Educational Resources | Blue Hill Heritage Trust

Nature Scavenger Hunts!

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These scavenger hunts, or nature based activity prompts, provide a wide range of opportunity to delve into observing the natural world and engaging with the earth in many different ways including nature journaling, found object sculpture, water body investigation, nose-to-the ground forest floor investigations, phenology studies, color collecting, using all the senses, and more. The prompts encourage place-based explorations, appreciation of seasonal changes, and even stewardship practices in your backyard or out on the trails. They are presented here as PDF documents to be easily printed and attached to a clip board or pasted in a journal. There are also video links included that Landere created for a 2nd grade class but that can be viewed by anyone! Enjoy!

Click on photo or title to access documents.

Scientific Illustration with Miriam Talalay

The Open Air Arts Initiative (OAAI), a collaboration of Blue Hill Heritage Trust (BHHT), Cynthia Winings Gallery, and The SEED Barn collaborated with with artist Miriam Talalay is to produce a Scientific Illustration series of video classes. There are four video recordings to view and learn from! Her first video is filmed on the BHHT “Talalay Nature Sanctuary” trail in Surry, a property that Miriam’s Grandparents Paul and Pamela Talalay donated to the Trust in 2007. BHHT is grateful to the Talalay family for all they do to help protect and inspire love for the natural world on the Blue Hill Peninsula.

Open Air Arts Initiative: Furth Wildlife Sanctuary Creative Prompts on Google Maps

Example: Chipmunk midden! Regular feasting occurs around this mossy stump. Do you see the network of holes tucked between the roots along this section of the trail? What do you think this family of chipmunks chatter about during their shared meals?

This interactive map focuses on the way non-human species MOVE through the landscape. At the various stops, we explore ways to recognize then translate movement through creative acts. Bring along art supplies for visual art interpretation. Feel free to dance along the trail as you explore and SING OUT to mimic bird song along the way. Posted signs along the trail offer guidance for analog engagement. Click HERE to view map

Bluffhead Trail Interactive Map: “Reading the Forested Landscape”

The Wonders of Woodcock : A Lesson Plan by Jo Barrett

Each March, when the snow in the small, grassy openings in the woods has thawed, we can hear two strange sounds around dusk. They are the sounds of the male woodcock trying to prove to the female that he’d be a good choice as the father of her chicks. He struts around on the ground making a funny meep, meep sound then rockets into the air, flying in big circles while his wing feathers make a high pitched chip, chip, chip sound. He comes back to the ground and begins strutting and meeping again. It is wondrous to watch and to hear as a sign that spring if coming and our woods are about to burst with life again after a quiet winter.

Phenology Trail and Citizen Science Opportunity

Hundred Acre Woods is a part of the Downeast Phenology Trail, a research project with the Schoodic Institute. Participate in this fun Citizen Science project through the Nature’s Notebook App, which can be downloaded onto your smart phone or device. Click here for instructions: Nature’s Notebook Instructions.

A fun way to connect with the Land and with the changing seasons is to observe phenology: the study of seasonal plant and animal life cycles.

Buds, at this time of year offer a great starting point to watch a plant’s rhythms unfold. There are so many complex and beautiful differences among plant species. Long and sticky, stout and furry, scarlet red, small and bumpy. Go for a scavenger hunt for buds this season and along the way learn how to identify plants without their leaves or flowers, connect with plant life cycles, and revel in the mystery of every delicate beginning of life.

To listen to a wonderful Maine phenology podcast check out the Nature of Phenology with Hazel Stark and Joe Horn supported by WERU!

