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2003 Breeding Season Update

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New Hampshire Fish and Game’s quarterly newsletter of the Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program

Once again, we’ve come to the end of the breedingseason with much to report about New Hampshire’s

nongame, threatened and endangered wildlife speciesand efforts to restore and protect them. It was apromising season for bald eagles, Karner blue butterfliesand some of our coastal birds. It was a fruitful season for

researchers who took to forest and field to study pinemarten, songbirds and Blanding’s turtles. Read on forupdates on these and others of the 400+ species underthe stewardship of the Nongame and EndangeredWildlife Program. Thank you for your continuedsupport, which makes these and other efforts possible.

AAAAA fter a tough year in 2002, when piping plovers struggled to raise just one chick, biologists werehappy to see that this year wasmore productive, with sevenpiping plover chicks successfullyfledging from the NewHampshire seacoast.

Five pairs of pipingplovers returned and nested atSeabrook Town Beach, and twopairs returned and nested atHampton Beach State Park.These locations have been thesteady nesting sites of ploversever since the protection effortbegan seven years ago for thesestate-endangered and federallythreatened birds.

Last year, spring stormswiped out many of the nestsbefore the eggs could evenhatch. This year, the weatherwas more forgiving and thenesting success rate was muchhigher.

Plover nests are verysusceptible to foul weather.High tides can wash eggs away and strong winds canbury eggs with blowing sand. This year, one storm didexact a toll. “There was a big storm over Memorial Dayweekend, and two of the nests (with eggs) got covered insand, so that was tough,” said Mai Mahegan, who

monitored plovers for the Nongame and EndangeredWildlife Program over the spring and summer.

In general, cooperation bybeachgoers has been the normsince monitoring efforts began.Signs alerting beachgoers ofnesting plovers, and temporaryfencing, called exclosures, placedaround plover nests have beenwell respected. Unfortunately,one nest with eggs failed thisyear because of human distur-bance.

One of the exclosures onSeabrook Beach was vandalized.“Ten to 12 days after incuba-tion, I went out to check thenest on a Monday and sawhuman footprints actually onthe inside of the exclosure,”Mahegan said. “There were beerbottles lying around, and I sawsomeone had actually ripped thenetting on the top of theexclosure, and one egg wasmissing. I assume someone tookthe egg, because if it had been a

predator, there would have been evidence of that.”Conservation Officer Timothy McClare and USF&WSSpecial Agent Kevin O’Brien are investigating the

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The tern population at the Isles ofShoals has grown so much that several

signs indicate the colony may be reachingthe carrying capacity of Seavey Island. Thisyear, 2,414 pairs of common terns, listed asendangered in New Hampshire, raised3,212 chicks – about 700more chicks than last year.Since the Nongame andEndangered WildlifeProgram and theAudubon Society of NewHampshire launched therestoration effort in 1997with six nesting pairs ofcommon terns, the colonyhas grown exponentially.

That’s only part ofthe good news aboutterns: this year, 63 pairs ofroseate terns – a specieslisted as endangered onboth the federal and statelevels – fledged 56 chicks.That’s more than triplethe number of roseatechicks that fledged lastyear (about 18). Inaddition, six pairs of Arcticterns, a state-threatenedspecies, nested andfledged six chicks.

The restorationeffort continues to rely on a humanpresence out on the Isles of Shoals. Thissummer, tern biologists Melissa Barneyand Joe Derrick spent thesummer monitoring

terns and making sure predatorygulls were kept at bay.

“One of the highlights of theseason was seeing the roseate ternpopulation increase so dramatically.That was really exciting,” said DanHayward, the biological techniciancoordinating the restoration project.

“Having six Arctic tern pairs nest wasalso amazing.”

Roseates tend to form sub-colonies within established common terncolonies, Hayward said. On Seavey Island,there were many small sub-colonies spreadout among the common tern nests.

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Common TernPopulation Continues to Expand

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colony – rather than a nesting area chosenby chance – that is at or near capacity.

