One of the best parts about living in Maine is being able to experience all four seasons. With your help, we want to showcase what makes this particular time of year special! For our first ever Winter Photo Contest, we are seeking submissions that capture compelling images of Maine’s winter …
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Homeschoolers invited to new program at Fields Pond
Ignite your children’s curiosity and innate love of nature this winter at Fields Pond Audubon Center’s all-new Homeschool Naturalist program, which we have designed for children ages 8 to 12 who are being homeschooled. We have developed this brand new program and are offering it as a series of …
Fields Pond has a month of family fun this December
Embrace winter through wildlife this season at Maine Audubon’s Fields Pond Audubon Center. We’ve got a month full of activities that can help connect you and your family to wildlife and the outdoors, while still celebrating the holiday season. Fields Pond Audubon Center, just seven miles from …
University of Maine students help increase accessibility at Fields Pond
UMaine students are once again improving the environment at Fields Pond! This fall, students from the University of Maine Construction Engineering Technology (CET) program removed the ageing footbridge along the Meadow Path at the Fields Pond Audubon Center. The bridge was originally constructed to …
News from the North: August 2023
David Lamon has taken on a new role of Northern Operations and Programs Director, expanding his gaze beyond Fields Pond to include all areas in Maine’s northern regions. Read on to see what’s been happening at Fields Pond and beyond lately! Remembering Judy As you’ve hopefully heard by now, …
Fields Pond Update: Youth activities were highlights for June
There’s not much we love more than seeing young people experiencing the wildlife and habitat at Fields Pond Audubon Center. So our busy month of June brought us much delight, and with the start of summer camp, July and August promise to deliver more of the same. In June, more than a dozen youth …
A Fond Farewell to Amanda Ives, the 2022 Davis Intern at Fields Pond
Imagine a job where you start your day by filling feeders for wild birds, then help to plan an after-school lesson for fourth graders, then recommend some hiking trails for visitors to the Fields Pond Audubon Nature Center. Next, you take a canoe trip, paddling out on the pond to monitor a loon …
Major Energy Upgrades at Fields Pond Audubon Center!
The Fields Pond Audubon Center in Holden got some major energy upgrades this fall with the installation of rooftop solar panels and heat pumps. The Center, which was also recently outfitted with a Motus tower to track migratory animals moving overhead, is now set to be 100% powered by its rooftop …
Nanotagging Monarch Butterflies — Very, Very Carefully — at Fields Pond
Once inside the front door of the Nature Center, summer visitors to the Fields Pond Audubon Center have been greeted by a display of Monarch Butterflies. Beginning as either eggs or small caterpillars, we collected these from the plethora of milkweed plants that grow all around the Nature Center. …