Nanny Berry Viburnum lentago
Balsam Poplar Populus balsamifera
American Beech Fagus grandifolia
Lilac Syringa vulgar
Northern Bayberry Myrica pensylvanica

Nature Journaling and Sit-Spots Ideas

Ocean Plastics Presentation & Activity

	May 2022
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1 Spring Hiking Challenge Spring Hiking Challenge May 1, 2022 Blue Hill Public Library & Blue Hill Heritage Trust have joined forces to bring you a Spring Hiking Challenge featuring Blue Hill Heritage Trust trails across the Blue Hill Peninsula! All are welcome to participate. Starting on Monday, March 21st, there will be a featured animal/plant posted at eight designated trails and a mystery letter for participants to collect. Hikers will learn about spring ecology and the different ways in which plants and animals behave in the spring! Maps for the trails can be found on the Blue Hill Heritage Trust trail page. Register for a trail checklist card using the library’s interactive calendar or by calling the library at 374-5515. Please write in the notes section how many you would like and if you want it emailed, mailed or for pickup at the library. Visit all of the following trails: - Heart of the Blue Hill System: South Street to Parker Point, Blue Hill - Snow’s Cove, Sedgwick - Patten Stream, Surry - Hatch Cove, Castine - Mill Stream Conservation Area, Brooksville - Peter’s Brook, Blue Hill See more details •	2 Spring Hiking Challenge Spring Hiking Challenge May 2, 2022 Blue Hill Public Library & Blue Hill Heritage Trust have joined forces to bring you a Spring Hiking Challenge featuring Blue Hill Heritage Trust trails across the Blue Hill Peninsula! All are welcome to participate. Starting on Monday, March 21st, there will be a featured animal/plant posted at eight designated trails and a mystery letter for participants to collect. Hikers will learn about spring ecology and the different ways in which plants and animals behave in the spring! Maps for the trails can be found on the Blue Hill Heritage Trust trail page. Register for a trail checklist card using the library’s interactive calendar or by calling the library at 374-5515. Please write in the notes section how many you would like and if you want it emailed, mailed or for pickup at the library. Visit all of the following trails: - Heart of the Blue Hill System: South Street to Parker Point, Blue Hill - Snow’s Cove, Sedgwick - Patten Stream, Surry - Hatch Cove, Castine - Mill Stream Conservation Area, Brooksville - Peter’s Brook, Blue Hill See more details •	3 Spring Hiking Challenge Spring Hiking Challenge May 3, 2022 Blue Hill Public Library & Blue Hill Heritage Trust have joined forces to bring you a Spring Hiking Challenge featuring Blue Hill Heritage Trust trails across the Blue Hill Peninsula! All are welcome to participate. Starting on Monday, March 21st, there will be a featured animal/plant posted at eight designated trails and a mystery letter for participants to collect. Hikers will learn about spring ecology and the different ways in which plants and animals behave in the spring! Maps for the trails can be found on the Blue Hill Heritage Trust trail page. Register for a trail checklist card using the library’s interactive calendar or by calling the library at 374-5515. Please write in the notes section how many you would like and if you want it emailed, mailed or for pickup at the library. Visit all of the following trails: - Heart of the Blue Hill System: South Street to Parker Point, Blue Hill - Snow’s Cove, Sedgwick - Patten Stream, Surry - Hatch Cove, Castine - Mill Stream Conservation Area, Brooksville - Peter’s Brook, Blue Hill See more details •	4 Spring Hiking Challenge Spring Hiking Challenge May 4, 2022 Blue Hill Public Library & Blue Hill Heritage Trust have joined forces to bring you a Spring Hiking Challenge featuring Blue Hill Heritage Trust trails across the Blue Hill Peninsula! All are welcome to participate. Starting on Monday, March 21st, there will be a featured animal/plant posted at eight designated trails and a mystery letter for participants to collect. Hikers will learn about spring ecology and the different ways in which plants and animals behave in the spring! Maps for the trails can be found on the Blue Hill Heritage Trust trail page. Register