Plum Island and Parker River Field Trip 9/20/25 Peter Alden and Lillian Stokes guided us on an early autumn outing to see migrating shorebirds at the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge. The weather was perfect. Highlights including viewing Great Egrets, Great Blue Herons, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, and an American Avocet in winter plumage. Bird photos courtesy of Lillian Stokes and Tony Troppito.

Peter Alden’s upcoming memoir will feature stories from his pioneering nature journeys the world over. This chapter follows his Arizona...

American Redstart in Flight | Photo by Tom Johnson Imagine you're a bird leaving your cozy nest for the very first time. You’ve...

Peter Alden’s upcoming memoir will feature stories from his pioneering nature journeys the world over. It seemed fitting to share a...

An excerpt from Peter Alden's upcoming memoir. Choosing Arizona instead of New England for my college destination, I was guaranteeing...

By Chris Bensley Want to learn more and see conservation in action? Join us on Exploring Birdlife in the Squam Lakes Region  next Monday,...

By Peter Alden Memorial Day Sunday at Plum Island Lillian Stokes and I escorted ten folk on a trip to Plum Island. Recent rains had...

An excerpt of the beginning of Peter Alden's upcoming memoir, A Wild Life, due out this autumn I grew up and lived in Concord,...