This hooded merganser pair is a species the Stanton field trip participants hope to see on their upcoming trip to lakes and rivers in the Lewiston-Auburn area.

Bird club to explore lakes, rivers of L-A

LEWISTON – Waterfowl will be the center of interest for participants in the local field trip sponsored by the Stanton Bird Club on Saturday, Nov. 15. Lakes and rivers in the Lewiston-Auburn area will be the destinations.

The group will car pool from the Auburn Mall parking lot in front of JCPenney, leaving at 7 a.m. and returning around 11.

The birds the group has seen on past trips include wintering ducks such as loons, grebes, coots and herons, as well as some less common birds such as hooded mergansers, goldeneye, scaup and buffleheads.

Stanton field trips are free and nonmembers are invited. All experience levels are welcome. For more information, contact trip leader Tom Hayward at 782-5238.

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 to 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].