for a trail checklist card using the library’s interactive calendar or by calling the library at 374-5515. Please write in the notes section how many you would like and if you want it emailed, mailed or for pickup at the library. Visit all of the following trails: - Heart of the Blue Hill System: South Street to Parker Point, Blue Hill - Snow’s Cove, Sedgwick - Patten Stream, Surry - Hatch Cove, Castine - Mill Stream Conservation Area, Brooksville - Peter’s Brook, Blue Hill See more details Wild Sun Catchers for May: Shadbush Wild Sun Catchers for May: Shadbush May 4, 2022 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Blue Hill Public Library, 5 Parker Point Rd, Blue Hill, ME 04614, USA Kids are invited to Wild Sun Catchers on Wednesday, May 4 at 3:30 PM on the library lawn. Join Landere Naisbitt from Blue Hill Heritage Trust and Claire Malina from the Blue Hill Library for a workshop on shadbush. Landere will share information about the animals, insects, and other species that interact with shadbush as well as a bit about its history and folklore. Claire will read the story When the Shadbush Blooms by Carla Messinger and Susan Katz and illustrated by David Kanietakeron Fadden. We will be joined by special guest and artist Kirsten Rickert who will teach participants to make flower crowns using shadbush and other spring blossoms. Register with the library's interactive calendar or by calling 374-5515. Wild Sun Catchers is a monthly program for kids and families that celebrates the wild plants of the Blue Hill Peninsula, with focus on a different plant each month. This program is free and is co-sponsored by the Blue Hill Library and Blue Hill Heritage Trust. For more information, email Claire at claire.malina@bhpl.net. See more details • •	5 Spring Hiking Challenge Spring Hiking Challenge May 5, 2022 Blue Hill Public Library & Blue Hill Heritage Trust have joined forces to bring you a Spring Hiking Challenge featuring Blue Hill Heritage Trust trails across the Blue Hill Peninsula! All are welcome to participate. Starting on Monday, March 21st, there will be a featured animal/plant posted at eight designated trails and a mystery letter for participants to collect. Hikers will learn about spring ecology and the different ways in which plants and animals behave in the spring! Maps for the trails can be found on the Blue Hill Heritage Trust trail page. Register for a trail checklist card using the library’s interactive calendar or by calling the library at 374-5515. Please write in the notes section how many you would like and if you want it emailed, mailed or for pickup at the library. Visit all of the following trails: - Heart of the Blue Hill System: South Street to Parker Point, Blue Hill - Snow’s Cove, Sedgwick - Patten Stream, Surry - Hatch Cove, Castine - Mill Stream Conservation Area, Brooksville - Peter’s Brook, Blue Hill See more details Eastern Woodlands Rematriation: A Talk with Alivia Moore from the Penobscot Nation Eastern Woodlands Rematriation: A Talk with Alivia Moore from the Penobscot Nation May 5, 2022 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Blue Hill Heritage Trust and Island Heritage Trust are excited to welcome Alivia Moore to present for a Friends from the Field Webinar! Join a discussion with Eastern Woodlands Rematriation Collective's co-founder Alivia Moore on current Wabanaki-led rematriation efforts centered around land, food and healing ways. Alivia Moore (she//they) of the Penobscot Nation, is a two-spirit community organizer committed to restoring balanced relationship with the earth. As co-founder of Eastern Woodlands Rematriation Collective they support the revitalization of indigenous food & healing systems, including the development of the Wabanaki Community Apothecary, Rematriation School & Indigenous birthwork reclamation. She organizes with Wabanaki Two Spirit Alliance, and serves on the board of Wabanaki REACH. Alivia is dedicated to child welfare system abolition and fosters native children. Register using this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../reg.../WN_zrKkiKDTSp-KGihkUD2CzQ email landere@bluehillheritagetrust.org if you have any questions! See more details • •	6 Spring Hiking Challenge Spring Hiking Challenge May 6, 2022 Blue Hill Public Library & Blue Hill