Events

Want to get into birding this spring, during migration season? Along with our weekly Friday bird walks for all skill levels, we’re offering a free bird walk for beginners only. If you’re new to birding or have never been on a bird walk before, this is a great way to get started. You’ll learn to...

Join us for a late spring bird walk in the powerline corridor that crosses Fields Pond Road in Orrington. Shrubby and forest edge habitats provide a unique opportunity to view Prairie Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, American Redstart, and other spring migrants. Views of Northern Harrier, American Kestrel, and other raptors are also possible. Note: This walk...

The ethereal sounds of American Woodcock, Hermit and Wood Thrush, Common Nighthawk, and Whip-Poor-Will can be heard after sunset within the Walden Parke Preserve, a Bangor Land Trust property. Join us for an evening walk to look and listen for them, along with other crepuscular species. Mosquitoes enjoy warm evenings too, so please come prepared...

Please join us to elect chapter board members and officers, followed by a presentation from the 2024 recipient of the Inez Boyd Environmental Research Award (IBERA). Rachel Darling, a Ph.D. candidate in Wildlife Ecology at the University of Maine, will present updated findings from her ongoing research on the migration patterns of American Woodcock. In...

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...

Interested in learning more about the trees that make Maine so beautiful? Jeff Tarling, Maine Audubon's Urban Forestry Education Specialist, will show participants how to use leaf, bark, twig characteristics, and more to identify our local trees. Jeff will also focus on current and ongoing threats to our native tree species.

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.