New Hampshire

New Hampshire’s 9350 square miles are heavily glaciated and mountainous, but offer 18 miles of rocky Atlantic coastline, saltmarshes, and sandy beaches at the state’s southeastern corner. The land inland is well forested, with occasional. Although southern portion of the state is hilly, the White Mountains make the northern half truly mountainous. Indeed, the high peaks and deep notches of the Presidential Range within the White Mountains are the highest in the Northeast, with Mount Washington (6288 ft) rivaling North Carolina’s Mt. Mitchell (6684 ft) as the highest peak east of the Mississippi River. Alpine tundra and spruce forest in the Whites allies the northern areas more with boreal Canada. The glaciated history of the state has left behind some 1300 lakes, and the state’s Lake District . Of the state’s two main rivers, the Merrimac runs down the center of the state while the Connecticut forms the western boundary with Vermont. The state’s human population is concentrated in the southern third, and includes Boston area commuters. The total population of 1.3 million averages to just 138 people/square mile.

A total of xxx bird species have been recorded in New Hampshire (xxx), of which about xxx are known to breed regularly or occasionally. Click here to download an excel spreadsheet showing the bird species of New Hampshire and their conservation status based on various criteria. This file also has population estimates for New Hampshire of key landbirds, based on the Partners in Flight Landbird Population Estimates database housed at Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory.

AKN RESOURCES
Seven AKN datasets have data from New Hampshire, totaling 378,259 observations!


 # Obs
 # Loc # Taxa
Breeding Bird Survey 72,904 23 159
eBird 98,107 1571 377
Great Backyard Bird Count 19,068 276 106
Hawk Count 1414 2 14
International Shorebird Survey 331
 5
 19
Mountain Birdwatch 4029 91 41
Project Feederwatch 182,406 387 150
TOTAL 378,259 2306 589

 

**A file of the complete AKN dataset for New Hampshire can be downloaded here.**

The AKN Bar Charts provide an easy way to view AKN data from New Hampshire, showing a summary of all species reported for the state and their temporal frequency throughout the year. Click here or on the image below to view a bar chart summarizing all AKN data from New Hampshire or click here to generate your own bar chart.

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Additional bar charts using just eBird data allow one to generate bar charts for specific refuges, parks, and other "hot" birding locations (hotspots). You can customize a bar chart for any state, county, BCR, or hotspot. A customized bar chart can be generated for one or multiple New Hampshire locations, and please note that you can select as many locations as you wish. It is also possible to explore frequency maps for a species, and within eBird those maps can be refined to view point maps for just New Hampshire.

The AKN Google Earth files provide a way to explore AKN data for New Hampshire geographically. Click here or on the image below to download a Google Earth file showing all datapoints for the state of New Hampshire. Using Google Earth, a free application, you can then explore the spatial distribution of the various datasets and also see summaries of the data by clicking on the points. For more on how to use these files, click here.

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A number of additional projects have data from New Hampshire not yet represented in the AKN. The Northeast Coordinated Bird Monitoring Network has compiled a Register of Northeast Bird Monitoring Programs; to get a similar file with only the New Hampshire projects, click here.

BIRD HABITATS AND CONSERVATION IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

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New Hampshire IBAs

The New Hampshire Important Bird Area (IBA) program has identified New Hampshire IBAs across the state, from the Rockingham County seacoast to the White Mountains. New Hampshire's IBAs are listed below. For more information on the New Hampshire IBA program, click here or contact the state IBA director:

Pam Hunt
New Hampshire IBA Director
Audubon Society of New Hampshire
Concord, New Hampshire
(603) 224-9909
phunt@nhaudubon.org


 IBA Name
 Status Counties
1 Great Bay Recognized Rockingham, Strafford
2
 Hampton/Seabrook Marsh and Dune Recognized Rockingham
3
 High Elevation Spruce-Fir Recognized Carroll, Coos, Grafton
4
 Isles of Shoals Recognized Rockingham
5
 Lake Umbagog Recognized Coos
6
 Lower Connecticut River Valley Recognized Cheshire, Sullivan
7
 Merrimack River Corridor Recognized Hillsborough, Merrimack
8
 Ossipee Pine Barrens Recognized Carroll
9
 Pawtuckaway Highlands Recognized Rockingham
10
 Pondicherry Basin Recognized Coos
11
 Pontook Reservoir Identified Coos
12
 Powwow Pond Identified Rockingham
13
 Squam Lake Recognized Belknap, Carroll, Grafton

ORNITHOLOGICAL RESOURCES

State agency:

New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
11 Hazen Drive
Concord, NH 03301
http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/

New Hampshire Audubon:

84 Silk Farm Road
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: 603-224-9909
Fax: 603-226-0902
http://www.newhampshireaudubon.org/index.php
nha@nhaudubon.org

State Records Committee:

New Hampshire Bird Records Committee
http://www.nhbirdrecords.org/report/rareBirds.htm#how
NH Bird Records
3 Silk Farm Road
Concord, NH 03301-8200

Other links:

eBird: Report your birding observations, whether from a week long trip throughout the state or backyard sightings while gardening. All sightings are valuable and will be automatically integrated with the Avian Knowledge Network and Northeast Avian Data Center. Read more about eBird or submit observations now!

Mountain Birdwatch: This study monitors the status of high elevation montane bird communities from Maine to New York (including New Hampshire), with a special focus on Bicknell's Thrush and several other species of concern, on mountaintops throughout the Northeast. Mountain Birdwatch is conducted by the Vermont Center for Ecostudies and the data are available through NADC and the AKN; read more here.