We’ll visit coastal birding sites in Cape Elizabeth including: Portland Head Light, Dyer’s Cove, Two Lights State Park and Kettle Cove. Meet at Brunswick Hannaford (to carpool) at 8:00 a.m. with Gordon Smith, 449-8206; or 9:00 a.m. at Portland Head Light with Andrew Gilbert, 207-329-7525. Note: The times are updated from those printed in our […]

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.

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. […]

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 […]

****CANCELED**** (See news post)   Winter in Reid State Park offers wonderful opportunities to search for coastal birds including grebes, loons, and scoters. Join Doug Suitor to also look for Purple Sandpipers and wintering songbirds. Dress warmly. Bring lunch or a snack. Meet at the Bath Shopping Plaza parking lot, across from McDonald’s, to carpool […]

****CANCELED**** (See news post) Join the search for wintering birds on this all-day outing to coastal Massachusetts. First stop is Salisbury Beach State Park, where we will look for wintering ducks, loons, grebes and Short-eared Owls. Iceland and Glaucous Gulls will be the target birds in Newburyport. Then on to the Parker River National Wildlife […]

****CANCELED**** (See news post)   This program explains what to expect in all seasons, including how to attract birds while avoiding problems, and explores what birds are in the woods just beyond the backyard fence. Bob currently writes a weekly birding column for the Bangor Daily News and a monthly Woods & Waters column for […]

****CANCELED**** (See news post)   We’ll search access points in Bowdoinham and along Brown’s Point Road for waterfowl and early land migrants. Meet 8:00 A.M. at the Town Landing Mailly Waterfront Park in Bowdoinham. FMI Gordon Smith at 449-8206.

****CANCELED**** (See news post)   On this annual “Welcome-to-Spring” outing, we hope to see Brant and other migrating waterfowl, snipe, sandpipers, herons, egrets, ibis and sparrows. Bring lunch or a snack. Meet at the Bath Shopping Plaza parking lot, across from McDonald’s, at 7:00 a.m. to carpool, or at Brunswick Hannaford at 7:20 a.m. FMI […]