Ethan Whitaker is a retired software developer and entrepreneur who has started and sold multiple companies during his 40-year career. He is a 1980s graduate of Bates College and has authored dozens of Apps for Apple and Google. In 2021, Ethan broke Maine’s Big Year Birding record, finding and identifying 324 species of birds in […]

SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 7:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. (approximate) Please call John Berry at 632-7257 to reserve your spot. Join the search for late winter birds on this all-day outing to coastal New Hampshire and Massachusetts. First stop is Salisbury Beach State Park, where we will look for ducks, loons, grebes and short-eared owls. Then […]

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 […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]