The Acadia Birding Festival is the largest birding festival in Maine. Becky will cover how the Festival started and offer highlights of its past 13 years. Becky Marvil lives with her family in Yarmouth, Maine. Her background is in Biology, Ornithology and Computer Science. She runs her own computer programming/webpage design business. She is the […]

Join co-leaders Gordon Smith and Peggy Page as we search for fall migrants in the woodlands, fields and wild rice flats of this diverse State Wildlife Management Area.  We’ll walk paths, farm roads and open fields (about 2 miles).  The grassy fields may be wet/dew-covered. Meet at 8:00 a.m. at Green Point Farm by the […]

Join co-leaders Gordon Smith and Peggy Page as we explore these two town-owned properties for fall migrants.  The "Fitzgerald Preserve" is one of the few sandplain grasslands remaining in Maine.  We'll walk easy sandy paths (up to 2 miles) exploring this unusual natural area.  Following, we'll visit the nearby Bay Bridge Landing Wetland Park on […]

Join Merrymeeting Audubon for this fun event.  We’ll be staking out a 17 foot diameter circle, and from within the circle we’ll attempt to observe/hear all birds in the surrounding area.  Observation/listening will begin at dawn and continue until dusk.  Anyone is welcome to join The Big Sit! at any time during the day and […]

As conditions allow, we’ll be pruning, removing invasive plants and doing trail maintenance. Meet at Hamilton Sanctuary. From Route 1 in West Bath, take the New Meadows exit.  Turn left onto New Meadows Road and go straight ahead to the traffic signal at Bath Road.  Proceed across Bath Road onto Foster’s Point Road and follow […]

Join co-leaders John Berry and Gordon Smith as we explore this birding mecca.  We’ll be walking (up to 3 miles) in a variety of habitats, from sandy beaches, to rocky headlands, to woodland paths. Meet at Hermit Island.  From Bath, take Route 209 (High Street) south into Phippsburg.  Continue south on Route 209 (also known […]

Join leader John Berry as we explore Sabattus Pond for migrating waterfowl, including hundreds of Ruddy Ducks, as well as scaup and mergansers. Meet at Martin’s Point Park on Sabattus Pond. From the intersection of Route 9 and Route 126 in Sabattus, take High Street north approximately .4 mile to Elm Street.  Turn right on […]

Few birding locations on the planet offer such spectacular scenery and extraordinary birds as New Zealand. Isolated for millions of years, it features many species–even whole families–of birds found nowhere else. And its surrounding waters teem with albatross, petrels and shearwaters, all easily accessible on coastal pelagic trips. Join local birder Peggy Page as she […]

Join leader John Berry as we search for winter waterfowl in eastern Casco Bay from the Giant Stairs Trail. Meet at the Giant Stairs Trail on Bailey Island. From Harpswell Islands Road (Route 24), turn left onto Washington Avenue.  Proceed approximately .1 mile to a small parking area for 4 or 5 cars at All […]