May 19 2015, – Photography Through A Positive Lens.  Steve Morello has been a professional nature photographer for over 30 years and has photographed for many prestigious publications including National Geographic, The New York Times, and World Wildlife Fund. Steve is a photo instructor for Lindblad / National Geographic Expeditions and teaches at the National Audubon Society’s Camp at Hog Island in Maine.  Come share his images from around the world and learn how having the right attitude about your photography is just as important as knowing about F-stops and shutter speeds. Some of the topics you will explore are … Continue reading →

SORRY, THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. Just in time for their spring arrival, Maine Audubon’s Staff Naturalist Doug Hitchcox will hold a two hour workshop to teach you various techniques for identifying the gems of our forest: warblers. We will look at the diversity of the family, keys for identifying each species, and even spend time learning the songs and auditory cues to take your birding to the next level.  The workshop will be held in the Mather Auditorium at the Wells Reserve on Friday, April 24th from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.  The Friday evening workshop will be followed … Continue reading →

Tuesday, March 17, 7:00pm in the Mather Auditorium at the Wells Reserve:  Japan in Winter: a Crane and Sea-Eagle Spectacle! Presented by Marie Jordan.   Japan has several claims to fame as a travel destination, but relatively few people think of the country as a wildlife destination-in winter!  Highlights of Marie’s trip included thousands of Hooded and White-naped Cranes found on the fabulous island of Kyushu, third largest of Japan’s four islands, and the dancing Red-crowned Cranes and majestic Steller’s Eagles on the larger island of Hokkaido.   She will include other bird species, interesting places and sights seen as she traveled through … Continue reading →

York County Audubon is pleased to be sponsoring a gull workshop with Derek Lovitch.  It will be in two parts:  an indoor workshop on Saturday Feb 7th at the Wells Reserve, and a Sunday morning field session in Portland.  Space is limited and registration is required.  Please click on the link on the calendar page or under “What’s Coming Up” for full details.

Our two annual CBC’s will be here soon.  If you’d like to join us, please get in touch. The Southern York County CBC (in the York/Cape Neddick area) will be on Monday, December 15th, 2014.  FMI, contact Pat Moynahan, 284-5487 or pmmoynahan@maine.rr.com. The Biddeford/Kennebunkport CBC will be held on Saturday December 27th, 2014 (snow date: Sunday, Dec 28th).  FMI: contact Marie Jordan at 799-1408 or mijord@maine.rr.com. .

Program to be presented in the Mather Auditorium at the Wells Reserve at Laudholm Farm Come early to socialize Come earlier to sit in on the Board Meeting Program is free and open to the public, and starts at 7 p.m. Experience Australia as Marie Jordan shares her Australian travel and birding experiences in the areas around Cairns, Queensland, and the Northern Territory.  Her piquant presentation will fuel our minds as she takes us down under to see beautiful unique birds – Honeyeaters and Parrots as well as Kingfishers and Kookaburras. We will also view the unique scenery and Aborigine … Continue reading →

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The great blue heron is often touted as one of the most widespread and adaptable birds in North America. Here in Maine they are certainly widespread, but recent data has suggested a decline in their breeding population especially along the coast. Concerns over a population decline prompted the Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to conduct a comprehensive survey of breeding colonies in 2009, and to begin a statewide adopt-a-colony program called the Heron Observation Network. Join Danielle D’Auria, a wildlife biologist with MDIFW’s Bird Group, to learn more about Maine’s largest colonial wading bird as well its close … Continue reading →