Launched in 1998 by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society, the Great Backyard Bird Count was the first online citizen-science project to collect data on wild birds and to display results in near real-time. Now, more than Read More…
This Saturday is the annual Christmas Bird Count. If you live within the Count circle (5 mile radius around Bates College) please make sure your feeders are filled; most of the birds we count are found at feeders. And if Read More…
The Stanton Bird Club will hold our last walk of the year this Wednesday, Oct. 18 at Sabattus Pond for ducks. Meet at 8am in the Sabattus Antique Mall parking lot on Route 126 at the south end of Sabattus Read More…
Another nice day, well it wasn’t the rain that was predicted, so just as last week, the walk was entirely dry in spite of poor weather forecast. Eight people walked the Whitman Spring Trail and it was a very nice Read More…
What a wonderful day at last. Sixteen people showed up at Bill Sylvester’s, and the Benjamin’s, for a great walk. We had 54 species of birds including 14 warblers — and we missed birds we should have found. A great Read More…
It is time, the new season starts this week. The Stanton Bird Club of Lewiston / Auburn will hold a walk this Wednesday, May 3 on the Papermill Trail in Lisbon for returning birds. We will meet at the regular Read More…
The first of the five spring Bates Bird Walks start next Tuesday. Meet at Hathorn Hall on the Bates campus at 6:00am. These trips will go past Mount David and through Riverside Cemetery. These five walks are a great way Read More…
The next field trip will be to Plum Island, Mass. on Saturday, March 25 From 7am t0 4pm, Meet at Staples parking lot in Lewiston A good spot to find special winter birds, maybe even a Snowy Owl. Bring a Read More…
Our speaker this month is Herb Wilson, Professor of Biosciences at Colby College. Herb has taught at Colby College for over 25 years, He is an ecologist with a special interest in birds, butterflies, and dragonflies. He has been tracking Read More…
February 4, 2017; Leader’s Choice. Sunny, with temps around 32 degrees, with a light wind. Participants: Tom Hayward, Joan & Stand DeOrsey, Don Favreau, Dan Marquis, Leader & recorder. For today’s leader’s choice we went to the coast in hopes Read More…