Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge hosts a large colony of Atlantic puffins. Razorbills, Common and Arctic Terns, Great Cormorants, and Common Eiders also nest here. Other seabirds and raptors are often spotted on or near the island, and we typically get great views of harbor seals and gray seals with their pups. Meet at the […]

Join naturalist Wesley Hutchins for an engaging evening of insect identification and photography. We will set up an insect “light trap” sheet to identify the many different kinds of insects, especially moths, that land on the sheet. They can then be collected off the sheet, by hand or with a pair of tweezers, for identification […]

Hit the trails and join the hunt! Families will complete a series of challenging and fun natural history tasks around the sanctuary.

Learn how to capture, cold stun, and identify bumblebee species that live on the Fields Pond Audubon Sanctuary. Participants will assist Maine Audubon staff in conducting surveys of bumblebees, the only social native bees in North America. You’ll receive training on identifying the common (and some uncommon) species of bumblebee in Maine, and the plants […]

Join Karen Johnson, Maine Master Naturalist, for this leisurely late summer walk to identify goldenrods. Learn to identify the key botanical features that help to differentiate these species. If it’s a good summer, we should be able to find 10 different species!