Field Trip: Intro to Birding, Salt Bay Farm

This field trip is geared toward novice birders and those who are curious about birding. We’ll cover basic birding equipment and how to use it and then move on to the fundamentals of bird identification. We’ll have loaner binoculars for those without.

This will be a slow-walking event starting at the parking lot, visiting the feeding station and the causeway by the pond, and possibly around the pond back to the parking lot (less than half a mile in total) on mown trails through fields.

Bobolink, Red-winged Blackbird, Eastern Bluebird, American Goldfinch, Tree Swallow, and Song Sparrow are some of the species that we are likely to encounter.

Directions: We’ll meet in the Salt Bay Farm parking lot located at 110 Belvedere Rd, Damariscotta, ME 04543 at 8 am. For more information about this preserve, visit the following link: https://www.coastalrivers.org/trail/salt-bay-farm/

This trip will be led by Jeff Cherry and Will Broussard. Please register for this trip by email with your name and phone number. Registering gives us an idea of how many people will be attending and a way to contact you if we need to cancel or reschedule. You can contact Jeff at the above email or by phone (914-489-7870) if you have questions.