At 7:00 PM on Monday April 14, 2014, in the Mayer Room of the Howe  
Library in Hanover, NH, Rosalind Renfrew will be presenting an  
illustrated talk on "A Tale of 56,000 Observations: The Vermont  
Breeding Bird Atlas". This program is free and open to the public and  
cosponsored by Mascoma Chapter of New Hampshire Audubon and the Howe  
Library.

The Talk:
Over 300 Vermonters armed with binoculars traversed fields and  
forests, marshes and mountains for Vermont's Second Breeding Bird  
Atlas. Rosalind will share results from the state's largest inventory  
of bird life, discussing the changes documented during the last 30  
years. Peregrine Falcons are up, Whip-poor-wills are down. Learn about  
the winners and losers in the bird community, the reasons behind some  
of the changes, and the mysteries we have yet to solve.

The Book:
The Second Breeding Atlas of Breeding Birds of Vermont is the most  
complete assessment of birds ever assembled for the state. A resource  
for everyone from scientists to planners to backyard birdwatchers, the  
Atlas reveals the status of 202 breeding bird species, including where  
and when they nest and analyses of their population trends. The Atlas  
analyzes changes in bird populations – some encouraging, some  
troubling – since the original Vermont atlas project established a  
baseline 25 years ago. Packed into this single volume is the work of  
350 observers who spent 30,000 hours in the field documenting the  
distribution of every bird species that nests in Vermont.

The Speaker:
Rosalind Renfrew is a Conservation Biologist with the Vermont Center  
for Ecostudies in Norwich. She obtained a BS in Wildlife Biology at  
the University of Vermont, and an MS and PhD in Wildlife Ecology at  
the University of Wisconsin – Madison. She returned to Vermont to  
direct the Breeding Bird Atlas, and in 2013 published the  
comprehensive results from 30,000 hours of citizen scientists’  
observations. In tandem with the atlas work, Roz has been researching  
the migration and wintering ecology of the Bobolink in South America.  
She is leading initiatives to bring together biologists from Canada to  
Argentina to conserve migratory grassland bird species throughout  
their entire life cycle.

For additional information about Mascoma Chapter programs and field  
trips, please visit www.mascomabirds.org

George Clark
Norwich, VT
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