Suddenly, it’s September and we’re watching out for school buses. At our Audubon centers we’re shifting from summer camp mode to welcoming busloads of visiting school students on field trips. This makes it a good time to take stock of our summer activities and success, and to appreciate our more than thirty seasonal employees. Here […]
Sanctuaries
Visit the New “Birds of the Marsh” Nature Trail at Scarborough Marsh
Picture this: You take a short walk in a beautiful setting, view lovely artwork, and learn some interesting facts and natural history about marsh birds. That’s the experience you can have now along the Nature Trail at Scarborough Marsh. Last year, we installed sign holders and displayed pages from The Secret Bay, a picture book […]
Borestone: Exploring nature through the arts fills the soul
In June 2024, Maine Audubon and Monson Arts offered a three-day retreat titled “Creativity Workshop: Exploring Borestone’s Mountains, Ponds, and Old Growth Forests through nature journaling, storytelling, and artistic expression” at Borestone Mountain Audubon Sanctuary, led by Maine Audubon Director of Conservation Sally Stockwell and Melissa Sweet, illustrator and Maine Master naturalist. Here, Sally writes […]
Summer Naturalist Weekend at Borestone Mountain: Walk, swim, hike, bird!
High on the shoulder of Borestone Mountain, draping down its flank toward Lake Onawa on one side and the 100-Mile Wilderness on the other, sits Borestone Mountain Audubon Sanctuary. Surrounded by miles of northern hardwood forest and itself full of stands of very old trees, the sanctuary is a haven for breeding birds and diverse […]
Building Bridges at Mast Landing Audubon Sanctuary
In the spring of 2024, I was tasked with taking a closer look at the existing trail networks that weave through all Maine Audubon sanctuaries. As with most trails throughout the northeast, I observed wet, rooty, and rocky conditions that are often indicative of a trail experiencing erosion at an accelerated rate. Fun fact: erosion […]
Scarborough Marsh Canoe Tours: Take tides into account
Our guided canoe tours are a great way to explore the Dunstan River from the water, offering a chance to see cormorants, egrets, and other birds up close, and experience the sights, sounds, and smells of the marsh. Because of the changes from storms this past winter and shifts we are experiencing in the tides, […]
Wildlife in Maine’s “Queen City”
Experiencing wilderness is not always synonymous with urban dwelling. But groups of Bangor area residents joined Maine Audubon staff on Saturday, June 15, to experience their city in a new way. It all started at 9 am with a bird walk along the Penobscot River led by Maine Audubon Staff Naturalist Doug Hitchcox. The Penobscot […]
Meet our newest Family Fun graduate!
Four-year-old Maddy has been attending Family Fun at Gilsland Farm Audubon Center (Falmouth) for the last two years. Next week will be her last session with us before attending school five days a week in the fall. As one of our most loyal Family Fun attendees and soon to be a “graduate” of the program, […]
Portland Public School Partnership Means Fieldwork for Everyone
May is an especially beautiful and bustling time at Maine Audubon’s Gilsland Farm Audubon Center in Falmouth. Migratory birds are returning and nesting, plants are bursting, and the forest and pond are active with critters after a long and quiet winter. It’s also a time when we welcome many school groups to come and explore […]