Mid-Coast Audubon

Birds, Critters and Flora: eBird and iNaturalist
2026-06-13 08:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Nelson Nature Preserve
Join us for a visit to the Nelson Nature Preserve in Friendship to look for breeding birds and survey the flora and fauna. Attendees will function as citizen scientists helping Mid-Coast Audubon document the wildlife and plant life on our preserves. We will be using apps on smartphones to record data. If you don’t have a smart phone, you’re still welcome to join. The group size will be limited to 10 people.
Half the group will concentrate on identifying breeding bird behavior and how to use breeding codes on eBird checklists. The other half will identify and document flora and non-bird fauna using iNaturalist. If you have a smart phone, we recommend having both eBird and iNaturalist accounts (free), and the apps installed on your device. Here’s how to get started with eBird, and how to get started with iNaturalist.
All are welcome! You don’t need to be an Audubon member (but we hope you are!) or an experienced naturalist. For questions, or to sign up, please send an email to midcoastfieldtrips at maineaudubon.org with your name and phone number. We will send out information about parking and carpooling in advance.

Annual Membership Meeting
2026-06-26 17:30 - 20:00
** Join us for our annual meeting of Mid-Coast Audubon members! We’ll meet Friday, June 26, at Salt Bay Farm – 110 Belvedere Road, Damariscotta – from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm. Enjoy light food and refreshments, a short business meeting, silent auction, and bird-themed activities!
Thanks to all the members who signed up! See you at 5:30.
Huge thank you to our sponsor Lucky Pigeon Brewing! Check out their line of bird-themed beers!
See you there!

Birds, Critters and Flora: eBird and iNaturalist
2026-06-28 08:00 - 11:00 | Guy Van Duyn Preserve, 825 Friendship Road, Waldoboro, Maine
Join us for a visit to the Guy Van Duyn Preserve in Waldoboro to look for breeding birds and ID the flora and fauna. Attendees will learn how to be citizen scientists helping Mid-Coast Audubon document the wildlife and plant life on our preserves. We will be using apps on smartphones to record data. If you don’t have a smart phone, you’re still welcome to join. The group size will be limited to 10 people.
Half the group will concentrate on identifying breeding bird behavior and how to use breeding codes on eBird checklists. The other half will identify and document flora and non-bird fauna using iNaturalist. If you have a smart phone, we recommend having both eBird and iNaturalist accounts (free), and the apps installed on your device. Here’s how to get started with eBird, and how to get started with iNaturalist.
All are welcome! You don’t need to be an Audubon member (but we hope you are!) or an experienced naturalist. For questions, or to sign up, please send an email to midcoastfieldtrips at maineaudubon.org with your name and phone number. We will send out information about parking and carpooling in advance.

Field Trip: Frances Perkins National Monument
2026-07-18 07:30 - 09:30 | Francis Perkins National Monument, 478 River Road, Newcastle, ME, 04553, United States
Join us for a birding exploration on the grounds of the recently established Frances Perkins National Monument in Newcastle. We’ll explore the trails through gardens, fields and woods that lead to the edge of the Damariscotta River. It will be the tail-end of the breeding season, so we’ll probably encounter some young birds hatched this year and their parents. We’ll also look for early arriving migrant shorebirds along the river.
Directions: We’ll meet in the Frances Perkins National Monument parking lot at 478 River Road Newcastle, ME 04553 at 7:30 AM. For more information about the monument, visit the FPNM website.
This trip will be led by Will Broussard and Jeff Cherry. Please register for this trip by email with your name and phone number. Registering gives us an idea of how many people will be attending and a way to contact you if we need to cancel or reschedule. You can contact Jeff at the above email or by phone (914-489-7870) if you have questions.

Field Trip: Intro to Birding, Salt Bay Farm
2026-07-26 08:00 - 10:00 | Salt Bay Farm, 110 Belvedere Rd., Damariscotta, 04543, United States
This field trip is geared toward novice birders and those who are curious about birding. We’ll cover basic birding equipment and how to use it and then move on to the fundamentals of bird identification. We’ll have loaner binoculars for those without.
This will be a slow-walking event starting at the parking lot, visiting the feeding station and the causeway by the pond, and possibly around the pond back to the parking lot (less than half a mile in total) on mown trails through fields.
Bobolink, Red-winged Blackbird, Eastern Bluebird, American Goldfinch, Tree Swallow, and Song Sparrow are some of the species that we are likely to encounter.
Directions: We’ll meet in the Salt Bay Farm parking lot located at 110 Belvedere Rd, Damariscotta, ME 04543 at 8 am. For more information about this preserve, visit the following link: https://www.coastalrivers.org/trail/salt-bay-farm/
This trip will be led by Jeff Cherry and Will Broussard. Please register for this trip by email with your name and phone number. Registering gives us an idea of how many people will be attending and a way to contact you if we need to cancel or reschedule. You can contact Jeff at the above email or by phone (914-489-7870) if you have questions.

Lobster Bake Fundraiser
2026-08-29 10:00 - 15:30 | Hog Island Audubon Camp, 12 Audubon Road, Bremen, ME, 04551-3233, United States
Mid-Coast Audubon invites everyone to its annual lobsterbake fundraiser at Hog Island Audubon camp with members of the Mid-Coast Audubon Board displaying their cooking talents and available to answer bird questions. Your $85 donation covers boat transportation, a meal of a lobster, potato, and corn-on-the-cob all baked over an open fire on the beach, plus clams, baked onion, lemonade, coffee and dessert, and the opportunity to explore the island before or after eating.
Tickets are on sale now! (click here to order online – our preferred method!)
Only 90 tickets will be sold by August 23, so don’t delay. If necessary, checks can be mailed to Sue Schubel, 12 Audubon Road, Bremen, ME 04568, and must be RECEIVED by August 23rd. Mailed checks should be preceded by an e-mail to Seafood Sue detailing your order. Checks received after the deadline of August 23rd cannot be accommodated.
The boat will depart the Audubon dock, at the end of Keene Neck Road in Bremen, at 10 a.m. (for those who wish to hike the island), and at 11 am; don’t forget to BYOB. Birdwatch, take a hike, swim, watch our Board members build the fire and construct the lobster bake on the beach, or just beachcomb around the island until noon when the lobsters will be served. The return boat will begin ferrying folks at 2 pm and 3:30 pm.
Bring your friends and family for an unforgettable day on a Maine coastal island with a traditional lobster bake. And be sure to stay for the puffin parade! Hope to see you on Hog Island and thank you for supporting Mid-Coast Audubon!
