Field Trip: Popham Beach State Park, Phippsburg

SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 9:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. *** Location Change - Reid SP is closed *** Popham Beach SP is a magnificent site in late winter/early spring. We’ll search for all manner of coastal waterbirds, including scoters, grebes and loons, as well as sanderlings and Purple Sandpipers.Meet at 9:00 a.m. at the Park’s main […]

Program: DEREK & JEANNETTE LOVITCH “Puerto Rico: Birding in the U.S. Tropics”

Morell Rm., Curtis Library, 23 Pleasant St, Brunswick, ME 04011

Join Derek and Jeannette as they recount their birding travels, during the pandemic, to the island of Puerto Rico. As always, Jeannette’s outstanding bird photography will be coupled with Derek’s snapshots of habitat, scenery, culture and conservation.

Field Trip: Brunswick Landing Perimeter Trail, April 22

Saturday, APRIL 22, 7:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Field Trip: Brunswick Landing Perimeter Trail, Pine Street entrance. In addition to observing early returning woodland migrants, we will be on the lookout for hunting Kestrels on the airfield grassland. Also, we’ll be listening for singing Field and Savannah sparrows, as well as Eastern Meadowlarks. We’ll walk […]

Field Trip: Green Point Farm WMA, Dresden

Rain Date: Saturday, APRIL 29, 7:30 A.M. - 11:00 A.M. Expect a wide variety of spring migrants in the woodlands, fields and wild rice flats of this diverse State Wildlife Management Area. We’ll walk easy paths, farm roads and open fields (up to 2 miles). Meet at 7:30 a.m. at Green Point Farm by the […]

Field Trip: Work morning at Hamilton Sanctuary, West Bath

Saturday, April 29 9:00a.m. - 12:00 p.m. As conditions allow, we will be pruning apple trees, removing invasive plants and doing trail maintenance. Directions: Take the New Meadows exit off U.S. Route 1 in West Bath.Turn left onto New Meadows Road and go straight ahead to the traffic signal at Bath Road. Proceed across Bath […]

Field Trip: Capt. William Fitzgerald Recreation & Conservation Area/ Bay Bridge Landing Wetland Park, Brunswick

SUNDAY, MAY 7, 7:30 A.M. - 11:00 A.M. We’ll explore these two Town-owned properties for early spring 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 […]

Field Trip: Brunswick Landing Perimeter Trail, Pine Street entrance

SUNDAY, MAY 14, 7:30 A.M. - 11:00 A.M. In addition to observing early returning woodland migrants, we will be on the lookout for hunting Kestrels on the airfield grassland. Also, we’ll be listening for singing Field and Savannah sparrows, as well as Eastern Meadowlarks. We’ll walk paved/ gravel roads and easy paths (up to 3 […]

Field Trip: Green Point Farm WMA, Dresden

SUNDAY, MAY 21, 7:30 A.M. - 11:00 A.M. Expect a wide variety of spring migrants in the woodlands, fields and wild rice flats of this diverse State Wildlife Management Area. We’ll walk easy paths, farm roads and open fields (up to 2 miles). Meet at 7:30 a.m. at Green Point Farm by the green shed […]

Field Trip: Shorebird Saturday – Wharton Point, Brunswick

SATURDAY, MAY 27, 7:30 A.M. - 9:30 A.M. Join us for Shorebird Saturday as we search for shorebirds and late spring land migrants at Wharton Point (Maquoit Bay) in Brunswick. We will be observing the shorebirds as they begin to forage on the mudflat on the outgoing tide. Any shorebirds we observe will be in […]