The February 3 business meeting and presentation will be on Zoom. The presentation may also be livestreamed to The Amherst Garden Club Facebook page but will not be available for later viewing.
If you are not a member but would like to attend, send email to info@amherstgardenclub.org and we’ll send you the Zoom link.
February 3, 2022
The State of New Hampshire’s Birds
Presented by Pam Hunt
At a time when so many activities are not possible, enjoying, studying, and doing what we can to support NH’s birds is one of the things we can still do. Come enjoy Pam Hunt’s wit and wisdom as she fills us in on the state of NH’s birds. This will be Pam’s seventh (at least) presentation to our club, so she is clearly a favorite!
In the last 50 years, scientists estimate that North America has lost roughly 3 billion birds, meaning that there are only three quarters as many birds around as there used to be. New Hampshire Audubon has been tracking bird populations for almost as long, and their “State of the Birds” report presents a summary of how birds are doing here in the Granite State.
Almost 300 species occur regularly here, and this report outlines general population trends, major threats facing birds and their habitats, and some of the conservation strategies that might help them recover.
The bad news is that birds are declining. The good news is that there are things we can do about it.
| Business meeting | 9:15 AM |
| Pam’s Presentation | 10:30 AM |
Door Prize!
Join the meeting and you’ll have a chance to win a copy of the Crossley Bird ID Book!
About Pam: Pam has been interested in birds since the tender age of 12, when an uncle took her to Brigantine National Wildlife Refuge in NJ. She went on to earn a B.S. in biology from Cornell University, M.A. in zoology from the University of Montana, and a Ph.D. from Dartmouth College in 1995. Pam came to NH Audubon in 2000 after five years as adjunct faculty at Colby-Sawyer College in New London. In her current position as Avian Conservation Biologist, she works closely with NH Fish and Game to coordinate and prioritize bird research and monitoring in the state, and also authored NH’s “State of the Birds” report. Specific areas of interest include habitat use by early successional birds (particularly whip-poor-wills), conservation of aerial insectivores (e.g., swifts and swallows), and the effects of events outside the breeding season on long-distance migrants. Pam also coordinated the “NH Dragonfly Survey,” a five-year project that mapped distributions of these insects throughout the state, and remains active in the dragonfly field.
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