On Aug. 15, Cobscook Institute, in partnership with Maine Sea Grant and Maine Audubon, hosted a Migration Birding Walk on the scenic South Lubec mud flats. The event drew significant interest, filling all available spots and generating a waitlist.

Sixteen participants joined expert guides Chris Bartlett and Doug Hitchcox for a two-mile trek across the mud flats in search of migrating shorebirds. Highlights of the morning included sightings of Least Sandpipers, Semipalmated Sandpipers, Semipalmated Plovers, and a rare Baird’s Sandpiper.