Once inside the front door of the Nature Center, summer visitors to the Fields Pond Audubon Center have been greeted by a display of Monarch Butterflies. Beginning as either eggs or small caterpillars, we collected these from the plethora of milkweed plants that grow all around the Nature Center. …
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It’s Mayhem: Maine Audubon is busting out all over
In the same way that blossoms started to unfurl and migratory birds began to appear, so too did restless Maine Audubon staffers, tentative at first, and then all at once in a glorious riot of activity. May was the busiest month we’ve seen in ages, in terms of our interaction with the public. …
Migration tracking tools come to Maine Audubon
Maine Audubon is joining a massive international effort to track animal movements through automated radio telemetry, a project called the Motus Wildlife Tracking Network. It's already teaching us new things about how birds and other animals are moving through Maine. Motus, from the Latin for …
A Fields Pond Mystery Solved: “Libellule!”
A Fields Pond Mystery Solved: “Libellule!” Since this past March, the Fields Pond Audubon Center has been engaging the public in a “mystery.” Each week hikers find a new set of clues along one of the Sanctuary's trails. These clues are part of a “mystery animal trail” designed to engage and …
Young Birders Club takes flight at Fields Pond
When I was a kid, I loved collecting things. Baseball cards and bottle caps were my top items. I spent hours combing roadsides for discarded bottle caps, looking for unique finds to add to my collection. I swapped, traded, and sorted baseball cards with my friends, developing sets of All-Star …
“Requiem” Sound Installation Opening at Fields Pond Audubon Center
Listening to Steve Norton's soundscape composition Requiem is both peaceful and unsettling at the same time. Unusual bird songs mix with frog croaks here and there, sounds come together, then pause. “A lot of people think it's relaxing and beautiful,” says Norton, “but some people tear up and …
Fields Pond: People and programs highlight 2019
It was a year of firsts and foremosts for Fields Pond Audubon Center in Holden. The center continues to grow its programming and we welcome both old faces and new folks every week. These are just a few of the highlights from 2019. New staff: We welcomed environmental educator Sophie DeMaio to …
What is an Insect BioBlitz?
What's one of the best ways to spend a beautiful Saturday in July? Catching “bugs” at Fields Pond! And that's exactly what more than two dozen of us did on Saturday July 13th at the Fields Pond Insect BioBlitz. Armed with nets, magnifying lenses, and clear jars, we documented everything from …
Everything’s coming up groundhogs
Don't we all feel like popping our heads up and looking around in February? Come out for some fresh air to Maine Audubon programs and events at our centers in Holden and Falmouth. February 1 at 7 pm, Fields Pond Audubon Center will host naturalist Lynn Havsall for Groundhog Eve. Lynn will share …