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Loons and Littoral Plants
Saturday, July 17, 2010
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. Don't miss the slide show of loon photos from the 2009 Maine Loon Project Photo Contest.
Littoral Walk, 4:00 p.m.
Conducted by Clyde Walton and Ruth Grauert
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 (after June 15). 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.
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