TMCC Research

Home
United States
Conway, NH
TMCC Research

This page is overseen by the Research Team at Tin Mountain Conservation Center.

We conduct avian research, perform stream restoration, and participate in community science projects.

04/01/2026

Not yet “Big Night”, but “Small Nights” are definitely underway!

On Tuesday night, we had reports of small numbers of amphibians crossing. From spring peepers, wood frogs, and salamanders reported in Tamworth to mostly wood frogs further north in Jackson.

Going forward, expect there to be at least some amphibians crossing roads on rainy nights. As always, please consider not driving when possible. Check out TinMountain.org for more information.

📸: Wood Frog (Lithobates sylvaticus)

03/27/2026

Keep an eye on the weather, Mount Washington Valley! We’ve already had a small number of intrepid wood frogs moving across the road in last night’s rain. It’s hard to predict, but right now Tuesday (March 31) is looking very promising…

A “Big Night” occurs on the first warm, rainy night of the year when a large number of frogs and salamanders move to their breeding grounds. This year, we are encouraging people to: 1) move amphibians off roads near their homes (only if you own a safety vest) or 2) avoid driving on these rainy spring nights.

Thank you for helping protect these important and fascinating creatures!

More information at TinMountain.org

02/02/2026

Join Audubon’s Great Backyard Bird Count! If you typically use Merlin or eBird, just keep doing what you’re doing but be sure to find at least 15 minutes to do so between Feb 13-16th. Check out BirdCount.org for more information.

TMCC will be kicking off this global event by birding together at Tin Mountain on Feb 13th at 9am. Go to Tinmountain.org and sign up (for free) on our List of Programs and Events if you’d like to join us!

01/15/2026

We’ve got two openings for Stream Restoration Technician positions with TMCC Research!

Please visit TinMountain.org, About Us, Employment for more information on how to apply. You can also find the position posted on Texas A & M’s “Natural Resources Job Board”.

01/07/2026

While seeing moose sign in northern NH isn’t terribly unusual, it is rare to see sign on our Tin Mountain property in Albany! These tracks and s**t were spotted this week by our research manager on our Dr. Michael Cline Memorial Forest property.

If you come across a track you are unsure of or that you’d like to document, it’s always helpful to add something to the picture of known size (thus the hand in the pictures). A coin, a pair of glasses or (best of all) a ruler is helpful for reference when looking at the pictures again in the future.

12/09/2025

Summer field work feels like a distant memory here in snowy NH, but we wanted to share an update on our Wood Thrush tagging project!

We’ve gotten very some exciting detection data recently. As a brief reminder, in 2024, we attached nanotags to 6 previously untagged individuals. This past summer, we tagged 12 new birds! The maps of individual routes in this post show the*six* birds from 2025 who have been detected in Central America.

The other tagged Wood Thrush have (primarily) been detected in the southern US (individual route maps not included in this post). These Wood Thrush may overwinter in the US or they may have traveled to Central America but not been detected by a Motus station.

There’s always so much to learn! Check out these routes and more on Motus.org.

📸 1: The 12 Wood Thrush captured this summer
📸 2: Current tracks of active tags from 2024 and 2025
📸 3-8: Tracks of Wood Thrush tagged at Tin Mountain in 2025 that have been detected in Central America to date

All birds carefully captured and handled by trained professionals with a federal and state permit. Pictures were taken quickly and safely prior to release.

Thank you to our collaborators and our avian technician, Chantal Schamber!

08/05/2025

Today was TMCC Research’s last day of MAPS banding. (Check out our June 14th post for additional details about “MAPS”)

Our very last bird of the season was this gorgeous black & white warbler (Mniotilta varia)! Their song sounds like a high-pitched squeaky wheel and they are often one of the first warblers to return in the spring.

Birds banding can tell us so much about an individual, including how long they live. Cornell’s site “All About Birds” notes that the oldest known Black-and-white Warbler was a female aged 11 years and 3 months!

08/04/2025

Research Manager, Allie Byrd, recently led a walk along an unnamed tributary to the East Branch of the S**o River. She was showing members of the Dundee Community Forest Committee and Upper S**o Valley Land Trust the “Strategic Wood Addition” work conducted here by Tin Mountain Research last summer. For decades, foresters and loggers have avoided allowing trees to fall in streams and in some cases, actively removing it due to misguided practices. But in reality, old growth forest streams are filled with fallen trees!

Strategically placed wood additions create pools for brook trout, increase macroinvertebrate diversity through diversification of stream habitat, retain nutrients and sediments, increase flood resilience and so much more.

Tin Mountain Research is proud to be part of this conservation effort to help give first and second-order streams a head start in returning to high quality brook trout nurseries with increased benefits to diversity and stream health.

📸: Kate Shambaugh

07/29/2025

One month in the life of a TMCC field technician!

Our Stream Ecology Technician, Erin, took a one second video every day to get a snapshot of the adventures we find ourselves in on the job. Working in conservation is a lot of hard work, but equal parts joy!

Address

1245 Bald Hill Road
Conway, NH
03818

Website

https://tinmountain.org/what-we-do/research/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when TMCC Research posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Organization

Send a message to TMCC Research:

Shortcuts

Want your organization to be the top-listed Non Profit Organization in Conway?