Archive for the 'Birds' Category
Posted: Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 @ 2:51 pm in AVEO News, Bird Banding, Birds, Salamanders | No Comments »
AVEO and the Keene State College Film Society are thrilled to present a one-night-only benefit showing of Winged Migration, just in time for the fall bird migration in New England! Filmed on all seven continents, this Oscar-nominated documentary presents a breathtaking bird’s-eye view of migrating birds in flight, best seen on a big screen. [...]
Posted: Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 @ 3:05 pm in AVEO News, Bird Banding, Birds | No Comments »
AVEO partners with Dr. Jon Atwood of Antioch University New England to operate summer bird banding stations in Ashuelot River Park and the Keene State College Wildlife Management Area. Come check it out at our bird banding demonstration at Ashuelot River Park on Tuesday, July 15 at 8:30 am! To [...]
Posted: Thursday, May 15th, 2008 @ 8:16 am in Birds, Nighthawks | No Comments »
…by which I mean, the nasal PEENT of nighthawks nesting on Keene rooftops and foraging for insects attracted to city lights! Migrating nighthawks have begun to alight in our fair city, and AVEO is again training Nighthawk Patrol volunteers to monitor these state-threatened birds on summer evenings in Keene. Click here for Nighthawk [...]
Posted: Monday, May 12th, 2008 @ 12:31 pm in AVEO News, Birds, Wetlands | No Comments »
AVEO and Keene State College Continuing Education proudly sponsor the Field Studies Program, which provides a hands-on introduction to natural history and ecological data collection in southwest New Hampshire. Students learn from local experts while exploring the woods, waters, and fields of the Ashuelot Valley, then go on to join AVEO’s growing corps of citizen [...]
Posted: Thursday, December 6th, 2007 @ 10:56 am in Bird Banding, Birds | No Comments »
Now that AVEO is officially online, we’re looking forward to sharing stories, photos, and even videos of citizen science in the Ashuelot River watershed! See below for footage from the 2007 Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survival (MAPS) bird banding station at Keene State College’s Wildlife Management Area, and keep checking back for more stories of [...]