Heritage Trust have joined forces to bring you a Spring Hiking Challenge featuring Blue Hill Heritage Trust trails across the Blue Hill Peninsula! All are welcome to participate. Starting on Monday, March 21st, there will be a featured animal/plant posted at eight designated trails and a mystery letter for participants to collect. Hikers will learn about spring ecology and the different ways in which plants and animals behave in the spring! Maps for the trails can be found on the Blue Hill Heritage Trust trail page. Register for a trail checklist card using the library’s interactive calendar or by calling the library at 374-5515. Please write in the notes section how many you would like and if you want it emailed, mailed or for pickup at the library. Visit all of the following trails: - Heart of the Blue Hill System: South Street to Parker Point, Blue Hill - Snow’s Cove, Sedgwick - Patten Stream, Surry - Hatch Cove, Castine - Mill Stream Conservation Area, Brooksville - Peter’s Brook, Blue Hill See more details •	7 Spring Hiking Challenge Spring Hiking Challenge May 7, 2022 Blue Hill Public Library & Blue Hill Heritage Trust have joined forces to bring you a Spring Hiking Challenge featuring Blue Hill Heritage Trust trails across the Blue Hill Peninsula! All are welcome to participate. Starting on Monday, March 21st, there will be a featured animal/plant posted at eight designated trails and a mystery letter for participants to collect. Hikers will learn about spring ecology and the different ways in which plants and animals behave in the spring! Maps for the trails can be found on the Blue Hill Heritage Trust trail page. Register for a trail checklist card using the library’s interactive calendar or by calling the library at 374-5515. Please write in the notes section how many you would like and if you want it emailed, mailed or for pickup at the library. Visit all of the following trails: - Heart of the Blue Hill System: South Street to Parker Point, Blue Hill - Snow’s Cove, Sedgwick - Patten Stream, Surry - Hatch Cove, Castine - Mill Stream Conservation Area, Brooksville - Peter’s Brook, Blue Hill See more details Secrets and Surprises of the Forest Nature Hike with Merrie Eley for Kids Secrets and Surprises of the Forest Nature Hike with Merrie Eley for Kids May 7, 2022 @ 9:45 am - 11:15 am This is a fun nature hike along a beautiful trail filled with many secrets, surprises and delights. Children are welcome with an adult. We will explore a vernal pool, the edge of the stream and the forest along the way. Please wear hiking shoes, bring a snack and water, and bring a hand lens magnifier if you have one. Merrie is a Maine Master Naturalist and early childhood teacher. She is often found hiking on local trails and loves stopping to look along the way at the marvels of nature. She also enjoys storytelling with puppets. Please contact landere@bluehillheritagetrust.org to sign up! Limited to 10 children with an adult. See more details • •
8 Spring Hiking Challenge Spring Hiking Challenge May 8, 2022 Blue Hill Public Library & Blue Hill Heritage Trust have joined forces to bring you a Spring Hiking Challenge featuring Blue Hill Heritage Trust trails across the Blue Hill Peninsula! All are welcome to participate. Starting on Monday, March 21st, there will be a featured animal/plant posted at eight designated trails and a mystery letter for participants to collect. Hikers will learn about spring ecology and the different ways in which plants and animals behave in the spring! Maps for the trails can be found on the Blue Hill Heritage Trust trail page. Register for a trail checklist card using the library’s interactive calendar or by calling the library at 374-5515. Please write in the notes section how many you would like and if you want it emailed, mailed or for pickup at the library. Visit all of the following trails: - Heart of the Blue Hill System: South Street to Parker Point, Blue Hill - Snow’s Cove, Sedgwick - Patten Stream, Surry - Hatch Cove, Castine - Mill Stream Conservation Area, Brooksville - Peter’s Brook, Blue Hill See more details •	9 Spring Hiking Challenge Spring Hiking Challenge May 9, 2022 Blue Hill Public Library & Blue Hill Heritage Trust have joined forces to bring you a Spring Hiking Challenge featuring Blue