Field Trip: Hills Beach

Meeting to be held at Kennebunkport Conservation Trust Birds Do the Darndest Things One of the great pleasures of birding is observing the intimate snippets of birds’ lives.  Usually the birds we see are either perched, flying, or feeding.  But every so often, we glimpse less obvious behaviors, which hold us spellbound—a meadowlark fleeing a…

Chuck Homler leads a field trip along the Saco River. Meet at the railroad station parking lot on Saco Island at 8:30 a.m. to carpool. We will bird from Water St. to Camp Ellis until about 10:30 unless people want to continue later than that. Looking for Peregrine Falcon, Barrow’s Goldeneyes, Common Mergansers, etc. Start…

Derek will lead us around York County looking for those rare birds still around at this time of year. We will look for late fall migrants as well as any rarities in York County. Derek will surely find these rare birds. Meet at the Kennebunk Rest Area off of Rt 95 Southbound at 7:30am. Car Pooling…

Since 1981, naturalist Norman Smith has spent countless days and nights, in every imaginable weather condition, observing, capturing, banding and color marking Snowy Owls at Logan International Airport. Data has been collected on roosting, hunting and behavior while the owls are on their wintering grounds. Most recently satellite transmitters have been attached to owls to…

Join York County Audubon for a bird walk on the grounds of Hamilton House and adjacent Vaughan Woods State Park. Watch for local nesting species and search for late migrants with leader Scott Richardson, a lifelong birder and resident of Berwick. Coffee and donuts in the Hamilton Garden Cottage to follow. Beginners are welcome. Space…