Join us for our 17th year of Island Heritage Trust's Wings, Waves & Woods Festival! A fun and educational weekend for bird and nature lovers of all ages and levels of experience.

Schedule of Events:

7:00 AM - 9:00 AM: West Side Bird Walk - Gilmore Lane, Deer Isle

Join Bob and Sandi Duchesne to explore a private property that includes a meadow, woods, fresh water, and shore. Such diverse habitats promise some great birding! From Route 15 in N. Deer Isle, turn onto Gilmore Lane (about 0.3 miles north of The Galley and high school). Follow signs to bird walk parking.

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM: Birding by Boardwalk - DISES School Nature Trail, 249 N Deer Isle Rd, Deer Isle

Join educator, Mickie Flores, and birders, Gordon Russell and Jane Rosinski for a unique adventure across a winding boardwalk, through a red maple swamp at the Deer Isle Stonington Elementary School Nature Trail. Bring binoculars! Trail entrance is straight back on your left, past tennis courts. “Birding by Boardwalk offers the opportunity to visit a unique habitat on the island. With a lush understory of skunk cabbage amongst a red maple swamp, this trail offers birds such as Northern Waterthrush, Canada warblers, Vireos and others without the threat of getting wet feet!” - Jane Rosinski

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM: Landscaping for Wildlife - 94 Pressey Village Rd Deer Isle

Professional landscapers Bonnie Bochan and Guillermo Diaz, who specialize in bird and butterfly gardens, invite you to this workshop! Discuss creating gardens, share resources, and look at native species that are important for wildlife on the property. Bring binoculars; carpooling encouraged.

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM: Wild Medicinal & Pollinator Plants of Deer Isle - 823 N Deer Isle Rd, Deer Isle

Come for a walk with community herbalist Brighid Doherty at Scott's Landing Preserve in Deer Isle. Brighid is the founder of The Solidago School of Herbalism, located on Deer Isle. On this walk, you will learn how to identify, ethically harvest, and prepare medicinal plants.

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