The dog days of summer are here, and we're all looking for any way to beat the heat. For many, that's meant a canoe or kayak trip at Scarborough Marsh, and we're so thankful that we've been able to rent boats, lead tours, and show people the beauty of the marsh during these challenging times. Our …
News & Notes
Bringing Nature Home: Native Plants Grown From Seed
In the five years that Maine Audubon has been promoting and selling native plants, we have also been growing many of our favorite pants from seeds. Propagating our own plants this natural way is more economical, uses less fossil fuel, sustains natural genetics of straight species, and ensures our …
Bringing Nature Home: Size up midsummer plants and plan for fall planting
The COVID-19 pandemic may have wiped out our fifth annual in-person Native Plants Sale & Festival, but it has still been a wildly successful year for the “Bringing Nature Home” initiative. We launched the new Maine Native Plant Finder website in May, and look forward to an expanded 2.0 version …
Great Black Hawk Statue unveiled in Portland
The Great Black Hawk which found its way during the winter of 2018-19 from Central America to Portland, and then into the hearts of thousands of admirers, is now a permanent resident. A bronze statue of the wayward raptor was unveiled in its favorite haunt, Deering Oaks Park, on Friday, July …
Become a moth manager to support wildlife
If you have been following Maine Audubon's and other organizations' social media (follow our Moth Week fun on Instagram!) regarding National Moth Week, you may have fallen in love with a moth or two. And back in June, Aislinn Sarnacki of the Bangor Daily News wrote an article about how to find and …
The 2020 Maine Annual Loon Count a great success!
Thanks to the many people who made the 2020 Loon Count a success for its 37th year! So many people work well in advance of the actual count day to make it happen. One of those is Conservation Biologist Tracy Hart, who runs the annual count. She's been working all year to get the online portal up …
2020 Annual Birdseed Sale
It's our annual bird seed sale with lowest prices of the year on all in-stock bird seed. Also, members will get 20% off on in-stock bird feeding hardware, feeders, and accessories. Pre-order online by Friday, August 28 at 4 pm. (Online sales opening soon.) Pick up at Gilsland Farm Audubon …
Family Fun Connections: Spiderwebs
What shape is a spider web? Orb webs, with their wheel-like spokes, are probably what most quickly comes to mind. But if you've walked across a dewy lawn recently, chances are you passed by the funnel-shaped web of a grass spider. These webs really stand out on misty or dewy summer mornings and they …
Volunteers needed to survey aquatic life in streams in the Sebago Lake area
Do you like to explore? Walk through streams? Care about water quality? If so, we have a wonderful new opportunity for you! The Lakes Environmental Association and the Portland Water District are teaming up with Maine Audubon and the Department of Environmental Protection to recruit community …