Camera Trapping Your Wildlife Neighbors

A trail camera is a rugged, weather-proof camera that can be mounted and left in place for long periods of time. It triggers to take photos or videos when an animal passes in front of it. Janet Pesaturo, nature guide and author, will introduce trail cameras, how they work and how to set them up […]

Field Trip: Reid State Park

Reid State Park 375 Seguinland Rd, Georgetown

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. […]

Field Trip: Florida Lake, Freeport

Florida Lake 82 A Wardtown Rd, Freeport

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. […]

Field Trip: Viles Arboretum, Augusta

Viles Arboretum 153 Hospital St., Augusta, ME, United States

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. […]

Wander the Rockland Waterfront

Please join Mid-Coast Audubon and Maine Audubon for activities this summer in collaboration with Harbor Square Gallery’s exhibit, “Flight Risk: Fine Art for the Birds.” MCA Board member, Will Broussard, will lead us on a gentle walk around Rockland harbor to see what bird species might be found. Bring binoculars if you have them! Meet […]

All About Corvids

Please join Mid-Coast Audubon and Maine Audubon for activities this summer in collaboration with Harbor Square Gallery’s exhibit, “Flight Risk: Fine Art for the Birds.” Mid-Coast Audubon board member, author/birder, Don Reimer, will present a photographic celebration of Maine’s corvids—five intriguing members of the crow family. The talk will focus on corvid biology and behavior, […]

Ornitherapy: Watching birds, not only fun, but good for you!

Learn why getting your daily dose of Ornitherapy is just what the doctor ordered. We’re pushed and pulled in many directions, no matter our age. If we allow birds and nature to slow us down, we are practicing “selfcare”. Research shows that exposure to nature actively reduces stress, depression, and anxiety, while helping build a […]

Field Trip: Popham Beach

Popham Beach State Park

The sandy beaches at Popham Beach attract sandpipers and plovers during migration; likely waterbirds include eiders, loons, grebes, scoters, and guillemots; the adjacent salt marsh is habitat for herons and egrets; and, the forest edges often result in some warbler species. We will meet at Popham Beach State Park at 9 am. For those coming […]

Field Trip: Camden Late Migration

Join us on Oct. 7 for a walk along a seaside property in Camden looking for late season passerines and seabirds. Expect a wide variety of migrant birds in the mixed deciduous and conifer woodlands and gardens including late warblers, sparrows, raptors and wintering sea ducks and other typical seabirds for this date. We will […]