York County Audubon is a chapter of Maine Audubon.
Mather Auditorium, Wells Reserve at Laudholm Presented by Evan Adams, Migratory Bird Program Director at the Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI) in Gorham We are aware that mercury is a pollutant. But what do we know about its effects on wildlife? The BRI has recently summarized a decade’s worth of research on mercury contamination in songbirds…
Mather Auditorium, Wells Reserve at Laudholm All are welcome to the YCAS board meeting, to be held at 5pm before the monthly program. A film by Shawn Carey and Jim Grady of Migration Productions. Each year millions of shorebirds make an amazing round-trip journey between the Northern and Southern hemisphere. Migration Productions’ newest video, “Epic…
Mather Auditorium, Wells Reserve at Laudholm We all remember when some aspect of bird behavior caught our attention. Naturalist, educator and registered Maine Guide Mike Shannon will illustrate ways that knowledge of basic bird behavior enhances our understanding of birds and aids us in identification. Mike is retired from Unity College where he taught ornithology….
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
The Highland Farm Preserve recently opened to the public after being conserved by York Land Trust. Bird the shrublands, forest edge, fields, and marsh habitats with Lyman Page. Meet at the Highland Farm parking area on Route 91 in York. Hosted by York Land Trust. Reservations are requested. For more information, visit the York Land…
York County Audubon teams up with the Center for Wildlife and the Wells Reserve at Laudholm to celebrate wildlife and their habitats! Join us for lots of family fun with live animal presentations (10am and 12pm), tracking walks (11am and 1pm), and a wildlife project to take home. Explore the trails and treasures of the…
Mather Auditorium, Wells Reserve at Laudholm Did you know Maine’s most diverse waterbird colony sits right in Saco Bay, at Stratton Island? Do you know how YCAS supports this program? Paula Shannon, Seabird Sanctuary Manager for the National Audubon Society’s Seabird Restoration Program, will discuss the bird life of Stratton Island and how the National…
Derek and Jeannette Lovitch of Freeport Wild Bird Supply spent 3 weeks in November 2010 on a boat touring the islands of the southern ocean and the Antarctic Peninsula. Join us for a multimedia presentation of their voyage which included the Falkland Islands, South Georgia, South Orkney Islands, and Antarctic Peninsula. Enjoy penguins, albatrosses, seals,…
Marie Jordan is a popular presenter of bird programs. She is an enthusiastic York County Audubon board member who spends hours in the field with binoculars, telescope, and camera. Her photos are fantastic and she will share her extensive knowledge of birds. In her spare time Marie travels extensively. Just back from a trip to…
Stephanie Martin is the programs coordinator for the non-profit Friends of Maine Seabird Islands. Learn how volunteers work with the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge in its efforts to conserve, protect, and enhance a rich diversity of coastal habitats, seabirds, and other wildlife. Think puffins, terns, razorbills, guillemots, and other seabirds! Since the refuge…
Thanks, Daniel Gaucher, for producing this great video!
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…
Meeting location: Nubble Light, York Start and end times subject to change. FMI: Dave Doubleday (207) 205-4041 (C)
Field trip with Mike Windsor, naturalist at Maine Audubon. Meet at Nubble Light in York at 8 am and be prepared to carpool to hotspots along the southern coast—the Nubble, Cliff House, Marginal Way—continuing to Fortunes Rocks and Biddeford Pool if time permits. Contact Pat Sanborn.
This is great food for the birds that can be put out all year. Ingredients 1 Cup Lard (shortening may work if you cannot get lard) 1 Cup Peanut Butter Melt in pot large enough to stir in the following: 2 Cups of Oatmeal (regular – not instant) 2 Cups Cornmeal 1 Cup Flour 1/3…
The 2011-2012 Biddeford-Kennebunkport CBC will be held December 31. If you are interested in joining us, please contact count compiler Marie Jordan at 207-799-1408.
The 2011-2012 York County CBC will be held December 19. If you are interested in joining us, please contact count compiler Pat Moynahan at 284-5487.
The first egg was found during Memorial Day weekend. A Piping Plover egg on Hills Beach! What a treat for some of us that live on this sand spit in Saco Bay. We have waited for years. The young man who found the egg was very excited and shared the news with his mom who…
Download the Autumn 2011 issue of our quarterly newsletter, The Harlequin.
Join Derek Lovitch for the annual Rarity Roundup in southern York County. Meet at the I-95 Kennebunk southbound rest area. FMI call Pat Moynahan at 284-5487.