LEWISTON – The Stanton Bird Club will be searching for the “bird of the week” during the leaders choice field trip sponsored by the club on Saturday, Feb. 7.

Trip leader Dan Marquis will have sightings from the week and the group will select a destination.

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.

Last year, the group traveled to Cape Elizabeth and was rewarded with great views of a king eider along with razorbills, brant and snow buntings.

Stanton field trips are free and nonmembers are invited. All experience levels are welcome.

For more information, contact Marquis at 784-8397.

The next field trip will be Saturday, Feb. 21, and will feature animal tracking at the Woodbury sanctuary in Monmouth. Participants will learn to identify tracks, scat and clues along the trails. For more information, contact trip leader Susan 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] .