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.
Continue reading →YCAS will again be awarding a scholarship for the Educator’s Week program, July 19-24, 2015 on famed Hog Island. Check the Scholarship Programs link under the Community Involvement heading above for more information. The application deadline is March 15th.
Continue reading →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. .
Continue reading →Early Bird Pricing through 10/31 Keep your feathered friends happy this winter by treating them to high quality bird food and help support two of your favorite environmental organizations at the same time. Each fall, York County Audubon joins forces with the Wells Reserve at Laudholm to offer this sale. The seed from Blue Seal is fresh from the 2014 crop. There’s a broad selection of seed and suet, and great prices, especially if you order by 10/31. There’s easy access pickup at the Wells Reserve November 13-15th. Please click on this link to access the order form: Seed Sale 2014 … Continue reading →
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. This film was screened recently, at the joint meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union and the Cooper Ornithological Society. It has received outstanding reviews and in July, it won first place in the non-commercial film division and was named “Film of the Year” at the 30th annual Animal Behavior Film Festival in Boulder, Colorado. This amazing film captures the beauty … Continue reading →
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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Continue reading →Join us at the Wells Reserve at Laudholm Farm every other Saturday this summer starting June 14th, for a guided bird walk around the Reserve property. Beginners are welcome. Please bring binoculars if you have them; if not, you can borrow some. These walks are free and open to the public. We meet in the parking lot, and reservations not required. Future dates are 6/28, 7/12 and 7/26, 8/9 and 8/23.
Continue reading →YCAS will again be awarding a scholarship for the Educator’s Week program, July 20-25, 2014 on famed Hog Island. Check the Scholarship Programs link under the Community Involvement heading above for more information. The application deadline is March 15th.
Continue reading →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 →
Officers: President: Bill Grabin Vice-President: Anne Watson Treasurer: Linda Eastman Secretary: Monica Grabin Directors: David Doubleday Ellen Doubleday June Ficker Pat Moynahan Marian Zimmerman Joanne Stevens Bob Watson Scott Richardson Doug Hitchcox Ken Janes At the June 18th Annual Meeting, the chair of the Nominating Committee will present the slate, ask for any nominations from the floor, and request a vote of the membership.
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