About this Event
In person. Outdoors.
BSLA Maine invites you to join us on a wildlife walk with naturalist William Broussard in Capisic Pond Park. We will learn about the wildlife that call Portland Maine’s largest freshwater pond home, and we will discuss how to design landscapes to attract and maintain a diversity of wildlife.
Please dress for the weather, including appropriate footware, hat, and sunscreen as you like. Don't forget a notebook and water bottle.
Members + non-members, families and friends, all are welcome.
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Will Broussard is a science and writing specialist with North Spore. A Maine native who returned after a decade away, he has also worked as outreach coordinator at the Mount Washington Observatory, naturalist at the Ecology School, and researcher at the University of Maine. He holds an MS in Environmental Studies from Antioch University New England with undergraduate work in botany and biology from the College of the Atlantic and the University of Maine. When not writing about mushrooms he explores the coast of Maine looking for colorful birds and strange cloud formations.
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Cost: $10
Attendance Limit: 20 people.
Meet up location: the parking lot at the intersection of Capisic Street and Macy Street. See map:
General park info from Portland Trails (https://trails.org/our-trails/capisic-pond-park/):
Accessible by: METRO Bus 4 and Bus 9A/B
To enter the park at the south end, park on the north side of Capisic Street by the bridge. Additional entrances are located at Rockland Avenue and Lucas Street.
Capisic Park is a city-owned 18-acre nature preserve that affords fine views of Capisic Pond, Portland’s largest freshwater pond. Offers great birdwatching as well as ice skating in the winter. Moderately sloping dirt path through woods and fields from Macy Street (off Capisic Street ) to Lucas Street (off Brighton Avenue ). Several undeveloped side trails offer exploration of the pond and surrounding wetlands. This trail is maintained by the City of Portland.
Image below from Portland Trails:
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Capisic Pond Park, 1-39 Macy Street, Portland, United States
USD 10.00