MOULTONBOROUGH ― On Thursday, March 19, at 7 p.m. at the Loon Center in Moultonborough, the Lakes Region Chapter of the New Hampshire Audubon Society will present a program called "A Birding Cruise around Cape Horn" by Becky Suomala.
Join Suomala on a boat trip from Santiago, Chile, around Cape Horn to Buenos Aires. In addition to seabirding for albatross and the other pelagic species in southern waters, there were landbird stops in Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay. One of the highlights was a visit to a penguin colony on the Falkland Islands. See some of the great seabirds, landbirds, and even some mammals like guanacos; as well as the beauty of Cape Horn, the Strait of Magellan, and the Beagle Channel.
Suomala is an avid birder who birds extensively in New Hampshire and takes birding trips to far flung places. She retired from NH Audubon in 2024 after over 36 years as a biologist. She led research on Common Nighthawks in NH and participated in numerous field projects including Common Tern restoration at the Isles of Shoals. She is a songbird bander at the Appledore Island Migration Station in spring and fall and tends her garden in the summer.
The Loon Center is located on Lee's Mill Road; follow the signs on Blake Road from Route 25 near the Moultonborough Central School, or from Route 109 turn on to Lee Road and turn left on Lee's Mill Road.
For more information, visit nhaudubon.org/event/a-birding-cruise-around-cape-horn-with-the-lakes-region-chapter.
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