Hill Heritage Trust trails across the Blue Hill Peninsula! All are welcome to participate. Starting on Monday, March 21st, there will be a featured animal/plant posted at eight designated trails and a mystery letter for participants to collect. Hikers will learn about spring ecology and the different ways in which plants and animals behave in the spring! Maps for the trails can be found on the Blue Hill Heritage Trust trail page. Register for a trail checklist card using the library’s interactive calendar or by calling the library at 374-5515. Please write in the notes section how many you would like and if you want it emailed, mailed or for pickup at the library. Visit all of the following trails: - Heart of the Blue Hill System: South Street to Parker Point, Blue Hill - Snow’s Cove, Sedgwick - Patten Stream, Surry - Hatch Cove, Castine - Mill Stream Conservation Area, Brooksville - Peter’s Brook, Blue Hill See more details •	10 Spring Hiking Challenge Spring Hiking Challenge May 10, 2022 Blue Hill Public Library & Blue Hill Heritage Trust have joined forces to bring you a Spring Hiking Challenge featuring Blue Hill Heritage Trust trails across the Blue Hill Peninsula! All are welcome to participate. Starting on Monday, March 21st, there will be a featured animal/plant posted at eight designated trails and a mystery letter for participants to collect. Hikers will learn about spring ecology and the different ways in which plants and animals behave in the spring! Maps for the trails can be found on the Blue Hill Heritage Trust trail page. Register for a trail checklist card using the library’s interactive calendar or by calling the library at 374-5515. Please write in the notes section how many you would like and if you want it emailed, mailed or for pickup at the library. Visit all of the following trails: - Heart of the Blue Hill System: South Street to Parker Point, Blue Hill - Snow’s Cove, Sedgwick - Patten Stream, Surry - Hatch Cove, Castine - Mill Stream Conservation Area, Brooksville - Peter’s Brook, Blue Hill See more details •	11 Spring Hiking Challenge Spring Hiking Challenge May 11, 2022 Blue Hill Public Library & Blue Hill Heritage Trust have joined forces to bring you a Spring Hiking Challenge featuring Blue Hill Heritage Trust trails across the Blue Hill Peninsula! All are welcome to participate. Starting on Monday, March 21st, there will be a featured animal/plant posted at eight designated trails and a mystery letter for participants to collect. Hikers will learn about spring ecology and the different ways in which plants and animals behave in the spring! Maps for the trails can be found on the Blue Hill Heritage Trust trail page. Register for a trail checklist card using the library’s interactive calendar or by calling the library at 374-5515. Please write in the notes section how many you would like and if you want it emailed, mailed or for pickup at the library. Visit all of the following trails: - Heart of the Blue Hill System: South Street to Parker Point, Blue Hill - Snow’s Cove, Sedgwick - Patten Stream, Surry - Hatch Cove, Castine - Mill Stream Conservation Area, Brooksville - Peter’s Brook, Blue Hill See more details •	12 Spring Hiking Challenge Spring Hiking Challenge May 12, 2022 Blue Hill Public Library & Blue Hill Heritage Trust have joined forces to bring you a Spring Hiking Challenge featuring Blue Hill Heritage Trust trails across the Blue Hill Peninsula! All are welcome to participate. Starting on Monday, March 21st, there will be a featured animal/plant posted at eight designated trails and a mystery letter for participants to collect. Hikers will learn about spring ecology and the different ways in which plants and animals behave in the spring! Maps for the trails can be found on the Blue Hill Heritage Trust trail page. Register for a trail checklist card using the library’s interactive calendar or by calling the library at 374-5515. Please write in the notes section how many you would like and if you want it emailed, mailed or for pickup at the library. Visit all of the following trails: - Heart of the Blue Hill System: South Street to Parker Point, Blue Hill - Snow’s Cove, Sedgwick - Patten Stream, Surry - Hatch Cove, Castine - Mill Stream Conservation Area, Brooksville - Peter’s Brook, Blue Hill See