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Greetings,

Since leaving Antioch, I have had the pleasure of working with Audubon's Migratory Bird Initiative. Four years in the making, we're excited to announce the launch of the Bird Migration Explorer, a first-of-its-kind digital platform that reveals migration data for birds across the Western Hemisphere—just in time for fall migration! Check out this free, interactive platform today: http://birdmigrationexplorer.org

I hope this will be a great tool for all members of ABC! Please, enjoy...and Explore!

Chad Witko
ABC Founder

Bird Migration Explorer The Bird Migration Explorer is your guide to the heroic annual journeys made by over 450 bird species, and the challenges they face along the way.

If you’d like to get involved, click on the link listed!

A NEW KESTREL MONITORING PROJECT
The American Kestrel is one of our smallest local raptors and a species of special concern in New Hampshire. This year, the Harris Center is launching a new kestrel monitoring initiative, starting with collecting baseline data about kestrel breeding across the Monadnock Region. If you know of nesting kestrels in the Monadnock Region, we want to hear about it! You can report kestrel sightings to eBird or to Phil Brown at [email protected]. We're also offering a two-part training for interested volunteers: an online introduction to kestrel life history on the night of April 28, followed by a morning in the field on April 30.

LEARN MORE & REGISTER for the training: harriscenter.org/events/category/citizen-science

Tracking data continues to filter in with four broadwings back in North America.

Arrving on their breeding grounds shortly, Frankie takes the lead just outside of Gainesville, Georgia. Following Frankie, we have Charlotte 2.0 who is right at the Mississippi-Alabama state border and CU HOME passing through southern Mississippi. Trailing behind is Harris, who is currently flying through Tamaulipas along the Gulf Coast of Mexico!

Who do you think would win this battle?

Red-tailed Hawk Macaulay Library ML380778141 © Shirley Pulgar Hughes; Red-tailed Hawk; Buteo jamaicensis; Spring Valley Nature Sanctuary, Schaumburg, Cook, Illinois, United States; 28 Sep 2021; Macaulay Library ML380778141

Ever trail a big rig on the highway to save gas on a long road trip? Don't do that, it's dangerous!

What's crazy is that ducklings will do something wonderfully similar, and it took a physics expert to tell us how.

This lesson in physics won't put you to sleep, it'll warm your heart.

Here’s the physics of why ducklings swim in a row behind their mother By paddling in just the right spots, ducklings save energy by surfing their mom’s waves, and pass along the benefit to siblings down the line.

Northern Saw-whet Owls migrate through for the next few weeks. Check stands of cedar trees or dense thickets for roosting owls during the day and listen for their hoot, which sounds like a backing truck’s safety beeps.

📷 Jonathan Eckerson

According to Birdcast, migratory birds will be flooding into New England this weekend! Are you looking forward to seeing some of your favorite migratory birds again?

Keep an eye out for migratory birds this week!

Join us in asking AUNE faculty to add justice, equity, and the environment to the AUNE ES department core course selections!

Have you seen this petition yet? Add Justice, Equity and the Environment to the AUNE ES Department core course selections.