Calendar of Events
Eric Masterson
Wildlife Photography Workshop
Join Frank Gorga and Eric Masterson for an afternoon of wildlife photography, with a focus on birds and the larger insects (dragonflies, damselflies, and butterflies).
Celebrating Our Trip Leaders and Trail Stewards
Calling all volunteer trip leaders and trail stewards! Join Harris Center staff for a scenic lunch (provided by the Harris Center) at a cabin overlooking Island Pond, as a thank you for your incredible and much-appreciated work.
Volunteer Workday on Skatutakee Mountain
Join us for a volunteer workday to restore the view from the summit of Skatutakee Mountain.
The Emerging LiDAR Landscape: A New Way of Looking at the Land
Join Rick Chormann, NH state geologist, for an introduction to Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technology, with an emphasis on glacial landforms. Rick will also discuss stone walls as landforms, their place in New Hampshire history, and the New Hampshire Stone Wall Mapping project.
Monadnock Region Birding Cup
The inaugural Monadnock Region Birding Cup will see teams fan out across Cheshire and western Hillsborough Counties to tally as many bird species as possible in a single day.
Monadnock Region Geology Hike
Join Frederick Rogers, Geology Professor at Franklin Pierce University, for a moderately strenuous hike exploring the Monadnock Region's geologic history.
Harris Center Big Year of Birding: Otter Brook Farm
Celebrate 50 years of land protection and environmental education by spending the year cataloguing all the birds that now make the SuperSanctuary their home. We’ll start off with an excursion to Otter Brook Farm in Peterborough, one of the Harris Center’s more than 100 conservation easements.
Harris Center Big Year of Birding: Waterfowl Migration
Celebrate 50 years of land protection and environmental education by spending the year cataloguing all the birds that now make the SuperSanctuary their home. This second trip in the Big Year series will focus on birding the area’s lakes and ponds for late-migrating waterfowl.
Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest: Groundbreaking Discoveries in the Whites
Learn how long-term ecological monitoring at Hubbard Brook has led to groundbreaking discoveries, including the impacts of acid rain, bird habitat change, timber harvesting, and climate change.
Harris Center Big Year of Birding: Winter Finch Hike
Join Eric Masterson for this next installment in our “Big Year” series of seasonal birding outings to Harris Center protected lands – a 5-mile roundtrip hike through spruce country in search of winter finches.
Bluebird House Workday (and Birding!)
In preparation for spring nesting, join Eric Masterson to clean and repair the 30 bluebird houses that grace the Brown Easement in Hancock.
36th Annual Waterfowl Safari Along the Connecticut River
The spring bird migration begins in March as waterfowl move north through along the Connecticut River. We’ll carpool to the best birding spots, with a little easy walking as needed, in hopes of seeing the spectacle.
Citizen Science Opportunity: Broad-winged Hawk Tracking Project
We're partnering with Hawk Mountain Sanctuary to tag one or more Broad-winged Hawks with satellite transmitters that will track their migration in detail. The first step is finding their nests, and we need your help to make it happen!
Harris Center Big Year of Birding: Nightjars, Owls, and Woodcocks
Join Eric Masterson for this next installment in our “Big Year” series of birding outings to Harris Center protected lands – a search for avian creatures of the night!
Grand Opening: Elmwood Junction Interpretive Trail
Join us for a 0.5-mile guided walk around the former Elmwood Junction Railroad Station on a new interpretive trail created by Eagle Scout Sigmund Winiecki.
Conserving Grassland Birds in New England
Join renowned ornithologist Jon Atwood to learn about regional conservation initiatives focused on grassland birds, including the Bobolink Project and the status of Eastern Meadowlarks.
Tree Identification Walk
Join Mike Gagnon of the UNH Cooperative Extension for an early spring tree identification walk. We’ll focus on branching, buds, and bark while the leaves are off the trees.
Harris Center Big Year of Birding: Uncommon Breeders of the SuperSanctuary
Join Eric Masterson for this next installment in our “Big Year” series of birding outings to Harris Center protected lands – a search for the SuperSanctuary's less common breeding birds.
Hiking Through the Decades: Willard Pond
In celebration of our 50th Anniversary, we're offering Hiking Through the Decades, a four-hike series that traces the history of the Harris Center's land protection efforts. In this edition, Eric Masterson and Phil Brown will discuss some of the 1990s land conservation work that protected the shoreline of Willard Pond.
POP-UP PROGRAM: Short-Eared Owl Watching
For the past several weeks, Short-eared Owls have been frequenting the grasslands at Dillant-Hopkins Airport in Swanzey. Join Eric Masterson for an evening field trip to the airport, where we'll to try to view these rare visitors to New Hampshire.
37th Annual Waterfowl Safari Along the Connecticut River
The spring bird migration begins in March as waterfowl move north through along the Connecticut River. We’ll caravanl to the best birding spots, with a little easy walking as needed, in hopes of seeing the spectacle.
Birding Powder Mill Pond by Canoe
Join Eric Masterson for a leisurely paddle on Powdermill Pond in Hancock, where we'll look for early fall migrant waterbirds and shorebirds.
38th Annual Waterfowl Safari Along the Connecticut River
The spring bird migration begins in March as waterfowl move north through along the Connecticut River. We’ll caravan to the best birding spots, with a little easy walking as needed, in hopes of seeing the spectacle.
Forests and Fire Management
Join Madison Poe, fire suppression technician with the US Forest Service, for an in-person discussion of fire management in forested ecosystems.
Exploring the Willard Pond Brook Land
Join Eric Masterson, Jeremy Wilson, and Anitra Sorensen for a 1.5-mile roundtrip exploration of the Harris Center's newest conservation property, a 74-acre preserve in Hancock and Antrim.
Shorebirding at Howe Reservoir
Join Eric Masterson for a birding outing at Howe Reservoir, which has been drained to facilitate repairs to the dam — creating an attractive inland stopover site for migrating shorebirds.
Hike-a-thon: Hiking the Thumb-Skatutakee Loop
Join Eric Masterson for a moderately strenuous, 4.5-mile loop hike from the Harris Center to the top of Thumb Mountain to the Skatutakee Mountain summit and back.
39th Annual Connecticut River Waterfowl Safari
Join Phil Brown, Eric Masterson, and others for a morning of waterfowl watching in the fields and waterways of the Connecticut River Valley.
Invasive Upland Plant Species of New Hampshire
Join Douglas Cygan, Invasive Species Coordinator for the New Hampshire Department of Agriculture, for a deep dive into the upland invasive plants of New Hampshire.
40th Annual Connecticut River Waterfowl Safari
Join Harris Center bird brains Phil Brown and Eric Masterson, along with other guides, for a morning of waterfowl watching and welcoming spring migrants back to the fields and waterways of the Connecticut River Valley.
