Calendar of Events
December 2021
Babies in Backpacks and Toddlers in Tow in Keene
Join educator Liza Lowe for monthly family-friendly explorations in and around the green spaces of Keene. Tune into the changing seasons with your little ones, and enjoy the company of other families that like to be outside.
Learn more »Environmental Studies Institute: The Nature of Poetry
Explore nature poetry classics from Blake to Oliver, Yeats to Levertov, Stevens to Kenyon – as well as some of the ways such poetry can transform our experiences of nature.
Learn more »Babies in Backpacks and Toddlers in Tow in Peterborough
Calling all families with young children! Join Harris Center naturalist and animal lover Susie Spikol on the second Tuesday of each month to wander trails and meadows in search of wild finds.
Learn more »Environmental Studies Institute: The Nature of Poetry
Explore nature poetry classics from Blake to Oliver, Yeats to Levertov, Stevens to Kenyon – as well as some of the ways such poetry can transform our experiences of nature.
Learn more »48th Annual Christmas Bird Count for Hancock, Peterborough, and Surrounding Towns
Begun locally in 1973, the Christmas Bird Count is the world’s oldest and largest biological survey and citizen science endeavor, with thousands of participants worldwide. No need to be an expert!
Learn more »January 2022
Partridge Woods Exploration
Join Kathy Schillemat and Ben Haubrich for a strenuous 6-mile hike through the trails of Partridge Woods, with views of Nelson village, Mount Monadnock, and Nubanusit Lake.
Learn more »Winter Bird Feeding: Tips for Attracting Birds to Your Yard
Join ecologist and avid birder Steven Lamonde for an engaging presentation on best practices for bird feeding. From seed and suet selection to feeder placement, find out how you can turn your backyard into a refuge for winter birds!
Learn more »Environmental Studies Institute: The Natural History of Deer and Moose in New Hampshire
Join wildlife biologist Mark Ellingwood for a four-week course on deer and moose ecology in the Granite State. We'll learn about seasonal behavior, habitat use, and population dynamics of these iconic species, and how to identify deer and moose sign in our local woods.
Learn more »SuperSanctuary Butterfly Club
The SuperSanctuary Butterfly Club is taking its fledgling flight! Each month, we’ll learn to identify a dozen local butterfly species, in preparation for a community butterfly survey in the summer of 2022.
Learn more »LAB GIRLS: Think Wild & Choose Your Own Adventure
Find out what it’s like to be an Antarctic researcher, a salamander guardian, or a wildlife artist who swims with whales and follows bears! Sign up for all three, or come to just the ones that interest you the most.
Learn more »Environmental Studies Institute: The Natural History of Deer and Moose in New Hampshire
Join wildlife biologist Mark Ellingwood for a four-week course on deer and moose ecology in the Granite State. We'll learn about seasonal behavior, habitat use, and population dynamics of these iconic species, and how to identify deer and moose sign in our local woods.
Learn more »Sharks of New England
Join shark and ray researcher Julia Saltzman to learn about the wild sharks that grace the New England coastline.
Learn more »Ask a Naturalist: Winter Edition
Join us for a fun, informal, nature-focused happy hour — via Zoom! Come prepared with questions about nearby nature, or just sit back and listen to our team of talented Harris Center naturalists as they share their own observations.
Learn more »Winter Tree Identification Walk
Join Mike Gagnon, forestry field specialist with UNH Cooperative Extension, for a relaxed winter tree ID walk. We’ll focus on branching, buds, and bark while the leaves are off the trees — and discuss the trees we encounter from both an ecological and economic perspective.
Learn more »Homeschool Program: At Home in Nature
Calling all animal allies, nature noticers, and outdoor explorers ages 6 through 12! Uncover your wonder, and let the natural world be your teacher on Monday afternoons with Harris Center naturalist John Benjamin.
Learn more »Environmental Studies Institute: The Natural History of Deer and Moose in New Hampshire
Join wildlife biologist Mark Ellingwood for a four-week course on deer and moose ecology in the Granite State. We'll learn about seasonal behavior, habitat use, and population dynamics of these iconic species, and how to identify deer and moose sign in our local woods.
Learn more »The Science of Saw-whet Owls
Join Sean Beckett of the North Branch Nature Center— where researchers have captured and tagged over 600 migrating saw-whet owls in the last seven years — to discover what scientists are learning about the natural history and ecology of this adorable species.
Learn more »Homeschool Program: At Home in Nature
Calling all animal allies, nature noticers, and outdoor explorers ages 6 through 12! Uncover your wonder, and let the natural world be your teacher on Monday afternoons with Harris Center naturalist John Benjamin.
Learn more »February 2022
Environmental Studies Institute: The Natural History of Deer and Moose in New Hampshire
Join wildlife biologist Mark Ellingwood for a four-week course on deer and moose ecology in the Granite State. We'll learn about seasonal behavior, habitat use, and population dynamics of these iconic species, and how to identify deer and moose sign in our local woods.
Learn more »Babies in Backpacks and Toddlers in Tow
Calling all families with young children! Join Harris Center naturalist and animal lover Susie Spikol to wander trails, meadows, and the nooks and crannies of the Harris Center grounds in search of wild finds.
Learn more »LAB GIRLS: Think Wild & Choose Your Own Adventure
Find out what it’s like to be an Antarctic researcher, a salamander guardian, or a wildlife artist who swims with whales and follows bears! Sign up for all three, or come to just the ones that interest you the most.
Learn more »New Hampshire’s Winter Fungi
Join John Benjamin, Harris Center naturalist and leader of the popular Morel Quandary Club, for an exploration of the diversity and natural history of some of the more common fungi found in New Hampshire during the cold months.
Learn more »Shattuck Winter Wander
Join Harris Center teacher-naturalists Jaime Hutchinson and Karen Rent for a winter wander along the wild edges of the Shattuck golf course. We'll listen for winter birds, search for animal tracks and sign, and more.
Learn more »Homeschool Program: At Home in Nature
Calling all animal allies, nature noticers, and outdoor explorers ages 6 through 12! Uncover your wonder, and let the natural world be your teacher on Monday afternoons with Harris Center naturalist John Benjamin.
Learn more »SuperSanctuary Butterfly Club
The SuperSanctuary Butterfly Club is taking its fledgling flight! Each month, we’ll learn to identify a dozen local butterfly species, in preparation for a community butterfly survey in the summer of 2022.
Learn more »Environmental Studies Institute: iNaturalist for Beginners
Join conservation biologist Steven Lamonde for an introduction to iNaturalist, an online community science platform for documenting biodiversity. Discover how you can make important contributions to science while learning to identify your wild finds!
Learn more »Nature on Tap: Love, Sex, and Wow in the Animal World
Get your wild on this Valentine’s Day by joining Harris Center naturalists for a discussion of the unusual ways some animals court and mate. Drinks on you, stories on us!
Learn more »Winter Outing to the Crotched Mountain Bowl
Join Dave Butler and Ben Haubrich for a moderately strenuous, 4-mile snowshoe hike or ski on the rolling terrain of Crotched Mountain.
Learn more »Homeschool Program: At Home in Nature
Calling all animal allies, nature noticers, and outdoor explorers ages 6 through 12! Uncover your wonder, and let the natural world be your teacher on Monday afternoons with Harris Center naturalist John Benjamin.
Learn more »Mushroom Meander with the Morel Quandary Club
Join the Morel Quandary Club to look for polypores, slime molds, and shelf fungi, and get into likin’ lichen.
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