For one, the terns arrived from theirmigration “on time” and all at once,indicating that for most of the terns, Seaveyis an established destination. “The majorityof the birds came in right at the beginningof the season and nested. We didn’t have asignificant second wave, which has been thenorm up until this year. It’s the first sign ofit being a cohesive colony,” Hayward said.

Also, the birds are incubating fewereggs, but the success rate is similar toprevious years. “They seem a little moreefficient,” remarked Hayward. “Larger

colonies may tendto have smallerclutch sizesbecause there’smore competi-tion.”

“SeaveyIsland is definitelygetting full,”Hayward said. “ Ican’t see a wholelot of space formany more terns

there, so I don’t see ournumbers going upmuch higher. It will beinteresting to see whathappens next year.”

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F or the first time in several years, captive-reared Karner blue butterflies that were

released into the wild were seen mating atthe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Karnerblue butterfly conservation easement –encouraging evidence that extensiverestoration efforts there are working.Biologists also found eggs laid by the matedfemales that will hatch next spring. Karnerblue butterflies are listed as endangered onboth the state and federal levels.

The Nongame and EndangeredWildlife Program is working with the U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service, the N.H. ArmyNational Guard and many other agenciesand volunteers to restore the Karner blueand its habitat, most of which has been lostto development. The captive-rearingprogram was very successful this year, withbiologists releasing eggs, larvae and over100 butterflies into the wild. This numbereclipses past years’ releases and bodes wellfor reproductive success.

“You want to release large numbers ofKarner blues, because if you release smallnumbers, they will disperse and could miss

mating opportunities,” said AlinaPyzikiewicz, a biological technician with theNongame and Endangered WildlifeProgram.

The released butterflies hatchedfrom eggs collected from captivity andfrom a wild Karner blue populationin New York. In a happy twist thisyear, Concord biologists were able toprovide New York with some eggs andlarvae, since weather conditions hadhampered their wild population.

Karner blue habitat restoration effortsare focused on the conservation easement nextto the Concord airport and the surroundingarea. Over the spring and summer, a firebreakwas created on the easement property toprepare for a prescribed burn planned for thisfall. Historically, natural fires maintained thepine-barrens type of habitat required byKarner blues, so the prescribed burn willcreate the same kind of conditions to fostergrowth of wild blue lupine and other nectarplants that Karners require.

The Nongame and EndangeredWildlife Program continued to enlist the

help of Concord schoolchildrenin the project. This year, students from fiveschools raised 300 wild blue lupine plantsin their classrooms and transplanted them atthe easement. Kids from a summer campplanted another 200 plants.

The seedlings are being planted inareas that have been disturbed by heavymachinery to simulate fire disturbance.Most of the Karner blues raised in captivityand released on the site congregated in theseareas this year, providing more proof thatthe restoration efforts are working.

“I feel like we’ve accomplished somuch more this year – and that’s happen-ing more every year,” said Celine Goulet,the Nongame and Endangered Wildlifebiological aide in charge of habitat restora-tion. “Things are really picking up. Thingsare good!”

Researchers were surprised to find thatneither of the females stopped at the closestsuitable habitat to nest.

The female turtles traveled surpris-ingly long distances – one to two kilometersover a variety of terrain –and faced manydangers along the way to nesting areas. Onetraveled through a grassy meadow, throughwoods, through an area being convertedinto a field and then into a sandy area. Shedidn’t stop to nest there, though, as theresearchers expected her to. Instead, sheplodded on in her journey across a road, toa marsh and even through someone’s yardwhere a dog lived. “The last time we sawher, she was heading up toward a sand piton top of a hill,” Curtis said.

Another part of the study involvedvisiting several potential nesting sites to lookfor nesting activity by other female Blanding’sturtles. On one such visit, Curtis observed a

female Blanding’s as it laid its eggs. That nestwas monitored daily and researchers witnessedeight hatchlings emerge.

This summer’s findings will be addedto previous years’ study results to help createa clearer picture of the habitat needs of NewHampshire’s Blanding’s turtles. Theinformation will be used to generate a long-term plan to conserve Blanding’s turtles andtheir habitat in New Hampshire.

