A Video of our June 2021 program: Birds of SE Asia: a focus on Cambodian Natural History – with Howie Nielsen
This program was presented on June 15, 2021. Please scroll down to the original post on this program for a full description.
York County Audubon is a chapter of Maine Audubon.
Among the most amazing creatures in the world, more than 40 species of birds-of-paradise live in New Guinea’s swaths of the Indo-Pacific rainforest region, one of the largest intact tropical forested areas on Earth. The stars of the show in National Geographic and PBS Nature TV documentaries, the birds-of-paradise have become icons of New Guinea’s…
Bird Songs? No, not the songs birds sing, the songs she sings about them. Monica Grabin, a folk singer from way back, has known many songs about birds for years, but it was Pat Moynahan who first got her started writing songs of her own about birds and those who love them. Some are funny,…
The 2020 edition of the Maine Register of Big Trees lists 146 champions located throughout the state. Join us to learn about these trees, and how they and other big trees play a significant role in our environment. State champion big trees capture people’s imagination for their size and strength, but there is more to…
The shorebirds – sandpipers, plovers, and their kin – are beautiful, but telling the many species apart can be a confusing challenge for birders. However, the level of confusion was much greater in the early 1800s, when naturalists were struggling to classify all these birds for the first time. Some species were described to science…
This program was presented on Feb 16th, 2021. Scroll down to the original post on this program for a full description.
In 2019, North Yarmouth wildlife artist Michael Boardman was selected to be the artist-in-residence for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Northern Alaska. The landscape has become embedded in Michael’s focus and artwork, and he has returned several times to explore the natural history of the Refuge, recording his experiences through sketching. In May, 2019,…