A Chapter of Maine Audubon
Our own Board member and local bird expert/author Don Reimer will present a lively Zoom pictorial portrait recounting his monitoring of a turkey vulture pair raising their chicks from egg through fledged independence. The October 15 talk at 6 pm will trace detailed weekly progress at the nest site throughout the 2019 summer nesting season, […]
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 […]
The first comprehensive overview of Maine's incredibly rich bird life in more than seven decades, Birds of Maine by Peter Vickery is a detailed account of all 464 species recorded in the Pine Tree State. Co-editors Barbara Vickery and Scott Weidensaul will discuss what the authors/collaborators found in terms of changes in Maine's bird life […]
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 […]
Been seeing lots of unusual finches this winter? Irruptions of these fascinating birds from the north in recent years inspired Matthew Young to launch the Finch Research Network (FiRN) in fall 2020. Join us for his lively presentation about Redpolls, Evening Grosbeaks, and the distribution and ecology of different Red Crossbill flight calls on our […]
Mid-Coast Audubon is again offering support to schools and libraries to foster natural history learning and exploration by providing equipment and resources to establish a bird feeding station. Schools and libraries in the midcoast area inland from Boothbay Harbor, west to Windsor and China, and east along the coast to Bucksport can apply online. The […]
The Great Salt Bay in Damariscotta hosts one of the best breeding locations for horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) in the state of Maine. Since 2003, taking and possession of horseshoe crabs has been prohibited in the state due to their small populations. Join us on April 15 at 6 pm via Zoom to learn about […]
*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 […]
*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 […]