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led a study to learn more about the habitatrequirements of Blanding’s turtles in NewHampshire. This summer, the study wasexpanded to look at the nesting patterns offemale Blanding’s turtles.

“The overall goal of the study was totrack female Blanding’s turtles in order toidentify nesting habitat, chronicle thecharacteristics of that habitat and examine therisks they face while traveling to nesting sites,”said Annie Curtis, an intern from ConnecticutCollege who conducted the field work.

Two female turtles were fitted withradio transmitters, and Curtis spent thesummer tracking them through Weare andDunbarton, where the study took place. Bytracking them daily, Curtis was able to findout where and how far the turtles traveledwhile in search of suitable nesting sites.

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““It was exciting to find somejuveniles, because that’s evidence pine

marten are breeding in the state.”

The pine marten, considered athreatened species in New Hampshire,

was nearly extirpated after the turn of thecentury by habitat loss and over-trapping.The trapping season has been closed formarten since the 1930s.

Pine marten are members of theweasel family that are about the size of asmall house cat. They have pointy noses,black eyes and rounded, cat-like ears. Theironce-sought-after fur varies in color, but themost common hue is light golden brownwith darker brown on the legs and yellow-ish orange on the chest and throat.

The study involves live-trapping pinemarten to see what kind of habitat they’reusing and get an idea of their overall distribu-tion. It will cover two field seasons. Thissummer, a study team led by Jillian Kelly, amasters candidate at the University ofMassachusetts and biological technician forthe nongame program, captured 34 pine marten.

“We captured more than we expected,”Kelly said. “It was super successful in the

number of marten we captured.”Kelly set up five baited trap lines with

34 to 36 traps in each line. She put them in avariety of habitat types and caught marten inall of them, even in some places martenwouldn’t be expected to be using. Thecaptured marten were a variety of ages, fromjuveniles to older adults. Just two were females.

“It was exciting to find somejuveniles, because that’s evidence pinemarten are breeding in the state,” Kelly said.

Before releasing them, Kelly took hairsamples and body measurements andpulled a toothfrom eachmarten to agethe animals.She also putear tags onthem for future identification. All themarten captured appeared to be in verygood condition, according to Kelly.

This season’s study covered the areanorth of Route 26 – the towns of Pittsburg,Clarksville, West Stewartstown, Columbia,Colebrook and the Dartmouth Land Grant.Next year, Kelly will focus on the area south

of Route 26 and north of Route 2.Pine marten populations have slowly

increased over the last three decades, asfields from former farms have increasinglyturned back into forests. Two reintroductionattempts took place in the North Country,one in 1953 and one in 1974-75. Pinemarten were released on land granted toDartmouth College along the Maine bordernear Errol and land in the Wild Riverdrainage, also along the Maine border.

Kelly said funding constraintsprevented follow-up studies to see if the

reintroductionattempts weresuccessful, butit’s possible thatthe state’s currentpine marten

population resulted from those efforts and/orfrom colonization by populations in Maine.

The study will form a much-neededbaseline of information about pine martenand their habitat needs, beginning a betterunderstanding of these beautiful creaturesand what we can do to encourage theircontinued existence in New Hampshire.

The finishing touches have been put on a shed custom-made to provide a homefor the large population of little brown batsliving in the Cornish Town Hall. ScottReynolds, an independent biologistworking for the Nongame and EndangeredWildlife Program, installed temperaturemonitors, and Don Snowden, of theCornish Conservation Commission,installed a window to provide access for thebats now living next door.

Bat droppings prove that some batshave found the shed, but they haven’t yetmoved in en masse. Reynolds hopes hisongoing research project on the bats willchange that. He plans to band about 400of the bats this fall – he estimated thatabout 1,000 bats are currently in thebuilding. The banding will do two things:

first, it will provideinformation aboutpopulation size and thebats’ migratory patterns;second, it will disturbthe bats, so that they’llbe more inclined toleave the town hall and– in the best of allscenarios – find the batshed. It’s the old carrot-and-stick trick, Reynolds said. “We’ve builtthe carrot and now we’re carrying a softstick,” he said.

