Board Meeting and Program: Monday March 25 Location: Curtis Memorial Library, Morrell Room, Brunswick Board Meeting: 5:30 P.M. - 6:30 P.M. Public Program: 7:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. Guest speaker: Derek Lovitch, “Birding in Jamaica: Island Endemics to Jerk Chicken”. Join Derek and Jeannette Lovitch on their tour through Jamaica as they search for the […]

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 paved/ gravel roads and easy paths (up to […]

Location: Curtis Memorial Library, Morrell Room, Brunswick Annual Meeting: 5:30 P.M. - 6:30 P.M. Public Program: 7:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. Guest speaker: Danielle D'Auria, “Heron Tracking”. Did you ever wonder where Maine’s Great Blue Herons go in winter, and what path they travel to get there? Since 2016, Maine department of Inland fisheries & […]

Field Trip: Work Morning at Hamilton Sanctuary, West Bath As conditions allow, we will be removing invasive plants and doing trail maintenance. vDirections: Take the New Meadows exit off US 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: Green Point Farm WMA, Dresden Expect a wide variety of early 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). vMeet at 7:30 a.m. at Green Point Farm by the green shed […]

Field Trip: Capt. William Fitzgerald Recreation and Conservation Area/ Bay Bridge Landing Wetland Park, Brunswick 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 […]

Field Trip: Brunswick Town Commons Once part of a large 1000 acre “commonage”, this mostly wooded town-owned park harbors many spring bird migrants. Our walking route will be decided based on current conditions, but may include the Coffin Ice Ponds, as well as a restored pitch pine barren. We’ll walk on mostly level woodland paths […]

Field Trip: Big Day by Bike, Brunswick Landing If you have a bicycle–a regular bike, ebike, or even an etrike (for us seniors!)–and you enjoy birding, this is the trip for you. Our goal is to exceed 100 bird species by day’s end. To make an informed decision concerning your potential participation, please review the […]

Field Trip: Androscoggin River Trail, Lisbon We will walk an easy paved path (up to 3 miles) along the river to observe late spring migrants. vMeet at 7:30 a.m. at the Sabattus River boat launch parking lot off Route 196 at Frost Hill Avenue. FMI Gordon Smith 449-8206.