Bringing Nature Home is Maine Audubon’s new community engagement and habitat-stewardship initiative based on the bestselling book by Doug Tallamy. Join Maine Audubon’s Bringing Nature Home Program Manager, Andrew Tufts, to explore the plants, practices, and perks involved in restoring native food webs in our gardens, yards, and communities. Andrew grew up in Topsham and […]

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 on the Androscoggin River. Meet at 7:30 a.m. […]

As conditions allow, we will be removing invasive plants and doing trail maintenance. Directions: 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 Road onto Foster’s Point Road and follow it nearly […]

We’ll be searching for spring migrants on this new Maine Coast Heritage Trust preserve as we walk easy loops and spurs (up to 2 miles) in an old farm field and upland forest, with views of the Cousins River salt marsh. There are picnic tables and benches along the way, as well as a porta-potty […]

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 off Route 128. FMI Gordon Smith 449-8206 or […]

We’ll search for spring land migrants, as well as waterbirds in Harpswell Cove. Expect to walk easy paths on former Navy security roads (up to 2.5 miles). Meet at 7:30 a.m. at the new town- owned parking lot off Merriconeag Road, .1 mile east of the 4-way Stop at Harpswell Road. The preserve trail begins […]

We’ll walk an easy paved path (up to 3 miles) along the river to observe spring migrants and early breeding birds. Meet 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.