Christmas Bird Count Damariscotta-Pemaquid

*Please note* - Change of date due to weather - now on Sunday, December 15. Beginning on Christmas Day 1900, ornithologist Frank M. Chapman, an early officer in the then-nascent Audubon Society, proposed a new holiday tradition — a "Christmas Bird Census" that would count birds during the holidays rather than hunt them. Mid-Coast Audubon […]

Christmas Bird Count Bunker Hill

Beginning on Christmas Day 1900, ornithologist Frank M. Chapman, an early officer in the then-nascent Audubon Society, proposed a new holiday tradition — a "Christmas Bird Census" that would count birds during the holidays rather than hunt them. Mid-Coast Audubon proudly carries on the tradition of the Christmas Bird Count in three count circles every […]

Christmas Bird Count Rockland-Thomaston

Beginning on Christmas Day 1900, ornithologist Frank M. Chapman, an early officer in the then-nascent Audubon Society, proposed a new holiday tradition — a "Christmas Bird Census" that would count birds during the holidays rather than hunt them. Mid-Coast Audubon proudly carries on the tradition of the Christmas Bird Count in three count circles every […]

Field Trip: Scarborough Marsh

Scarborough Marsh Eastern Road

*We want to continue to honor the social distancing guidance, which makes carpooling for this longer trip unwise.* Scarborough Marsh encompasses Maine's largest expanse of salt marsh. This trip we will seek those earliest of migrants, shorebirds from the Arctic tundra, and post-breeding wanderers. Owned and managed by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and […]

Field Trip: Pine Point & Environs

Scarborough Marsh Eastern Road

*We want to continue to honor the social distancing guidance, which makes carpooling for this longer trip unwise.* Hopefully, we will find the second migrating shorebird wave with this trip. We'll be seeking sandpipers and plovers at this lure for shorebirds fattening up for the long flight south. This area also offers fine viewing of […]