Although previous research hasconfirmed that this is a large maternity colonyduring the summer, the banding work willalso help determine whether the bats are usingthe town hall as a migration stopover en route

The state’s first assessment of pinemarten distribution got underway thissummer in Coos County.

Bat Study and Relocation EffortsContinue in Cornish

to their winter hibernacula.Bats have historically used older

wooden structures as roosting habitat inNew Hampshire. As these structures arerenovated or demolished, bat sheds areproving to be an effective way of ensuringthat these helpful insect eaters have analternative place to live.

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Landowners AssistNew Hampshire Estuaries Project

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Thanks to many landowners who allowed access to their land, biologists

from theNongame andEndangeredWildlifeProgram,UNHCooperativeExtension andAudubon

Society of New Hampshire, together withthe help of several volunteers, took part infield surveys over the summer to verifycomputer-drivenpredictions of thelocation of prime wildlifehabitat – areas that offerhabitat for a wide varietyof species and/or for rareand endangered species.

The work is partof the New HampshireEstuaries Project(NHEP). This project isa massive survey of theLamprey River andPiscassic River water-sheds, an area of some85 square miles thatdirectly impacts thewater quality of NewHampshire’s estuaries.

Major partners include the Office of StatePlanning and Energy Programs, the NatureConservancy of New Hampshire, theSociety for the Protection of New Hamp-shire Forests and the Audubon Society ofNew Hampshire.

The field survey crews went to areastargeted by the computerized GeographicInformation System (GIS) as potentiallysignificant habitat areas. The GIS combinedall existing natural resource data on thesewatersheds to find areas that may be mostcritical to wildlife and most in need ofprotection.

The surveys are needed to see if thecomputer predictions are accurate and totake stock of the condition of the habitats.Species targeted in this summer’s fieldsurveys included American woodcock,whip-poor-wills, blue-winged and golden-winged warblers, grassland birds andwetland birds.

The survey results are currently beinganalyzed. When the analysis is complete,contributing biologists will report results tothe NHEP partners. They will also providea summary to towns in the region to use as aguide in land-use planning efforts.

The survey was madepossible by thegenerosity of thefollowing volunteers:David BlezardJason BriggamanChris ClinansmithJohn LitvaitisMike MarchandSean MaxwellFred PinchMatt RossEllen SnyderRachel StevensJay SullivanMatt and Tracy TarrGreg TillmanSriniVasan

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breeding bird surveys this summer onthe Second Dartmouth Land Grant,which covers 28,000 acres along theMaine border just north of Errol.

Dartmouth College manages theproperty for both timber production andwildlife habitat. The bird surveys aredesigned to see if management policiesare having the desired effect of keeping

bird habitat viable, healthy and diverse,according to John Kanter, coordinator ofthe Nongame and Endangered WildlifeProgram.

“This study is important to the state’sconservation program, because it’s a long-term, permanent monitoring program thathas a scientific design and is repeatable. It’slike taking a pulse of how the birds innorthern New England are doing,” Kantersaid. “The study is one of a very few long-term breeding bird surveys of remote areasin the region.”

Dartmouth has committed toproviding permanent survey areas over abroad range of habitat – early successionalforests, mature forests and wetlands. Otheragencies pitching in to help monitor theproperty are the University of Vermontand the Audubon Society of NewHampshire. Researchers conduct point-count surveys, which involve both lookingand listening for individual bird species atcertain points throughout the study area.The survey lasts for three weeks each year.

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The state continues to partner withAudubon and the U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service to restore and monitor baldeagles, which are listed as endangered inNew Hampshire and threatened nationally.The state’s bald eagles fledged five chicksthis summer, the second highest numbersince the late 1980s. Seven territorial pairswere documented. Five pairs incubatedeggs, and three pairs were successful in theirnesting attempts.

