign
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesLearn to read the winter woods with Harris Center naturalist Susie Spikol. Together, we’ll explore local fields and forests in search of tracks, trails, and other clues that reveal how animals move through the cold season.
Birding for All: Winter Feeder Watch
Join Harris Center staff members Phil Brown and Susie Spikol for a morning of observing and identifying birds at the Harris Center’s feeders. Birding for All outings are designed for people of all abilities, including those who experience accessibility challenges as a result of a disability or other health concern. Beginning birders welcome!
Environmental Studies Institute: Winter Tracking & Sign
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesLearn to read the winter woods with Harris Center naturalist Susie Spikol. Together, we’ll explore local fields and forests in search of tracks, trails, and other clues that reveal how animals move through the cold season.
The Science of Saw-whet Owls
Join lead owl bander Hillary Siener and Harris Center science director Brett Amy Thelen for an overview of the Harris Center's saw-whet migration monitoring project.
LAB GIRLS+ Experiments From the Wild & In the Field: Life in the Cold
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesIf you like having hands-on experiences in nature, making discoveries, and studying animals, this club is for you! Meet scientist Karen Seaver and hear about her research studying worms in Antarctica.
Winter Wander at The Shattuck
Join Harris Center naturalists Karen Rent and Brett Amy Thelen for a leisurely, 3-mile meander along the Shattuck's groomed paths, where we'll search for signs of winter wildlife and enjoy a splendid view of Grand Monadnock.
Conservation Medicine & Winter Seabirds with the Center for Wildlife
Join Dan Gardoqui and Phil Brown for a private tour of Maine’s Center for Wildlife to explore conservation-focused rehabilitation, then head to the rocky coasts of Ogunquit and York to search for winter seabirds like harlequin ducks, eiders, and scoters.
iNaturalist ID Session
Join avid iNatters Nate Marchessault and Steven Lamonde for a cozy morning of improving iNaturalist data quality by adding identifications and annotations to existing iNaturalist observations. With mugs of hot tea or cocoa in our hands and field guides by our side, we'll enjoy the outdoors through the eyes of others and contribute to community science in the process.
LAB GIRLS+ Experiments From the Wild & In the Field: Owl Prowl with a Raptor Biologist
Harris Center & local field sites 83 King's Highway, HancockIf you like having hands-on experiences in nature, making discoveries, and studying animals, this club is for you! Join owl researcher and raptor biologist Julie Brown for this special chance to search for wild owls around the Harris Center grounds.
Winter Tracking for Families at Goose Pond
Join teacher-naturalist Nikko Gagnon for a family-friendly tracking adventure in Keene. We’ll search the woods and pond edges for leapers, bounders, waddlers, and walkers, and find out which wildlife species call this special place home.
