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April 2023
Field Trip: Salt Bay Farm, Damariscotta
Join us as we seek early migrants at the Great Salt Bay Farm in Damariscotta. we'll walk the meadow looking for Savannah Sparrows and Bobolinks, scan the pond for ducks and geese, investigate the forest edges for early migrating warblers and songbirds, and then scan the Great Salt Bay for gulls, ducks, Osprey and Belted Kingfishers. To start the day, we'll meet at 8:00 AM at the Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust parking lot at 110 Belvedere Road. For more information,…
Find out more »Rare Birds of Maine
Maine ornithologist and advanced bird identifier, Louis Bevier, will join us in person at the Camden Public Library on Thursday, April 20 at 6:30 pm. Louis will talk about some of the exciting rarities that have occurred in Maine, how to identify them, and how to document them by learning to improve observational skills and describing birds. Bevier was the subspecies editor in the "Birds of North America" series produced out of the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. He…
Find out more »May 2023
Field Trip: Pemaquid Point Thursdays
All are welcome! You don’t need to be an Audubon member or have advanced birding skills to join us. We simply hope to instill interest in the natural world through an understanding of how birds live and thrive in our area. Continuing in 2023, we require that participants over the age of twelve be fully vaccinated against Covid-19. ********************************************* Visiting Pemaquid Point is like going out to sea, but without a boat. The peninsula is long and relatively narrow, extending well…
Find out more »Field Trip: Sears Island, Searsport
All are welcome! You don’t need to be an Audubon member or have advanced birding skills to join us. We simply hope to instill interest in the natural world through an understanding of how birds live and thrive in our area. We require that participants over the age of twelve be fully vaccinated against Covid-19. ******************************************** Join us as we seek spring migrants at this Waldo County birding hotspot in Searsport. During spring migration, many species rest and feed on…
Find out more »Field Trip: Pemaquid Point Thursdays
All are welcome! You don’t need to be an Audubon member or have advanced birding skills to join us. We simply hope to instill interest in the natural world through an understanding of how birds live and thrive in our area. Continuing in 2023, we require that participants over the age of twelve be fully vaccinated against Covid-19. ********************************************* Visiting Pemaquid Point is like going out to sea, but without a boat. The peninsula is long and relatively narrow, extending well…
Find out more »Field Trip: Evergreen Cemetary/Capisic Pond, Portland
All are welcome! You don’t need to be an Audubon member or have advanced birding skills to join us. We simply hope to instill interest in the natural world through an understanding of how birds live and thrive in our area. We require that participants over the age of twelve be fully vaccinated against Covid-19. ******************************************** Evergreen Cemetary and its surrounding 100-acre forest in Portland is a warbler haven in May, with owls, hawks, ducks, and herons possible at the…
Find out more »Field Trip: Pemaquid Point Thursdays
All are welcome! You don’t need to be an Audubon member or have advanced birding skills to join us. We simply hope to instill interest in the natural world through an understanding of how birds live and thrive in our area. Continuing in 2023, we require that participants over the age of twelve be fully vaccinated against Covid-19. ********************************************* Visiting Pemaquid Point is like going out to sea, but without a boat. The peninsula is long and relatively narrow, extending well…
Find out more »June 2023
Field Trip: Belgrade Lakes & Bond Brook (Augusta)
All are welcome! You don’t need to be an Audubon member or have advanced birding skills to join us. We simply hope to instill interest in the natural world through an understanding of how birds live and thrive in our area. We require that participants over the age of twelve be fully vaccinated against Covid-19. ******************************************** A visit to Belgrade Lakes offers a mix of fresh water and northern hardwood forest species with highlights including Black Terns, Sandhill Cranes, Purple…
Find out more »Field Trip: Kennebunk Plains/Sanford Lagoons
All are welcome! You don’t need to be an Audubon member or have advanced birding skills to join us. We simply hope to instill interest in the natural world through an understanding of how birds live and thrive in our area. We require that participants over the age of twelve be fully vaccinated against Covid-19. ******************************************** The 1,300-acre sandplain grasslands is home to breeding grassland species found almost nowhere else in the state such as Grasshopper and Vesper Sparrows, Upland…
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