SUMMER SOLSTICE WILDLIFE RAMBLE

This will be a leisurely walk through portions of the Caribou Bog Conservation Area (CBCA), an Orono Land Trust property where volunteers are rehabilitating the former Taylor Bait Farm ponds to provide improved habitat for ducks, shorebirds, wading birds, and other species that breed and feed around ponds and freshwater marshes. The hiking trails between the ponds host a wide variety of resident and migratory bird species, notably black-billed cuckoo, warblers, woodpeckers, and the occasional raptor. CBCA can be a good spot for mammal sightings as well, including otters that swim in the ponds and cavort along the banks. Directions: from Forest Avenue in Orono, follow Taylor Road (aka the “Dump Road”) 0.3 miles to a slight left onto Putnam Road. We will meet in the trailhead parking area in front of the gate.
Leader: Shane Barker
(rain date June 22)