York County Audubon is a chapter of Maine Audubon.
Upland Sandpiper - photo by Bill Blauvelt Our June walk in our tour of different habitats will take us to the Kennebunk Plains, a unique habitat that supports a variety of birds and plants that are not found anywhere else in the state. This includes Maine's largest colony of Grasshopper Sparrows, and healthy populations of...
Above: A male Bobolink, a bird often seen and heard at the Wells Reserve Join us at the Wells Reserve at Laudholm Farm every other Saturday this summer starting May 16th for a guided bird walk around the Reserve property. Beginners are welcome. Please bring binoculars if you have them. We’ll have some “loaners” available...
Above: A Brown Thrasher, a bird often seen and heard at the Wells Reserve Join us at the Wells Reserve at Laudholm Farm every other Saturday this summer for a guided bird walk around the Reserve property. Beginners are welcome. Please bring binoculars if you have them. We’ll have some “loaners” available as well. These...
A Green Heron stalking - photo by Phil Stone Our July walk in our tour of different habitats will take us to the Orris Falls Conservation Area in South Berwick. It's a a 213 acre preserve with 3.76 miles...
Above: A Cedar Waxwing, a bird often seen and heard at the Wells Reserve - photo by Seth Davis. Join us at the Wells Reserve at Laudholm Farm every other Saturday this summer for a guided bird walk around the Reserve property. Beginners are welcome. Please bring binoculars if you have them. We’ll have...
Above: A Barn Swallow, a bird often seen at the Wells Reserve Join us at the Wells Reserve at Laudholm Farm every other Saturday this summer for a guided bird walk around the Reserve property. Beginners are welcome. Please bring binoculars if you have them. We’ll have some “loaners” available as well. These walks are...
A Ruddy Turnstone in the wrack at South Point in Biddeford Pool - photo by Bill Grabin It may be peak summer but believe it or not, fall shorebird migration is in full swing! Dave Tucker will lead our August bird walk at Hills Beach in Biddeford, one of the best locations in Maine to...
An Orangequit, an endemic species in Jamaica - photo by Doug Hitchcox In March 2026, Maine Audubon led a birding tour to Jamaica, one of the hotbeds of avian endemism in the West Indies with at least 28 species that can be found there and nowhere else. This week long tour visited some of the...
An Ovenbird at the For All Forever Preserve - photo by Ken Janes Kennebunk Land Trust's For All Forever Preserve is a delightful birding spot in West Kennebunk, not far from the Kennebunk Plains. The 111-acre preserve contains forest as well as wetland areas, fields, and a mile of frontage on the Mousam River. 162...
A Northern Gannet Join us for a walking tour of multiple Biddeford Pool hot spots! We will meet at 8am at the Biddeford Beach parking lot (search for "Gilbert Boucher Park" in maps) and travel a loop that will allow us to observe several habitats during the tail end of fall migration. We will take...
Bird watcher (and sound artist) Dianne Ballon has been wanting to present An Evening with William Brewster ever since she found a copy of Concord River: Selections from the Journals of William William Brewster in 1883 Brewster, Harvard University Press, 1937. His observations and explorations are quietly extraordinary. William...
A male Rose-Breasted Grosbeak at a feeder in Kennebunk. Keep your feathered friends happy this winter by treating them to tasty and fresh premium quality bird food and help support two of your favorite environmental organizations. Proceeds from our annual sale support programs of both York County Audubon and the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve....