Sanford Sewage Treatment Facility Field Trip
Meet Andrew Aldrich at the plant office. FMI call Scott Richardson at 698-4461.
Continue reading →Harlequin
Harlequin is a pseudonym for content not attributed to a specific author. It echoes the name of the YCAS newsletter, The Harlequin. Watch for Harlequin Ducks along the rocky portions of the York County coast in winter. ¶ The avatar is by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, who sketched and painted the species during the Harriman Alaska Expedition. ¶ "When we got before the glacier, I saw my first pair of harlequins... the glass showed them plainly to be a ♂ + ♀ histrionicus." — L.A. Fuertes, June 7, 1899
Scarborough Marsh Field Trip
Join Doug Hitchcox at the trailhead south of the Audubon nature center. FMI call Al Hodson at 324-4528.
Continue reading →Video: Birding in York County
Birding with Marie Jordan at West Buxton Library 2011 from srctv on Vimeo.
Continue reading →Before Audubon: The Life and Work of Alexander Wilson
Member meeting, Wells Reserve at Laudholm We laud John James Audubon for his remarkable work painting and describing all American bird species known in his era, but he was not the first person to undertake such a project. In this program Paul Wells of West Kennebunk will present an overview of the life of Alexander Wilson, whose own efforts to compile a comprehensive survey of American birds immediately preceded Audubon’s, and have been forever overshadowed by them. Wells will illustrate his talk with examples of Wilson’s art, as well as brief musical excerpts of tunes that Wilson — who is known … Continue reading →
Birds of Monhegan Island
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 his experiences on the island.
Continue reading →Oystercatchers!
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.
Continue reading →Audubon Camp at Hog Island
The Friends of Hog Island are working to keep the much beloved Hog Island Camp thriving and to prevent the island from being sold to a commercial group. Anyone who has been to Hog Island knows it is a very special place that has changed lives including mine. Hog Island is many things to the people who have attended sessions there. When asked, some mention specific adventures such as the study of tide pools, the fantastic world renowned staff, the birds, etc. Others say “My life has been so much richer since I attended” or “The experience of Hog Island … Continue reading →
On the Board: Paul Wells
Paul Wells is a musician, writer, and photographer who retired to West Kennebunk in 2010 after serving for 25 years as the founding director of the Center for Popular Music at Middle Tennessee State University, in Murfreesboro. He grew up on a farm in Cummington, Massachusetts, and credits his late father, Francis, for instilling in him a lifelong interest in birds and the natural world in general. While in Tennessee he was active in the John W. Sellars chapter of the Tennessee Ornithological Society. In addition to being an active birder Wells has a strong interest in the history of … Continue reading →
Songbird Superhighway
Adapted from an article by Jessica Bloch. Rebecca Holberton was the presenter at our 2011 Annual Meeting. It was 8:10 on a mild, clear October 2009 morning on Metinic Island in Penobscot Bay, and a group of University of Maine researchers was already several hours into a shift collecting, banding and analyzing songbirds migrating off the Maine coast. During the fall and spring migration seasons University of Maine graduate student and bird bander Adrienne Leppold lives on Metinic Island off the Maine coast, conducting research there as part of the Northeast Regional Migration Monitoring Network. Through her research, supported by … Continue reading →
Brownfield Bog: June 4, 2011
Brownfield Bog is located near the Maine/New Hampshire border in Brownfield, Maine. It is an ideal location for multiple state listers, lovers of pristine Maine woods, and searchers for specific target species. Without question it is one of the top birding spots of interior New England. Maintained by the State of Maine as the Brownfield Bog Wildlife Management Area, it is comprised of 5,700 acres of shallow wetlands that are bisected by the Saco River and interspersed with forested tracts. Spring migration and the early breeding season are ideal times to visit this site. York County Audubon sponsors a field … Continue reading →