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Holden Audubon Center to host birding event

Fields Pond Audubon Center in Holden has some great activities planned to appeal to everyone who loves birds, reports Judy Markowsky.

Celebrate Migratory Bird Day is 8-9:30 a.m. Saturday, May 13, at the center when Bob and Sandi Duchesne help you find some of Maine’s most beautiful birds during this bird walk for all ages.

The Celebrate Migratory Bird Day Bird Festival, 9:30-11 a.m., will be led by children, parents and teachers of Stillwater Montessori School, and activities about birds for schoolchildren, home-schoolers, their families and Scout groups will include project demonstrations and learning how to identify birds, their songs and what they eat.

You can also visit the plant sale, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., featuring organic, native and medicinal plants from Sweet Pea Perennials in Clifton, presented by Peter and Julie Beckford, certified organic growers.

Markowsky wants you to know that while admission and advice at the plant sale are free, the plants are not, and that a share of the proceeds will benefit the center.

Then it’s Celebrate Migratory Bird Day with Birding by Ear for People who are Blind and Visually Impaired, and their helpers, from 10 to 11:30 a.m.

The free walk will be led by Bangor school system teacher Steve Coleman, an expert birder who, although he is blind, has led bird walks for more than six years.

The final event is Learn Birds Non-Visually from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Don Tarbet will demonstrate some high-tech and low-tech ways to learn bird song and other nature sounds.

Mike Cornett of Orono reports the Maine Aviation Historical Society members meeting is 10 a.m. Saturday, May 13, at the Maine Air Museum in Bangor.

Don’t forget to leave non-perishable food items beside your mailbox tomorrow, Saturday, May 13, for the National Association of Letter Carriers’ Food Drive, and help reach the goal of collecting 20,000 pounds of food in eastern Maine.

Ron Landry and the Manly Men Group of East Orrington Congregational Church invite you to their sixth annual Fisherman’s Breakfast, 7-9 a.m. Saturday, May 13, at the church, 38 Johnson Mill Road in East Orrington.

Your $5 admission includes the meal, door prizes and a raffle where you might win either a kayak or two golf clubs.

The annual Woodlawn Museum Spring Clean Up Day begins at 8 a.m. Saturday, May 13, at the museum, also known as the Black House, on Route 172 in Ellsworth.

The first 50 volunteers will receive a free T-shirt, and Hannaford of Ellsworth will provide a picnic lunch for all who participate.

You are asked to bring a rake and gloves, and join volunteers from Ellsworth Hannaford and the Ellsworth Rotary Club cleaning leaves and debris from the lawns of Ellsworth’s largest park.

And remember, May is for Mainers at the museum, where you are admitted for half price during the month.

For more information, call the museum at 667-8671.

Susan Pate reports it’s time for the Center Drive School Parent-Teacher Group annual Spring Fair, rain or shine, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, May 13, at the Orrington school.

Proceeds from the fundraiser help support a variety of parent teacher group projects at Center Drive School.

Pate promises “lots of fun activities for kids of all ages,” including inflatable rides, face painting and Curran Homestead hay wagon rides.

In the cafeteria you’ll find a Chinese auction with everything from bicycles to toys and gifts for Mom and Dad, and a wide selection of items from local craftspeople and vendors.

The Penny Candy Shoppe, a bake sale and fair foods are there for you to enjoy, and admission to the Spring Fair is free.

Concert doors open for Talib Kweli and Blackalicious at 5 p.m. Saturday, May 13, in Wadsworth Gymnasium at Colby College in Waterville.

Julie Bero reports the fundraiser, sponsored by the Colby Alfond Cancer Volunteer Group in conjunction with the Student Programming Board and Student Government Association, benefits the proposed Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care for MaineGeneral.

Tickets are available at www.colbytickets.com/userpages/home.asp.

McDonald’s restaurants in Maine invite patrons to THINK PINK now through May 14 by purchasing a pink ribbon for $1 or a McDonald’s apple pie.

All proceeds from both sales benefit the Women’s Cancer Fund of the Maine Cancer Foundation, whose mission is supporting breast cancer research and educational programs throughout Maine.

Joni Averill, Bangor Daily News, P.O. Box 1329, Bangor 04402; 990-8288.


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