Chestnut-sided Warbler ~ photo by Marie Jordan

MEETINGS & FIELD TRIPS

All York County Audubon Society meetings and field trips are free and open to the public except when fees for lodging, admission and/or transportation are incurred.

AUTUMN PROGRAM MEETINGS
Meetings are held in the Mather Auditorium of the Wells Reserve at Laudholm Farm, 342 Laudholm Farm Rd, Wells, ME 04090 unless noted otherwise.

Come early (6:30pm) for social time and refreshments.

Tuesday, September 21, Evening Program Meeting:  " B.A.T.S." 
Speaker: Tom "BATMAN" Cowland. 
7:00pm.  Free.
 
Tom's illustrated talk "Bats Are a Threatened Species" will appeal to all audiences.  As one who has worked with bats for 40 plus years, our "Batman" will share with contagious enthusiasm his knowledge of bat facts and myths.  He will emphasize Maine's migratory species and relate concerns for these beneficial flying mammals.

Tuesday, October 19, Evening Program Meeting: Opportunities for Enjoying Birds in Maine. 
7:00pm.  Free.
Speakers:
Suzanne Kahn Eder: Hog Island Experience.
Bob Duchesne: Places to Bird.
Steve Walker: What the State is Doing.

Sue Eder, Education Director at the Wells Reserve, Bob Duchesne, the driving force behind the creation of our Birding Trail, and Steve Walker, coordinator of the Beginning with Habitat program at the IFW, will bring us up to date on opportunities for birders in Maine.

Wednesday, November 3, Evening Program Meeting: Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America: You, Birds, and Birding by Don and Lillian Stokes.
7:00pm. Suggested $5 per person donation.

Nationally acclaimed bird authors, Don and Lillian Stokes, will present their all new national field guide, The Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America and tell how they designed it for you, the birder of today. More than six years in the making, and with over 3,400 color photos, this is the most comprehensive, national photographic field guide ever published. In their entertaining, multimedia presentation, Don and Lillian will take you behind the scenes into what’s involved in producing a work of this magnitude, teach you how to fast-forward your bird identification skills, and show some of Lillian’s best photos from the book, including some of Maine's famous birds. This event is co-hosted by the Wells Reserve and York County Audubon.

Tuesday, November 16, Evening Program Meeting:  Birds in the Chimney? 
Speaker: Ted Allen.  7:00pm.  Free.
 
A "flying cigar," the Chimney Swift is rarely seen perched. The swift's high-pitched twittering, once a familiar sound during summertime, is now becoming scarce.   Ted Allen, a leader in swift conservation will tell us if the new chimney in Brunswick working.  Come learn about this unique species and what is being done for its conservation. 
 

FIELD TRIPS

Brownfield Bog ~ photo by Marie Jordan

YCAS WEDNESDAY MORNING BIRD WALKS

The Wednesday Morning Bird Walks will continue weekly through October 13. Walks begin at 7:00am. Beginners are welcome! For more information, contact David Doubleday (205-4041) or davidd@roadrunner.com

August 18: Biddeford
August 25: Kennebunk
September 1: Sanford
September 8: Kittery
September 15: Ogunquit
September 22: Sanford
September 29: Saco
October 6: Scarborough
October 13: Sanford


LAUDHOLM FARM SUMMER BIRD WALKS

Wells Reserve: 342 Laudholm Farm Rd., Wells
Meet at the parking lot at Laudholm Farm at 7:30am.

Saturday, August 14 & 28

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