A Chapter of Maine Audubon
Join Maine Audubon’s second annual All Chapter Speaker event on Thursday Feb. 5 at 6pm. We’re hosting acclaimed author and naturalist Scott Weidensaul for a discussion about Snowy Owls and his work with Project SNOWStorm. To join us for a lively, free, virtual discussion about these incredible birds, register here. Project SNOWstorm launched in 2013, […]
The Rockland Breakwater is an inviting place to bird in winter if temperature, tides, and wind cooperate. A walk out on the Breakwater takes you into the middle of Rockland Harbor to where the sea birds can be found. In winter, it is a great spot for Purple Sandpipers, loons, grebes, scoters, Common Goldeneyes, Black […]
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 […]
Join us for the next in our series of field trips we're calling Salt Bay Sundays! We’ll walk the trails at Coastal Rivers Salt Bay Farm looking for ducks, sparrows, finches, and any other winter birds. Dress warm! Directions: We’ll meet in the preserve parking lot located at 110 Belvedere Rd, Damariscotta, ME 04543. This […]
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 […]
Thanks so much for all your pre-orders! Set your reminders and alarms for next Saturday to pick up your seed! Pre-ordered seed will be available for pick up on Saturday, March 21, 10 a.m. to noon at the location you specified on your order form - either Plants Unlimited, 629 Commercial St (Route 1) in […]
Join us for the next in our series of field trips we’re calling Salt Bay Sundays! Celebrate the changing of the seasons with a birding adventure at Coastal Rivers Salt Bay Farm. Although it may not feel like it, winter will be over and we may start to see the return of birds like Osprey, […]
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 […]
Join trip leader Jeff Cherry at the GRLT Riverview Hayfields Preserve to look for Savannah Sparrows, Eastern Meadowlarks and other birds that prefer open field and edge habitat. We'll also be on the lookout for American Kestrels and other migrating raptors. Directions: We’ll meet in the Bobolink Trail parking lot located at 89 High Street […]