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April 2023
AMERICAN WOODCOCK DISPLAYS
This will be an indoor program at FPAC. Pre-registration required, space is limited Co-sponsored with Fields Pond Audubon Center The display of male American woodcock, termed the "Sky Dance" by Aldo Leopold, is one of the first hallmarks of spring when they migrate back to Maine from their wintering grounds in the southeast US. Field surveys suggest that woodcock have declined over the last half-century. Using new GPS tracking technology, researchers at the University of Maine have been leading efforts…
Find out more »BIRDING THE SOUTHERN OCEAN & ANTARCTICA
PVC board member Bob Milardo will present a travelogue about his recent birding trip to the Falklands, South Georgia, and Antarctica. Species highlights will include footage of multiple penguin colonies, albatrosses, prions, giant petrels, and snow petrels, along with the sheer magic of the Southern Ocean. This will be an indoor program at FPAC.
Find out more »EARLY SPRING BIRDING IN ESSEX WOODS
Leaders: Gloria Vollmers and Paul Markson. This perennial Bangor birding hot-spot has earned the nickname of “Little Penjajawoc,” since it is part of the larger Penjajawoc-Caribou Marsh wetlands ecosystem that covers a huge swath of the greater Bangor region. No matter what you choose to call it, this is always a lively place to look for puddle ducks, marsh species, year-round residents, and early-returning migratory species. Meet in the Essex Woods parking lot at the end of Watchmaker Street, off…
Find out more »EARLY BIRDS IN CARIBOU BOG
Leader: Bob Milardo. Join Bob for a leisurely walk through portions of the Caribou Bog Conservation Area (CBCA), an Orono Land Trust property where volunteers have been rehabilitating the former Taylor Bait Ponds to provide improved habitat for ducks, shorebirds, wading birds, and other species that breed and feed around ponds and freshwater marshes. We’ll keep an eye out for species that typically migrate through our region, resting and feeding up before flying on toward their Canadian breeding grounds. The…
Find out more »May 2023
ANNUAL MEETING AND IBERA PRESENTATION: WOOD TURTLE NESTS IN MAINE
Please join us to elect new board members and officers, followed by a presentation from the 2022 recipient of the Inez Boyd Environmental Research Award (IBERA). Trina Wantman will present findings from her academic research on “Nest site selection and hatchling success of Wood Turtles (Glyptemys insculpta) in central Maine.” Wood turtles are an internationally-listed endangered species and a Priority 1 Species of Concern in Maine, so their ability to successfully reproduce is of great interest to researchers. Trina, a…
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