Unless otherwise indicated, all walks are from 7:00 – 8:30 a.m. 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.
Monday, May 8: Indian Trail and Penobscot County Conservation Assn., Brewer
Leaders: Gordon Russell, Jane Rosinski
Meet at Penobscot County Conservation Assn., North Main St.
Wednesday, May 9: Bangor City Forest, Bangor
Leaders: Paul Markson, Gloria Vollmers
Meet at parking lot in BCF at end of Kittredge Rd.
Saturday, May 13 (World Migratory Bird Day): Fields Pond Audubon Center, Holden
Leaders: Matthew D’Angelo, David Lamon
Meet in Fields Pond Audubon Center parking lot.
Note: this walk starts at 8:00, not 7:00.
Tuesday, May 16: Kenduskeag Stream Trail, Bangor
Leaders: Gordon Russell, Jane Rosinski
Meet in the 2nd parking lot upstream of the intersection of Valley Ave. and Bruce Rd.
Wednesday, May 17: Mt. Hope Cemetery, Bangor
Leaders: Jim and Kathy Zeman
Meet in the parking area inside the State St. entrance.
Friday, May 19: Saxl Park, Bangor
Leaders: Laura Levenson, Elizabeth Payne
Meet in Cascade Park parking lot, just off State St.
Saturday, May 20: Technology Park, Orono
Leader: Jerry Longcore
Meet in the parking lot behind the former Nexx-Linx call center building on Godfrey Drive in Orono, across the road from Black Bear Inn.
Monday, May 22: Leonard’s Mills, Bradley
Leader: Bob Duchesne
Meet at the junction of Government Rd. and Rt. 178
Tuesday, May 23: Essex Woods, Bangor
Leaders: Paul Markson, Gloria Vollmers
Meet in the parking lot at the end of Watchmaker Rd.
Wednesday, May 24: West Penjajawoc Preserve, Bangor
Co-sponsored by Bangor Land Trust
Leaders: Elizabeth Payne, Bob Milardo, Lucy Quimby.
Meet at the dead end of Fox Hollow Lane, off Essex St.
Thursday, May 25: University of Maine, Orono
Leaders: Sandi Duchesne
Meet up at the Arboretum in the parking lot behind the Versant Astronomy Center and the Jordan Observatory (driveway extends beyond the intersection of Rangeley Rd. and Long Rd.)
Saturday, May 27: UMaine Bike Path (North End), Old Town
Leader: Matthew D’Angelo
Meet at the Old Town Elementary School, 576 Stillwater Ave.; use parking lot in front of school.
Tuesday, May 30: 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.