Events & Programs: Fields Pond

• Thursday May 23, 2013 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
• Fields Pond
• Members: $10.00 - Non-members: $15.00

Float along the lake shore, as waning day becomes moonlit night. Loons, eagles, and bats may grace your trip. Bring your own canoe/kayak or rent one of ours.

• Friday May 24, 2013 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
• Friday evening program paired with Saturday field trip
• Fields Pond
• Members: $10.00 - Non-members: $15.00

Picture: Justin Henry via Flicker

Come explore these unique ecosystems through a two-part program that combines an evening presentation with a hands-on field trip to the magnificent Orono Bog.  Learn about the role of peatlands in the biosphere and investigate the Orono Bog from top to bottom (including collecting peat samples from 20 feet under the boardwalk).  
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• Saturday May 25, 2013 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
• Fields Pond
• Members: $5.00/family - Non-members: $10.00/family

Join FPAC Environmental Educator, Cyndi Kuhn, for a morning of nature explorations. We’ll start in the Discovery Room then head outside for an amazing sensory experience! Suitable for the whole family.

• Friday Jun 14, 2013 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
• Fields Pond
• Free

Sponsors and birders alike are welcome to this rollicking potluck dinner. Come with a dish and birding stories! Or, come with a dish and listen to birding stories. Some of the teams even put on skits. Winning teams will be announced. All ages welcome.

• Thursday Jun 20, 2013 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
• Fields Pond
• Members: $10.00 - Non-members: $15.00

Float along the lake shore, as waning day becomes moonlit night. Loons, eagles, and bats may grace your trip. Bring your own canoe/kayak or rent one of ours.

• Friday Jun 21, 2013 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
• Fields Pond
• Members: $7.00 - Non-members: $10.00

Join us on this longest day of the year for a celebration of nature in summer. Enjoy a little storytelling, a little natural history, and a twilight walk. All ages are welcome.

• Saturday Jun 22, 2013 7:00 am – 12:00 pm
• Bangor City Forest
• Members: $20.00 - Non-members: $30.00

Need help improving your sparrow identification skills? Sparrows are small and not very “flashy” so they can be challenging to recognize. Join us for a tour of Orono Bog, Prospect, and Frankfort visiting the bog, Mendall Marsh and nearby blueberry barrens. In addition to the more common sparrows, we’ll look for Lincoln’s, Vesper’s and Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrows.

Leader: John Wyatt

• Saturday Jun 29, 2013 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
• Fields Pond
• Free

Come join us for a day of good company and good work as we walk the trails and repaint the trail blazes. Snacks provided.

• Saturday Jul 13, 2013 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
• Fields Pond
• Price: $3.00/proceeds go to North American Butterfly Count
• Children under 10 free

Help count butterflies for the North American Butterfly Count. Counts are held nationwide, and the Fields Pond Butterfly Count supplies important data about declines or increases of butterfly populations. Anyone interested in counting (and identifying) butterflies on that date elsewhere within the count circle should contact Pat Snyder for details at 567-3137 or dorine38@aol.com. The circle is 7.5 mile radius centered on Fields Pond.

• Monday Jul 15, 2013 – Friday Jul 19, 2013
  9:00 am – 3:00 pm
• Fields Pond
• Child Members: $200 Child Non-members: $250

Take it Outside…Explore, Play, and Learn this Summer with Fields Pond day camps!

Time to don your explorer’s cap and take it outside to discover the thrill of adventure as we explore the different ecosystems here at Fields Pond. Experience the diversity of life and habitat in a different ecosystem each day. Come explore our wonderful world and enjoy the thrill of exercising your body and your mind!

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• Monday Jul 15, 2013 – Monday Aug 26, 2013
  10:00 am – 11:00 am
• Mondays
• Fields Pond
• Child Members: $50.00 Child Non-members: $60.00

The summertime is made for getting out into nature! Parents with children ages 2 to 4 come to a nature-based program with movement, stories, art projects and an outdoor adventure. Parents participate too. Be prepared to be outside nature detectives for a portion of each program.

• Wednesday Jul 17, 2013 8:00 am – 9:30 am
• Fields Pond
• Members: $7.00 - Non-members: $10.00

Summer nights at Fields Pond are magical.

Join us for a guided exploration of the nocturnal world that most of us never experience.

• Friday Jul 19, 2013 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
• Fields Pond
• Members: $10.00 - Non-members: $15.00

Float along the lake shore, as waning day becomes moonlit night. Loons, eagles, and bats may grace your trip. 

Bring your own canoe/kayak or rent one of ours.

• Monday Jul 29, 2013 – Friday Aug 2, 2013
  9:00 am – 3:00 pm
• Fields Pond
• Child Members: $200.00 Child Non-members: $250.00

Join us as we take it outside to savor and amaze at how big and small our wonderful world is. From exploring our climax forest to micro-hikes, you’re camper will be on a roller coaster of magnificent proportions as we move through big ideas like interdependence on down to microscopic larvae in the pond. 

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• Monday Aug 5, 2013 – Friday Aug 9, 2013
  9:00 am – 3:00 pm
• Fields Pond
• Child Members: $200 Child Non-members: $250

Time to take it outside…

What could be more valuable than an appreciation of art and nature? An appreciation of art IN nature! Let all of Fields Pond be your muse as we couple explorations and observations in nature with expressions of creative freedom. Campers will take it outside to draw, paint, build, write and act their way through an amazing week looking at our wonderful world through an artist’s lens.

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• Monday Aug 5, 2013 – Friday Aug 9, 2013
  9:00 am – 3:00 pm
• Fields Pond
• Child Members: $200.00 Child Non-members: $250.00

Water will drive our adventures this week, steering us into motion on a global and local level. Activate your body and mind as we take it outside to explore the properties of our watershed and assess its value as an important part of our wonderful world. Experience your journey as a drop of water, a frog in a pond, and a fish in the river. Enjoy visits from guest scientists dedicating their time to improving water quality for all living things.

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• Saturday Aug 10, 2013 8:00 am – 9:30 am
• Fields Pond
• Members: $7.00 - Non-members: $10.00

Summer nights at Fields Pond are magical.

Join us for a guided exploration of the nocturnal world that most of us never experience.

• Wednesday Aug 21, 2013 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
• Fields Pond
• Members: $10.00 - Non-members: $15.00

Float along the lake shore, as waning day becomes moonlit night. Loons, eagles, and bats may grace your trip. 

Bring your own canoe/kayak or rent one of ours.