Two of the successful nests werelocated in the Androscoggin River valley atthe Pontook Reservoir and on the southernpart of Lake Umbagog. The other successfulnest was at Squam Lake, a new nesting areafor bald eagles since recovery efforts began.Territorial pairs were seen at Vernon Dam inHinsdale, near Nubanusit Lake in Antrim,along the Merrimack River in Bedford andat the traditional nesting site on thenorthern end of Lake Umbagog.

Biologists were able to visit both nestsin the Androscoggin River valley to band

the youngeagles andtake bloodsamples.“The bloodsampling willhelp usunderstandlocal mercurylevels in the

environment,” said biologistChris Martin of theAudubon Society of NewHampshire.

Many of the breedingbald eagles had leg bandsvisible that providedinformation about their ageand place of origin. Thebands show, for example,that the female eagle nestingat the southern end ofUmbagog originated inNew York, as did the five-year-old male at PontookReservoir. The Pontookfemale is a seven-year-oldfrom the Quabbin Reservoirin Massachusetts. At SquamLake, the six-year-old male isfrom a different part ofQuabbin Reservoir.

“We’re benefitingfrom recovery efforts in both New York andMassachusetts, which are further along intheir efforts. The eagles are spreading out toNew Hampshire and elsewhere,” said Martin.With seven territorial pairs in the state, chancesare good for strong reproductive success in thefuture. At the Bedford site, for example, twoadult eagles built a nest this spring, butdisappeared before laying eggs. Soon after, twomore eagles were seen at the nest for severaldays before they also left. The activity shows

this area along the Merrimack, wherewintering bald eagles are monitored as well, isvaluable eagle habitat.

“We’ve never seen interest in the samesite like that before,” Martin said. “It’smaking it clear to those of us who monitorbald eagles in New Hampshire that eagles ingeneral clearly recognize this as an attractivesite, so it’s valuable and should be protectedyear-round, not just as a wintering site.”

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incident. To date, there are no leads inthe case.

The parent birds initiallyremained at the site, raising hopes thatperhaps they would make anothernesting attempt. But a couple of dayslater, the birds abandoned the site.Mahegan said she saw cat tracks nearby.“The cat being around may have beenthe last straw for them,” she said.

Dogs, feral cats and otherpredators, as well as natural challengeslike high tides, combined to result in the

loss of eight of 12 Seabrook chicks. All threechicks that hatched at Hampton Beachsurvived to fledge.

There were many high points of theseason, including the dedication of manyvolunteers who helped monitor the nests.About 30 people spent time keeping watchover the nests and the birds.Mahegan organized apotluck barbeque atHampton Beach, andtogether with John Kanter,program coordinator,

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thanked volunteers for their help. “Wehad a lot of support,” she said.

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2003 marked the 15th anniversary for the Nongame andEndangered Wildlife Program at Fish and Game, giving us an

opportunity to reflect on the program’s growth and success, as wellas to focus on what lies ahead. Perhaps most importantly, this yearhas provided Nongame Program staff the opportunity to recognizemany of those who have been an instrumental part of ouraccomplishments.

The dedicated support of hundreds of people – fromvolunteers to generous donors and colleagues in partner organiza-tions – enables the Nongame Program to continue to work to

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protect, connect and restore New Hampshire’s threatened andendangered wildlife and their habitats.

It is with the greatest appreciation that we recognize morethan 680 donors who graciously contributed to this year’s annualfund campaign. Thank you for your continued support.

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Marjorie DoanLaurence DonoghuePeter C. DoyleMeryl B. Draper Jr.Regina DruganNancy-Jane DuncanNewman DurellDavid R. Duval, D.O.Brenda DymentDave Eastman/Country EcologyClare M. EckertBruce and Sharon EdwardsBrenda and Dave ErlerJane Cooper FallNeil and Dianna FallomRichard W. FarrellArthur J. FaucherCraig FederhenMr. Francis FeltonRalph and Susan FeolePaul T. and Cheryl Ann FitzgeraldPablo FleischmannKenneth and Joyce FolsomJim and Mary FougereMr. Reginald FountainStephen and Denise FoxElissa Verdillo and Max FreemanJohn F. French VITerry and Marion FrostMr. Arthur W. FullamRoland GagneSally GallagherWayne GauthierGeorge and Sandra GavutisNancy and Len GerzonMargaret L. GillespieJohn G. Gittzus, MDStephen GrayeskeJane Gross/Woodbury Middle SchoolSheila and Bill GuintherJohn and Laura GundFrances HaaseMary D. HaigGeraldine M. HaleyLucy H. HallKeith and Dorna HamerCharlotte HartwellDana B. HastingsHoney Hastings


