David Lamon has taken on a new role of Northern Operations and Programs Director, expanding his gaze beyond Fields Pond to include all areas in Maine�s northern regions. Read on to see what�s been happening at Fields Pond and beyond lately! Remembering Judy As you�ve hopefully heard by now, Fields Pond Audubon Center is turning […]
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Fields Pond Update: Youth activities were highlights for June
There�s not much we love more than seeing young people experiencing the wildlife and habitat at Fields Pond Audubon Center. So our busy month of June brought us much delight, and with the start of summer camp, July and August promise to deliver more of the same. In June, more than a dozen youth between […]
Bangor students see things from a salmon’s eye view
Through recent outdoor learning and hands-on activities, students at the Fairmount School in Bangor are deepening their understanding of watersheds thanks to Maine Audubon�s �River in my Backyard� after-school program. The school was recently presented with their very own salmon story �walk,� 12 boards placed along a trail, each one depicting a page of �An […]
Announcing 2022 Brush with Nature Artists
Maine Audubon is pleased to announce the selection of 26 Maine-based artists who will participate in the 2022 Brush with Nature: Plein Air Painting Event and Art Auction fundraiser. We received twice as many applicants as last year and are excited to see this event grow. Thanks to Christian Adame, Peggy L. Osher Director of […]
February Fun at Fields Pond in Holden!
Embrace winter this February with a host of outdoor programs fun for the whole family at the Fields Pond Audubon Center in Holden. Just seven miles southeast of Bangor, we�ve got a Nature Center, a 191-acre pond, and a 229-acre sanctuary with trails winding through field, wetland, forest, and lakeshore.� In winter, the trails are […]
Major Energy Upgrades at Fields Pond Audubon Center!
The Fields Pond Audubon Center in Holden got some major energy upgrades this fall with the installation of rooftop solar panels and heat pumps. The Center, which was also recently outfitted with a Motus tower to track migratory animals moving overhead, is now set to be 100% powered by its rooftop photovoltaic system, and heated […]
Nanotagging Monarch Butterflies — Very, Very Carefully — at Fields Pond
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.� To date we�ve raised and fledged […]
It’s Mayhem: Maine Audubon is busting out all over
In May, Maine Audubon staff was out in front of the public leading bird walks, protecting endangered plovers on the beaches, giving forest bird workshops, planting native plants, and more.
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 “movement,” seeks to track species migration via a collaborative network […]