Can you feel it in the air? Spring is here, and soon the birds will follow. It’s time to start thinking about how you’re going to be spending your spring to see as many birds as you can. Maine Audubon is involved with all kinds of birding festivals, bird walks, and other events to celebrate […]
Trips
Results from the 2018 Big Sit!
We came, we sat, we birded, we laughed, we ate doughnuts, it rained. That pretty much sums up the experience enjoyed by a hardy team of birders who ventured to Gilsland Farm this past Saturday for the 11th annual Big Sit bird count. The goal was to identify as many birds as possible without leaving […]
Honoring Dick Anderson with a Congressional Proclamation
Last weekend, we set sail on the 50th anniversary voyage of our Bald Eagles of Merrymeeting Bay boat trip (it was an incredible day — you can read about it in Nick’s excellent write-up). We saw 47 Bald Eagles, which is a thrill in and of itself…but the highlight of the day was having an […]
Trip Report: 50th Anniversary of the Bald Eagles of Merrymeeting Bay
One morning in 1969, Maine Audubon and friends motored up the Kennebec River to Swan Island in hopes of seeing a Bald Eagle. A sighting was no sure thing in those days, as the pesticide DDT and other factors had worked to reduce the state’s Bald Eagle population to just 14 nesting pairs. The 1969 […]
Trip Report: “Wings of Winter”
Fourteen of us ventured out to see some winter birds�this Saturday.� We went in two seven-passenger vans with a leader in each van: Richard “Turk” Duddy and myself (thank you to Morong Falmouth for supplying a van for our use!). We saw our first exceptional bird within a few minutes of the start, with a […]
Photos from our Merrymeeting Bay Trip
On Saturday, September 23, Maine Audubon’s 48th annual Bald Eagles of Merrymeeting Bay trip left Boothbay Harbor with beautiful, sunny weather. The five-hour round trip took us through a variety of habitats as we cruised on open ocean to the mouth of the Kennebec River, up the river to Merrymeeting Bay, and then back to […]