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Ms. Betty HauckEverett HeathAnthony and Joan Heyes Lee HollidayClif HorriganAllen Howe, Sandra Sonnichsen and

Thomas HoweRobert C. HowlandJoe and Wendy HurrayRichard M. HusseyRick and Connie HutchinsHenry and Mary IronsMs. Ruth Tanner IsaksSuzanne and Tom IvesLauren JacobyAlan and Jessica JansujwiczAlden and Kathy JennessMr. Norman JoslinRichard JulienNan KaplanJames KatkinPriscilla and David KeayJames H. KegleyGregory C. KendallFrederick R. KettenringBen and Debbie KilhamRay KimballDr. Richard S. KingstonJack KirkMr. Ralph M. KirshnerHarry R. Knowles Sr.Melvin KriegerMs. Elizabeth P. KruseMike La PointeA. R. LafondRonald LafreniereCharles LanniSteve and Terri LapointKaren P. Bennett and J. Andras LazarHon. Ted and Beverly Leach

William B. and Shirley A. LeakStephanie and Tim LeaorRobert R. LeBreuxC. Raymond LechevetBill LeeLaurel and Sid LetterDonna LietzTrue Kelley and Steven LindblomJudi LindseyPaula LochheadSusan S. LombardRaymond LongaMr. Ken LoomisRobert MacDonaldB. and G. MannKeith E. MaraWilliam B. and Nancy S. Marshall IIIDonald MartoneDavid MartsolfDiane MayrGloria Mc KinnonCarol and Clay McKenneyJohn V. McNamara Jr.John P. MerrillRichard J. MesserJoe and Peggy MeyetteStephen MirickMr. Donald W. MischkeAnne MorganGeorge and Evelyn MorrisonKenneth E. MoultonTim MowryMr. and Mrs. David MoyerGeorge F. MuellerJack and Pam MulderFrancis and Marianne MunjoneDonald and Ethel MurphyBruce H. MyrickClaude and Marie NeveuW. Scott and Sheila A. NewtonRobert and Sheila NorthAlice and Paul NoyesC. R. NurseJon NuteFred and Doris O’ConnorKenneth and Laura OsgaAlan S. PalmerGilbert ParkerMax and Patricia Parker

John R. PattersonCynthia PawlekFrederick C. PearsonMr. H. Peter PearsonJoanna PellerinMr. Anthony PescosolidoSidney PetermanMr. and Mrs. James PhilbrickEdward K. Piel Jr.Tony PiontekGayle A. PlouffeBradley PorterLarry PotterLewis PrattiSusan Pratt-MooneyMr. Kenneth Purington IIRobert C. PuthFrank Raynor Jr.Ken ReedKathleen Conners and Michael ReynoldsScott and Karen RicePamela M. RielRuth Monk and Mike RileyJanet and Gary RobertsonBruce RoseFrances C. RostronDave M. RowellKaren RoyJohn and Jane RyanRichard C. RyanWalter and Laura RyanHarold D. RyeaRick and Linda RyenMary Lou Soczek and Carol SarnoMr. and Mrs. John G. SchreiberSylvester SciutoJohn S. Scott Jr.Adrien W. SenecalNeil M. SewallHorace W. Seymour IIIPat Myers and Carolyn SheehanMs. Deirdre M. SheerrSteve and Linda ShepardRobert L. ShermanWayne F. ShipmanBarbara SidleyRichard D. SizerMartha SmithThomas W. Smithers


