Summer residents such as bluebirds will be the point of interest for participants in the Summer Thorncrag bird trip sponsored by the Stanton Bird Club on Saturday, June 14th. Thorncrag Nature Sanctuary in Lewiston will be the location.
The group will meet at the Thorncrag parking lot on Montello street at 7am. The trip is estimated to run until 11am, but participants may leave at any time
The birds the group hopes to see include chickadees, titmice, as well as some uncommon birds such as bluebirds, bobolinks and the brilliant scarlet tanager.
Stanton field trips are free and nonmembers are invited. All experience levels are welcome. For more information, contact trip leaders Stan and Joan DeOrsey at 933-2266.
The Stanton Bird Club is a conservation organization offering monthly free natural history programs and field trips throughout the state. The organization welcomes new members whose dues help to provide land stewardship at three sanctuaries, owned and managed by the club, in Lewiston and Monmouth. For more information, call 782-5238, visit the Web site at
www.stantonbirdclub.org or email questions to
StantonPR@yahoo.com .