Wildlife Conservation and Education in the Somes Pond-Long Pond Watershed and Beyond
We are going to go for a walk at the Stone Barn Farm Friday morning at the suggestion of last week’s walk group. We’ll meet in the parking lot along Crooked Rd. at 9:00 (not right by the barn). I haven’t been up into the fields and woods there for quite some time and look […]
Tomorrow morning we are going to meet at the parking lot on the north side of Eagle Lake and, depending on the group’s wishes, walk towards the Breakneck Ponds or down the west side of Eagle Lake, or a little of both. I am curious to check out water levels after we’ve had several decent […]
We will avoid tomorrow morning’s bitter cold (forecast for 6 degrees) and go for a walk Saturday morning at 10:00. We’ll meet on the right hand (west) side of the Seawall picnic area. The temperature should be rising quickly from a low of 18 degrees by then and it is forecast to be pretty calm […]
It’s really too bad to lose the 4-5 inches of powder snow received last night with steady rain and warm temps tonight, but maybe there will be some snow left in the woods at the Sanctuary that we’ll be able to see animal tracks in Friday morning. It is forecast to be cold and sunny. […]
Billy Helprin, Director of the Somes-Meynell Wildlife Sanctuary on Mt. Desert Island in Maine, will talk about the implications of the behavioral and anatomical specializations of loons which make them so good at chasing fish underwater, but create many challenges for nesting success and survival. We’ll also talk about the role that the location of […]
Thursday morning looks like a good time (not too cold, sunny) to explore the woods, shoreline, and north side of Somes Pond. I’m sure there will be many animal tracks and interesting ice/snow formations to find despite the rain we may get on Wednesday. We’ll park along Oak Hill Rd. at the pond access point […]
Friday mid-morning looks like a good time to get out for a walk together in terms of the weather. With sun, cold, and westerly wind forecast (but no rain/snow mix!), Sand Beach should be a good location to meet after it warms up a bit and we should be able to avoid most of the […]
We are going to take a walk in the Otter Cliffs area of Acadia National Park this Friday morning at 10:00, before our big temperature drop arrives Friday night. We will meet at the Fabbri parking lot which can be accessed from either the Park Loop Rd via the Sand Beach entry gate., or Otter […]
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