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OTHERMr. Robert Adams Sr.Mr. T. Gary AllenEdith B. AllisonWilliam E. BarrettSteven D. BeauchesneMr. And Mrs. Franklin W. BeckMr. and Mrs. Charles V. BuckoCol. William T. Call Jr. (Ret)Doris CampbellSarah ChadwickRobert J. and Janice H. ChapmanMichael L. ChasseMr. Glenn D. ClarkJonathan CurrierMr. Albert J. DavidMr. and Mrs. Frederic R. DaweJane M. DohertyAnthony Dow Jr.Richard and Susan DrescherJulie R. DurginMike and Bobbi EvansWilliam C. and Linda L. FaheyAnne E. FerrignoDavid A. FleetPatricia FleurieMs. Christine FransonRobert GamlinCharles R. GamperMartha B. GarrettDr. and Mrs. Philip GregorioJohn GyenesErnest W. HanscheDale and Penny HardyNorman D. HarrisTheresa HarwoodPaul HeinemannJudy and John Hohenadel


Stephen HopperMr. and Mrs. Dennis W. HowardVirginia L. JensenRodman JordanDebra LaValleyVictor and Patricia LawrenceGloria M. LeavittRick LemnahRaymond Lieber Jr.Howie and Lisa W. LyhteBob and Elsie MillerRick MitchenerRon and Jeanne MorinR. J. MorrellTim and Terri MozenaKeith and Sarah NyhanMs. Marianne I. PageThe Parker FamilyLee J. and Susan J. PelletierHilary and Jim PlattHector H. PrevostWarren QuainOliver QuistDell and Wendy RiceEric SailerMrs. Sandra L. ScagliottiCarleton Schaller Jr.Mary E. SloatJohn E. SmithRuth K. SousaneEd StanleyWilliam StaweckiRichard StevensMr. Van H. VanVlietRobert WallaceDouglas R. WoodwardDan O’Brien Assoc., Inc.Profile PromotionsAnonymous (23)

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Randy SnyderPaula M. SobolewskiGary P. StansfieldNancy StearnsElizabeth A. SteeleGerald and Diana SterlingCheryl A. StockmanThomas P. StraughanWilliam A. StrawMr. and Mrs. Alanson H. Sturgis, Jr.James P. Szlyk, DDSMr. Ned TherrienPete ThomasTricia and Keith ThompsonJanet TowseGeorge A. and Donna P. TraversSteven C. TunnellWaino TuominenAllan E. UptonJames C. Van AlstineJon and Sheila VanderhorstRobert VanesseEdward L. VienJohanna VienneauRodney S. ViensRon and Ann VinnacombeJim and Judie VolnerWilliam S. Wadsworth Jr.Patrick and Theresa WalkerRobert and Lorraine WallaceWilliam H. WallaceWinifred S. WardJohn and Meg WarnerNancy WatkinsKathy Vertefeuille and Bradley WebberNorman L. WebberPeter and Gail WelchClifton L. WellsRobert R. Wentworth Sr.Cathy and Jeffrey WhiteDavid and Jane WhiteJonathan and Joan White/

Pawtuckaway LakeCynthia R. WilkieRichard WilsonRobert K. WolfeRobert P. WoodwardLawrence R. YoungWinifred Scovill Young

Debow Wildlife ServiceFirst Colebrook BankMajor Waldron SportsmensMerrimack Valley Middle School/

Class of 2008Moose Meadow FarmNorth East Ecological ServicesRaymond Sportsman’s ClubWalpole Conservation CommissionAnonymous (48)


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OCTOBER• Peregrine falcons from the Arctic

migrate down the eastern seaboard.• Monarch butterflies migrate.

NOVEMBER• Spring peepers take cover under the

forest floor until next spring.• Canada geese can be seen and

heard passing overhead.

DECEMBER• Wintering eagles may be seen along

the Merrimack River and on Great Bay.• Audubon Society of N.H. conducts its

annual Christmas Bird Count. Formore information on how you can getinvolved, visit www.nhaudubon.org.

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