Join Forest Society staff and research biologist Lindsay Herlihy for a unique experience to watch bird banding up close at the Black Mountain Banding Station on the Black Mountain Forest in North Sutton, NH. This station, established in 2024, participates in the MAPS (Monitoring Avian Productivity & Survivorship) program that collects data on local breeding birds.

"The early bird catches the worm" is a good metaphor for this field trip, since we'll begin at 7 am to have the best chance of seeing a number of birds captured, banded, weighed/measured, and released. Principal researcher Lindsay Herlihy will explain all of the data being collected on each bird and why MAPS data is important has helped scientists understand more about the health of bird populations across North America. Pre-registration required;

The group will meet at the Kearsarge HS parking lot at 7am and carpool in a few cars to the Black Mountain Forest. Please try to be punctual so that we can depart by 7:10am.

Rain Date: 6/14/2026. If we need to utilize the rain date, we will email everyone by mid-day on Friday June 12.