more details Beachcombing and a History of Coastal Maine Sea Glass Beachcombing and a History of Coastal Maine Sea Glass May 12, 2022 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Join Blue Hill Heritage Trust and Island Heritage Trust for a Friends from the Field webinar! Sea glass is a wonderful treasure because mother nature transforms our discarded waste and returns it anew. Along with sea glass, the seashore also contains many other bits of human existence. Yet identifying the origin and history of a beach found artifact can sometimes be more difficult than spotting the rarity itself. Researching these discoveries is an educational process that requires close observation and perseverance. Beachcomber, Connor O’Brien, uses found treasures to create assemblage and photography that highlights the historical and aesthetic nature of sea glass. During this Friends of the Field webinar Connor will share some of his beach discoveries and the accompanying stories, mysteries solved and questions unanswered. Tips on how to find and identify sea glass and other sought after beach treasures will be included as well. Join us for a virtual walk on the beach! Connor discovered sea glass after moving to Bar Harbor in 2013. Captivated by its charm and curious to know more, beach combing became part of his study at College of the Atlantic. His philosophy of beach combing merges a love of the seashore, natural history, earth sciences, and human ecology. Connor’s sea glass exhibition has been shown at NASGA and The North East Sea Glass Expo, as well as museums and libraries around Mount Desert Island. Register using the link below: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../reg.../WN_nUNiSrwTQ5qFnD3-OjoVdA email landere@bluehillheritagetrust.org if you have any questions! See more details • •	13 Spring Hiking Challenge Spring Hiking Challenge May 13, 2022 Blue Hill Public Library & Blue Hill Heritage Trust have joined forces to bring you a Spring Hiking Challenge featuring Blue Hill Heritage Trust trails across the Blue Hill Peninsula! All are welcome to participate. Starting on Monday, March 21st, there will be a featured animal/plant posted at eight designated trails and a mystery letter for participants to collect. Hikers will learn about spring ecology and the different ways in which plants and animals behave in the spring! Maps for the trails can be found on the Blue Hill Heritage Trust trail page. Register for a trail checklist card using the library’s interactive calendar or by calling the library at 374-5515. Please write in the notes section how many you would like and if you want it emailed, mailed or for pickup at the library. Visit all of the following trails: - Heart of the Blue Hill System: South Street to Parker Point, Blue Hill - Snow’s Cove, Sedgwick - Patten Stream, Surry - Hatch Cove, Castine - Mill Stream Conservation Area, Brooksville - Peter’s Brook, Blue Hill See more details •	14 Spring Hiking Challenge Spring Hiking Challenge May 14, 2022 Blue Hill Public Library & Blue Hill Heritage Trust have joined forces to bring you a Spring Hiking Challenge featuring Blue Hill Heritage Trust trails across the Blue Hill Peninsula! All are welcome to participate. Starting on Monday, March 21st, there will be a featured animal/plant posted at eight designated trails and a mystery letter for participants to collect. Hikers will learn about spring ecology and the different ways in which plants and animals behave in the spring! Maps for the trails can be found on the Blue Hill Heritage Trust trail page. Register for a trail checklist card using the library’s interactive calendar or by calling the library at 374-5515. Please write in the notes section how many you would like and if you want it emailed, mailed or for pickup at the library. Visit all of the following trails: - Heart of the Blue Hill System: South Street to Parker Point, Blue Hill - Snow’s Cove, Sedgwick - Patten Stream, Surry - Hatch Cove, Castine - Mill Stream Conservation Area, Brooksville - Peter’s Brook, Blue Hill See more details Spring Hike at Peter's Cove and Penny's Preserve Spring Hike at Peter's Cove and Penny's Preserve May 14, 2022 @ 9:30 am - 11:30 am Penny's Preserve at Peters Brook - Blue Hill Heritage Trust, 182 ME-176, Blue Hill, ME 04614, USA