2nd Notice*** REGISTRATION REQUIRED - NH Audubon Seacoast Chapter Wednesday July 8, 2026 7:30 PM Program - The Return of the Oystercatcher: Saving Birds to Save the Planet***

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New Hampshire Audubon Seacoast Chapter

Please note the following: 
   * Check the chapter website (http://www.seacoastchapter.org/programs) for any changes that may impact the in person program.
   * There will be refreshments from 7-7:30 pm.  Feel free to bring in refreshments for others to enjoy at the program. Thank you!

   * Seating is limited and registration is required to attend the program.

   Wednesday July 8, 2026 7:30 pm Program - The Return of the Oystercatcher: Saving Birds to Save the Planet     
   

   At a time when the news for birds (for the planet!) has rarely seemed grimmer, there is reason for hope. Despite the odds today, all around the world people are actually reviving bird populations, providing a roadmap for wider recovery. In his newest book, The Return of the Oystercatcher, best-selling author and researcher Scott Weidensaul shows why creating a world that works for birds will work for everything, including us. He’ll trace this inspiring arc from a tiny island off the Maine coast to the bird-rich Danube Delta on the Ukrainian border, and vulture restoration in the mountains of Bulgaria to across the world’s largest and most intact forest in Canada where Indigenous communities are permanently protecting hundreds of millions of acres of some of the most important migratory bird habitat on Earth. This is a dose of optimism we all need. Seating is limited and registration is required to attend this program.

   Bio: Scott Weidensaul is the author of nearly 30 books on natural history, including the Pulitzer Prize finalist Living on the Wind and his New York Times bestseller A World on the Wing. His latest book, Return of the Oystercatcher just released in April 2026, showcases what’s working for bird conservation around the world. Weidensaul is a contributing editor for Audubon magazine, a columnist for Bird Watcher’s Digest, and writes for a variety of other publications including the Cornell Ornithology Laboratory’s Living Bird publication. He is a Fellow of the American Ornithological Society and an active field researcher, studying Saw-whet Owl migration for 30 years, as well as winter hummingbirds in the East, bird migration in Alaska, and the winter movements of Snowy Owls through Project SNOWstorm, which he co-founded.

  Seating is limited and registration is required to attend our Wednesday July 8, 2026 program at the Seacoast Science Center (wheelchair accessible), Odiorne Point State Park, 570 Ocean Boulevard, Rye NH (click here for Google maps, Seacoast Science Center)  To register for the program click HERE!  There will be refreshments starting at 7 pm. Meetings begin at 7:30 pm. Entrance doors will be locked at 7:45 pm. Cancellations will be announced on http://www.seacoastchapter.org/programs and this Google group.

   Thank You! Dunkin’ of 14 Central Ave (exit 7 off of Rte 16), Dover, NH (603) 740-9649 donates hot coffee and more for our programs. When you visit the location mention a thank you!

Al Stewart, Jr.