A Chapter of Maine Audubon
*Note new time* There is a significant volunteer effort underway in the mid-coast to monitor the quality of water in our coastal rivers and estuaries. Sarah Gladu, Chair of the Maine Coastal Observing Alliance will discuss the importance of this multi-year citizen science project on Thursday, January 16 at 6:30 pm at the Camden Public […]
How do we know that Earth's climate is changing? How do current trends fit into longer-term, natural cycles of climate change? How will changes in global climate impact us here in Maine? Join us for an informative presentation on establishing the evidence for present-day climate change, and placing it in the context of past climate […]
Join us for our monthly program on November 19 at 6 pm via Zoom (details below). Nick Lund of Maine Audubon will discuss how bird populations in Maine are continually changing. This presentation covers the changes over the last few decades and discusses which species are disappearing and which are increasing. Nick will also look […]
Join us for our monthly program on February 18 at 6 pm via Zoom (details below). Maine Audubon's Staff Naturalist, Doug Hitchcox, will give a lively visual presentation about a trip he and 10 Audubon members took to Costa Rica, a birding paradise, in January 2020. This travelogue will follow the group's travels day by […]
Join us for a photographic journey across North America to see the oldest trees and forests starting high up in the White Mountains of California, where we will learn about 5,000-year-old Bristlecone Pines. How do some trees live for thousands of years? Our journey then takes us to see other trees, including Whitebark and Foxtail […]
Every spring and fall, the night sky comes alive with the sound of migration as songbirds join geese, ducks, herons, gulls, shorebirds, and more in an epic exodus that is one of the great natural wonders of the world. For the last several years, author, conservationist and bird migration enthusiast Eric Masterson has been operating […]
Join us for a program featuring video, sound, stories from the field, and several dozen new images from Paul Bannick's award-winning and best-selling bird book: Owl: A Year in the Lives of North American Owls. Paul uses intimate yet dramatic images to follow owls through the course of one year and in their distinct habitats. […]
Join us for an evening with author Jim Wright whose book, The Real James Bond, tells the story of the Philadelphia ornithologist whose name was stolen by Ian Fleming for the dashing 007. The real James Bond spent his summers in Maine his whole life. He and his uncle even wrote a field guide to […]
A citizen’s guide to helping the birds of Maine Join us to learn about the common reasons why birds are admitted to Avian Haven Wild Bird Rehabilitation Center in Freedom and what public citizens can do to help our local birds. We'll discuss the facilities and recent cases at Avian Haven. 2021 admissions included orphaned […]
