Unless otherwise indicated, all walks are from 7:00 – 8:30 AM. Rubber boots or waterproof shoes are recommended due to wet grass and occasional muddy conditions. In consideration of wildlife and fellow birders, no pets please on the bird walks.
Wednesday, May 7: Indian Trail and Penobscot County Conservation Assn., Brewer
Leaders: Gordon Russell, Jane Rosinski
Meet at Penobscot County Conservation Assn., North Main St.
Saturday, May 10 (World Migratory Bird Day): Fields Pond Audubon Center, Holden
Leaders: David Lamon
Meet in Fields Pond Audubon Center parking lot. This walk starts at 8:00 AM.
Tuesday, May 13: Bangor City Forest, Bangor
Leaders: Paul Markson, Gloria Vollmers
Meet at parking lot in BCF at end of Kittredge Rd.
Wednesday, May 14: Mt. Hope Cemetery, Bangor
Leaders: Jim and Kathy Zeman
Meet in the parking area inside the State St. entrance.
Friday, May 16: Saxl Park, Bangor
Leaders: Laura Levenson, Elizabeth Payne
Meet in Cascade Park parking lot, just off State St.
Monday, May 19: Leonard’s Mills, Bradley
Leader: Bob Duchesne
Meet at the junction of Government Rd and Rt. 178,
Tuesday, May 20: University of Maine, Orono
Leader: Sandi McRae Duchesne
Meet up near the Arboretum in the parking lot between the Emera Astronomy Center and the Jordan Observatory (driveway extends beyond the intersection of Rangeley Rd. and Long Rd.).
Thursday, May 22: Essex Woods, Bangor
Leaders: Paul Markson, Gloria Vollmers
Meet in the parking lot at the end of Watchmaker Rd.
Friday, May 23: West Penjajawoc Preserve, Bangor
Co-sponsored by Bangor Land Trust.
Leaders: Elizabeth Payne, Bob Milardo, Robert Ostrowski. Meet at the dead end of Fox Hollow Lane, off Essex St.
Saturday, May 24: Technology Park, Orono
Leaders: Jerry Longcore, Steve Mierzykowski
Take Godfrey Drive in Orono. Meet in the parking lot behind the building (formerly Nexx-Linx call center) across the road from Black Bear Inn.
Tuesday, May 27: Taylor Rd.- Caribou Bog Conservation Area, Orono
Co-sponsored by Orono Land Trust.
Leaders: Steve Mierzykowski, Gordon Russell
Follow Taylor Rd. 0.3 miles from Forest Ave., left on Putnam Rd., (Orono Landfill Access Rd.) Meet at the trailhead parking area in front of the gate.