BANGOR DAILY NEWS • May 24, 2025
Tree swallows danced overhead, swooping and gliding as their shimmering blue feathers caught the sunlight. We drifted in our canoe, basking in the sights and sounds of springtime. Red-winged blackbirds sang from the cattails, their sharp beaks lifted to the sky. Bright green blades of new grass lined the channel, and fresh lilypads dotted the water. It had been a vigorous paddle across Fields Pond to reach the wetlands on its west side where a wide channel of water threads into a wetland, narrowing as it becomes Sedgeunkedunk Stream. Fields Pond Audubon Center., a 229-acre preserve is excellent for birding, with lots of edge habitats. Keep an eye out for bluebirds and tree swallows in the nesting boxes that dot the fields, and if all else fails, there’s always a variety of birds raiding the feeders near the nature center. It’s truly an ideal place to go birding. ~ Aislinn Sarnacki