Iain started his career in his native Scotland where he worked for several years for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Iain joined the Science Center in 2006 after 18-years with New Hampshire Audubon where he oversaw all of their statewide education outreach efforts. Iain is a respected bird researcher and ornithologist, focusing primarily on Ospreys. He is on the editorial board of New Hampshire Bird Records – a quarterly publication of New Hampshire bird sightings and trends. He was the recipient of NH Audubon’s Goodhue-Elkins Award in 2019 for his contributions to ornithology in New Hampshire. He is a past board chair of the Hawk Migration Association of North America and past board chair of the Association of Nature Center Administrators. He currently chairs the board of NorthEast Hawkwatch.
Iain MacLeod
Executive Director
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Q & A
- What's the best part about working at the Science Center?
Hearing happy children and contented parents on the trail or that shared intake of breath as one of our program animals is presented in a program.
- Where would we find you on a sunny Saturday in July?
I am here at the Science Center, but on a Sunday in July I will be tucked into the shore of a beaver pond somewhere in the Lakes Region studying an osprey nest; observing their behavior, and counting the number of chicks as part of my 27+ year study of the area’s osprey population.