York County Audubon is a chapter of Maine Audubon.
Internationally known for his amazing photos of the night sky, Kirk Rogers also takes beautiful photos of birds and wildlife. Please join us for a talk about birding with lenses and observing the heavens with cameras and telescopes. Kirk’s photos will help us appreciate our place in the grand scheme of the universe.
Join a guided, relaxed Bird Walk at the Wells Reserve at Laudholm Farm. The diverse habitat allows for many possible sightings from shorebirds to warblers. Summer residents include Brown Thrasher, Bobolinks, Eastern Towhee and many others. All skill levels welcome. Meet in the Parking Lot at 7:30 a.m.
As the coordinator for the American Oystercatcher Recovery Project, Shiloh Schulte is responsible for working with diverse partner organizations to identify and foster reserach and management programs that will aid the recovery of beach nesting species. His program will illustrate this exciting work.
Join long-time Maine birder Bill Hancock in exploring the beautiful Intervale Marshes of New Gloucester in search of some of the reclusive species characteristic of southern Maine’s freshwater wetlands, such as Virginia Rail, Sora, American Bittern, and Marsh Wren. You’ll see a lot of other birds as well in this wonderful habitat designated as a…
Member meeting, Wells Reserve at Laudholm Located 12 miles off Mid-coast Maine, Monhegan Island has become a top destination for birders because of it beauty, amazing avian diversity and magnetism for rare birds. Join local birder Doug Hitchcox as he talks about how to bird the island and shares pictures tied to amazing stories from…
The field trip to Thornhurst Farm has been canceled. We apologize for any inconvenience. Targets: Geese and more Thornhurst Farm on Route 115 in North Yarmouth is just over the Yarmouth line and known as an annual stopover for hundreds of migrating geese. Here’s a story on it from the Press Herald: http://www.pressherald.com/archive/rare-geese-draw-crowds-to-maine_2009-11-03.html
Join Doug Hitchcox at the Church on the Cape, Cape Porpoise, to find out about eBird. Submit your sightings. Contribute to science. Please call Dave Doubleday if you plan to attend. 967-4486