A Chapter of Maine Audubon
Andre Breton's ambitious bicycle journey began on September 11, 2023, in Cartwright, Labrador, Canada, and ended 284 days later in Ushuaia, Argentina. The primary goals of Climate Zero were twofold: to plant enough trees to zero out his 52-year carbon footprint and to ride a bicycle from 54° north to 54° south, a complete transect […]
An Evening with Kenn Kaufman We are so excited to have field guide author and illustrator, and author of Kingbird Highway, Ken Kaufman join us for an online program. Buff-breasted sandpiper The shorebirds - sandpipers, plovers, and their kin - are beautiful, but telling the many species apart can be a confusing challenge for birders. However, […]
Join us for a presentation by Maine Natural History Observatory ecologist, Logan Parker, focused on nightjar monitoring efforts in Maine. We will learn about the natural history of Maine’s nightjars (Eastern Whip-poor-will and Common Nighthawk), the threats they face, and how you can take part in these exciting monitoring efforts. This will be an in-person […]
Join conservation biologist Geri Vistein, in person at the Camden Library, as she takes you on a journey to discover who this important and resilient carnivore is, in a way you have never heard before. But this presentation is all about us as well, since we share the landscape and our lives with Coyote. Because […]
In the northeastern United States, a unique combination of topography, geography, and geology creates one of the world’s most extreme environments – the summit of Mount Washington. Nowhere else on Earth experiences such consistent sub-zero temperatures, hurricane-force winds, freezing fog, and driving snow. These extreme conditions have earned Mount Washington the title, “Home of the […]
Join us in person at the Camden Public Library for a revelatory journey through four moments in Earth's deep past, and their lessons for our future. The epic stories of our planet's 4.54-billion-year history are written in strata--ages-old remnants of ancient seafloors, desert dunes, and riverbeds striping landscapes around the world. In this original debut […]
In October of 2021, a month after the Ruby-throated Hummingbirds left her gardens in Maine, herbalist and author Deb Soule felt a compelling nudge. The hummingbirds asked Deb to follow their eastern migration route south the following autumn. Without hesitation, she said yes, and asked her friend, poet Laura Brown-Lavoie, to join her. Join us […]
The traits typically used to describe trees—leaves, twigs, and buds—are often hard to see or seasonally absent. Join Michael Wojtech for an exploration of bark, which is always visible, in any season. As you hone your perceptive abilities you will learn about a system for identifying tree species by their bark, and discover why such […]
Wildlife tracking is a useful skill for photographers, hunters, biologists, conservationists, and nature enthusiasts who want a deeper connection with wild creatures. It can involve much more than looking down at tracks. Interpreting trail patterns, scat, claw marks, hair snags, dens, beds, feeding sign, etc. are also useful, and often more revealing, and we will […]