LEWISTON – Numerous sea birds will be the focus of interest for participants in the coastal field trip sponsored by the Stanton Bird Club on Saturday, March 8, to Portland Back Cove and Two Lights State Park in Cape Elizabeth.

The group will car pool from the Promenade Mall parking lot in front of Staples, leaving at 8 a.m. and returning around 1 p.m.

The birds the group hopes to see include wintering ducks such as common eiders, scoters, long-tailed ducks and winter loons, as well as some uncommon sea birds such as king eider, harlequin ducks and the northern gannet.

Stanton field trips are free and nonmembers are invited. All experience levels are welcome. For more information, contact trip leader Dan Marquis at 784-8397.

The Stanton Bird Club is a conservation organization offering monthly free natural history programs and field trips throughout the state. The organization welcomes new members, whose dues help provide land stewardship at three sanctuaries, owned and managed by the club, in Lewiston and Monmouth.

For more information, call 782-5238, visit www.stantonbirdclub.org or e-mail questions to [email protected].