|
Loons and Littoral Plants
Conducted by Clyde Walton and Ruth Grauert
July 19, 2008
Maine Audubon Annual Loon Count, 7:00 a.m.
Volunteers will use Bearnstow’s boats, leaving at 7:00 a.m. sharp, and follow an assigned course on the lake. On a map provided by the Maine Audubon Society, we will chart the time, location, and number of loons observed. We finish the route at 7:30 a.m. Please feel welcome to stay for our buffet breakfast following the Loon Count.
For more information, see the Maine Loon Project.
Littoral Walk, 4:00 p.m.
In a walk along the trails beside the lake and the brook, there is a vast variety of vegetation—according to one state forester, “more than any other site I have visited.” Since 1922 the property has been protected, first by Colby biology professor Webster Chester, and then by Bearnstow.
We have a registered State of Maine “Big Tree” (an Alleghany service berry), erratic boulders, clay subsoil, ground pines, trailing arbutus, five kinds of native evergreens visible from one vista, a path through ledge, reindeer moss, and lichen used to make lavender dye.
The Loon Count is a volunteer event, and there is no admission for the Littoral Walk, but please phone to register for both activities, 207-293-2280. The Littoral Walk will begin at 4:00 p.m.; meet in the clearing and we will proceed from there. If we expect you, we will wait for your arrival.
|
