Editor: David Mills
As winter ebbs and the days lengthen into spring, there comes a hint of thaw, and a trickle of water is heard in the land. One of the great opening acts of spring is the sky dance of the American Woodcock. Listen! Peent . . . it's doing it again! The woodcock, a migrant/resident bird of bogs and young woodlands, is a most interesting wooing artist. As the annual cycle of courtship begins, his aerial technique, bizarre and mysterious, places him up front as a strange suitor.
Mike Shannon is a lifelong naturalist, educator, and Registered Maine Guide. Whether in the forest prowling for owls or aboard ship scanning for pelagic birds, he continues to lead outings for local groups. He is retired from Unity College where he taught ornithology and ecological education for ten years. A former director of the National Audubon Society's camps in Connecticut and in Maine (Hog Island), he has also served as Master Naturalist for the Massachusetts Audubon Society. Mike has a long history of sharing his passion and enthusiasm for things natural.
This program is Co-Sponsored by the Rockland Public Library and Mid-Coast Audubon. Mid-Coast Audubon is an all-volunteer group whose mission is to promote long term responsible use of natural resources through an informed membership, education and community awareness. MCAS offers free monthly birding trips and educational programs as well as maintaining four public preserves. For more information on Mid-Coast Audubon visit www.midcoastaudubon.org or call Sue Schubel at 644-1077.
Special accommodations for persons with disabilities can be made with 48 hours notice. Please call the Library at 594-0310.
This is one in a continuing Thursday series of literary, film and cultural offerings sponsored by the Rockland Public Library & The Friends of the Rockland Public Library. Admission is free.
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