Summer Camp is just around the corner (really!) We're excited to open registration for Maine Audubon's week-long summer camps for preschoolers and kids who have completed kindergarten through 5th grade. This summer's themes include Avian Adventures, Fantastic Forests, and Habitat Heroes and will …
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No winter hibernating at Maine Audubon
January feels like I'm standing at the very top of a pristine sledding hill: crisp, white, and waiting to go rocketing down. The air nips at your cheeks, and the glorious sunshine makes the snow sparkle. This is no time to be hibernating. There are so many ways to explore winter outside at our …
Bird Feeding News from the Nature Store
Good news from the Nature Store! We will now be carrying several Aspen Song Wild Bird Food seed mixes -- as well as your favorite single seeds like Black Oil and Shell-less sunflower -- in our Gilsland Farm store. We all know that native habitat and fresh water can increase bird and wildlife …
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 …
ICYMI: The Woodchucks of Gilsland Farm Featured on CBS Sunday Morning
Americans tuning in to CBS's eclectic "Sunday Morning" news show this weekend were treated to a wonderful montage of woodchuck footage -- straight from our Gilsland Farm Audubon Sanctuary! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cWnBcdjUXU The video footage was provided by Maine-based professional …
The Big Sit! The Largest Number of Birds With the Least Amount of Effort
The annual Big Sit is a combination of two things I love: birding and sitting down. The idea is to count as many birds as possible in a single day without leaving a 17-foot circle, and Maine Audubon will be hosting our 11th consecutive Big Sit event this coming Saturday, October 13. Big Sits are …
Event Recap: The Nature of Craft
Last Saturday, September 29, the Gilsland Farm apple orchard and visitor center overflowed with beautiful Maine crafts as well as the visitors enjoying them. Forty-six artists set up on the grounds for the Maine Audubon craft show. At first we were concerned by the light rain on Friday morning, but …
Statement Regarding Gilsland Farm Solar Arrays
In 2014, Maine Audubon partnered with Shawn Moody, owner of Moody's Co-Worker Owned, Inc. (“Moody's”), and Revision Energy to install solar arrays at the Gilsland Farm Audubon Center in Falmouth, with the goal of reducing Maine Audubon's organizational carbon footprint. Revision Energy installed the …
Join us on Monday: Tom Fleischner on “Why Natural History Matters”
I'm very excited about this special event we are hosting at Gilsland Farm on Monday evening: Why Natural History Matters: Saving the Earth and Feeding Your Soul Through the Study of Natural History, with Tom Fleischner, Executive Director of the Natural History Institute In his only east coast …