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Accessible Beginner Birding at Gilsland Farm

These are relaxed beginner birding programs that travel along flat routes with frequent stops. There will be seats available along the route. September programs will take place on gravel and grass paths around our Visitor Center, and focus on watching birds at the feeders. October and November programs will use the newly-constructed All Persons Trail […]

11 Nov

8:00 am - 9:30 am

Gilsland Farm Visitor Center - Falmouth

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Thursday Bird Walks at Gilsland Farm

Join us for a weekly bird walk at Gilsland Farm, led by Maine Audubon’s Staff Naturalist Doug Hitchcox and others. Meet in the parking lot in front of the Visitor Center at 7 am, and we’ll begin a slow walk around the property to look and listen for birds from within the sanctuary’s diverse habitats. […]

12 Nov

7:00 am - 9:00 am

Gilsland Farm Visitor Center - Falmouth

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Beginner Bird Walks at Gilsland Farm

Are you getting the sneaking suspicion that birds are incredible? Or have you known and want a way to learn more? On these beginner walks, we’ll observe birds in the woods, meadows, marsh, and at the feeders at Gilsland Farm. Our naturalist will answer questions and make identification less overwhelming to new birders. Binoculars (and […]

13 Nov

8:00 am - 9:30 am

Gilsland Farm Visitor Center - Falmouth

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Fall Birdseed Sale & Member Double Discount Days

For 3 days only, visit Maine Audubon in Falmouth when we’ll feature the lowest prices of the year on bird food plus all optics by Swarovski, Zeiss, Nikon and Vortex will be 15% off this weekend only. Maine Audubon members will also get 20% off on all other store items. On Saturday, November 14 at 10 […]

14 Nov

10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Gilsland Farm Visitor Center - Falmouth

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Fall Birdseed Sale & Member Double Discount Days

For 3 days only, visit Maine Audubon in Falmouth when we’ll feature the lowest prices of the year on bird food plus all optics by Swarovski, Zeiss, Nikon and Vortex will be 15% off this weekend only. Maine Audubon members will also get 20% off on all other store items. On Saturday, November 14 at 10 […]

15 Nov

10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Gilsland Farm Visitor Center - Falmouth

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Fall Birdseed Sale & Member Double Discount Days

For 3 days only, visit Maine Audubon in Falmouth when we’ll feature the lowest prices of the year on bird food plus all optics by Swarovski, Zeiss, Nikon and Vortex will be 15% off this weekend only. Maine Audubon members will also get 20% off on all other store items. On Saturday, November 14 at 10 […]

16 Nov

10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Gilsland Farm Visitor Center - Falmouth

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Wednesday Morning Nature Walks at Gilsland Farm

Explore Gilsland Farm with our Field Naturalist. We’ll stop for birds, bugs, fungi, plants, and anything else that piques our curiosity. These walks are for those folks who make terrible hiking partners. You’re in good company here! Participants will have opportunities to contribute observations to ongoing community science projects through iNaturalist. Binoculars and hand lenses […]

18 Nov

8:00 am - 9:30 am

Gilsland Farm Visitor Center - Falmouth

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Thursday Bird Walks at Gilsland Farm

Join us for a weekly bird walk at Gilsland Farm, led by Maine Audubon’s Staff Naturalist Doug Hitchcox and others. Meet in the parking lot in front of the Visitor Center at 7 am, and we’ll begin a slow walk around the property to look and listen for birds from within the sanctuary’s diverse habitats. […]

19 Nov

7:00 am - 9:00 am

Gilsland Farm Visitor Center - Falmouth

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Natural Communities Walk: Woodlands

Following the Natural Communities webinar on November 17, step into the forest at Gilsland Farm to witness a woodland preparing for winter. We’ll spend much of our walk getting up close and personal with leaf litter, tree bark, seeds, and fungi to observe how forest residents complete reproductive cycles, store nutrients, and acclimate to freezing […]

19 Nov

8:00 am - 9:00 am

Gilsland Farm Visitor Center - Falmouth

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Volunteer Work Day – Fall Cleanup Gilsland Farm

Help us get our gardens and other outdoor spaces ready for winter. We’ll be doing things like cutting back the peonies and covering them with leaves, cutting back overgrown shrubs and weeds for the last time until spring, and anything else that might be needed to prepare for another winter. We’ll be outside, so please […]

20 Nov

12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Gilsland Farm Visitor Center - Falmouth

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Seed Sowing Workshop

Join Maine Audubon for a hands-on workshop to learn how to grow native plants from seed using the natural process of winter sowing. Participants will explore the benefits of starting native wildflowers and grasses from seed, discover simple techniques for success, and create their own take-home seeds in containers to nurture through the winter. This […]

21 Nov

9:00 am - 10:30 am

Gilsland Farm Native Plants Education Center - Falmouth

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Native Plants Textile Collage Workshop with Judy Gates

Using the watercolors created by Catherine Fubish, an American botanist who collected, classified and illustrated the native flora of Maine in the 1800 and 1900s, we’ll create collages of native wildflowers. You’ll have several species to choose from. Starting with a pencil outline, small snips of different fabrics are layered and held in place temporarily […]

21 Nov

1:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Gilsland Farm Native Plants Education Center - Falmouth

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