The Wrack

For the first time in 20+ years, our popular Woodcock Watches had to be canceled. Use these tips to experience the Sky Dance somewhere else this year.

A big predator proves to be patient as people pass it by.

A finch is rescued by Reserve staff and rehabilitated by Center for Wildlife!

The Maine Bird Atlas has begun. Anyone can take part and we have some tips to share.

To celebrate 2018's Year of the Bird, a new slideshow of beautiful and ingenious bird photos by the late Tony King plays in our Visitor Center all summer long

If I just tallied the birds at the feeder outside my kitchen window, I might come to believe that the only bird in Maine is a rather fat and feisty cardinal. But that's not science.

Piping plovers start four nests on Laudholm Beach in 2017, but only one is successful.

A walk in the woods and a chance encounter lead to a path of discovery.

Uncommon goose makes a brief visit to the Little River marsh and becomes the latest addition to the Wells Reserve bird list.

For seven years strong, the Reserve has partnered with Center for Wildlife and York County Audubon to offer Winter Wildlife Day during Maine's school vacation week. Last week, on a balmy February morning with 50 degree temperatures, nearly 200 people attended this family-friendly free event. Some even stayed into the afternoon to sled down the farmhouse hill on the fast disappearing snowpack, and observe a snow sculpture artist in action.