Field Trip: Salisbury Beach & Plum Island

****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 […]

Public Program: Backyard Birding, Bob Duchesne, speaker

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

****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 […]

Field Trip: Waterfowl of Bowdoinham

****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.

Field Trip: Scarborough Marsh/Biddeford Pool

****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 […]

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

****CANCELED**** (See news post) We’ll explore these two Town-owned properties for early 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. Fol- lowing, we’ll visit the nearby Bay Bridge Landing Wetland Park on the Androscoggin River. […]

Field Trip: Kate Furbish Preserve (West), Brunswick

We will search for Fall land migrants, as well as shorebirds in Harpswell Cove. Expect to walkeasy paths on former Navy security roads (up to 2.5 miles total). Meet at 7:30 a.m. at the trailhead off Merriconeag Road in Brunswick Landing across from the golf course clubhouse. There is limited parking (up to six cars) […]

Field Trip: Curtis Farm Preserve/Mitchell Field, South Harpswell

We will explore Curtis Farm Preserve for Fall land migrants, as well as shorebirds in Basin and Curtis coves. Expect to walk on easy trails. Following, at Mitchell Field we will walk a gravel woods path and view Middle Bay. Meet at 7:00 a.m. at the Curtis Farm Preserve lower parking lot off Basin Point […]