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February 2020
Field Trip: Reid State Park, Georgetown
Reid Sate Park is a magnificent site in winter. We’ll search for coastal birds including grebes, loons and scoters. A Snowy Owl is always a possibility, as are various winter finches. Meet at 9:00 A.M. at the Park’s main parking lot overlooking The Lagoon. FMI Gordon Smith at 449-8206.
Find out more »Work Day: Hamilton Sanctuary, West Bath
Apple tree pruning and invasive species removal. This Sanctuary offers visitors 2.5 miles of well-maintained trails, thanks to the help of a volunteer stewardship committee. Directions: Take the New Meadows exit off US Route 1 in West Bath. Turn left onto New Meadows Rd. and go straight ahead to the stop sign. New Meadows Rd. turns into Foster Point Rd. Follow Foster Point Rd. nearly to it’s end. You will see the Sanctuary sign and a parking lot on the…
Find out more »Public Program: Antactica & Chile, Jeff Stann, speaker
Location: Curtis Memorial Library, Morrell Room, Brunswick. Jeff Stann will recount a trip he made to Western Antarctica in 2019. Including a stopover in southern Chile, he saw five penguin species among a total list of approximately 120 birds. He has birded from Argentina to Alaska over the years. Visiting Antarctica was of particular interest to Jeff, since he had written about the history of scientific exploration in the Pacific and Southern oceans during a prior life at the Smithsonian.…
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