Join Blue Hill Heritage Trust trail steward, David Chapman, on a hike that will explore the trails at Peter’s Cove and Penny's Preserve in Blue HIll. Come enjoy the brook, spring wildflowers, and a guided experience on the trails in spring time. We will also check out the historic granite quarry and a spectacular waterfall! This is a family friendly hike, which includes your family dog. Bring a water bottle, wear sturdy shoes (that you don’t mind getting wet) and bring bug spray in case of black flies. To preregister, email Landere at landere@bluehillheritagetrust.org See more details 2022 BAGADUCE ALEWIFE CELEBRATION 2022 BAGADUCE ALEWIFE CELEBRATION May 14, 2022 @ 11:00 am - 2:00 pm Pierce Pond, Penobscot, ME 04476, USA JOIN US! Bring your own light colored or white t-shirt and make your own fish print shirt. Try a smoked alewife, learn about the projects, partners and the fish. This year is a special one, as we can together celebrate the restoration of the entire watershed after over five years of work together on a series of construction projects, counting efforts, research projects, policy changes, government actions and more. See more details Webinar- BHHT Interns, Where Are They Now? Webinar- BHHT Interns, Where Are They Now? May 14, 2022 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Join BHHT staff for a fun catch up conversation with past BHHT Interns. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EK6TyisSS9Szm26ZpTn5LQ We are thrilled to be joined by nearly all of our past 2016-2021 interns who worked a summer at our land trust through our James W Dow Intern Program, as well as those funded through the MCHT Richard G. Rockefeller Conservation Intern Program. Hear all about where they are now and what their internship with our organization meant to them. This will be a live facilitated conversation with lots of opportunity for your questions. Join us! See more details • • • •
15 Spring Hiking Challenge Spring Hiking Challenge May 15, 2022 Blue Hill Public Library & Blue Hill Heritage Trust have joined forces to bring you a Spring Hiking Challenge featuring Blue Hill Heritage Trust trails across the Blue Hill Peninsula! All are welcome to participate. Starting on Monday, March 21st, there will be a featured animal/plant posted at eight designated trails and a mystery letter for participants to collect. Hikers will learn about spring ecology and the different ways in which plants and animals behave in the spring! Maps for the trails can be found on the Blue Hill Heritage Trust trail page. Register for a trail checklist card using the library’s interactive calendar or by calling the library at 374-5515. Please write in the notes section how many you would like and if you want it emailed, mailed or for pickup at the library. Visit all of the following trails: - Heart of the Blue Hill System: South Street to Parker Point, Blue Hill - Snow’s Cove, Sedgwick - Patten Stream, Surry - Hatch Cove, Castine - Mill Stream Conservation Area, Brooksville - Peter’s Brook, Blue Hill See more details •	16 Spring Hiking Challenge Spring Hiking Challenge May 16, 2022 Blue Hill Public Library & Blue Hill Heritage Trust have joined forces to bring you a Spring Hiking Challenge featuring Blue Hill Heritage Trust trails across the Blue Hill Peninsula! All are welcome to participate. Starting on Monday, March 21st, there will be a featured animal/plant posted at eight designated trails and a mystery letter for participants to collect. Hikers will learn about spring ecology and the different ways in which plants and animals behave in the spring! Maps for the trails can be found on the Blue Hill Heritage Trust trail page. Register for a trail checklist card using the library’s interactive calendar or by calling the library at 374-5515. Please write in the notes section how many you would like and if you want it emailed, mailed or for pickup at the library. Visit all of the following trails: - Heart of the Blue Hill System: South Street to Parker Point, Blue Hill - Snow’s Cove, Sedgwick - Patten Stream, Surry - Hatch Cove, Castine - Mill Stream Conservation Area, Brooksville - Peter’s Brook, Blue Hill See more details New Trail Opening Walk/Talk at Meadow Brook Mill Stream Conservation Area in Brooksville New Trail Opening Walk/Talk at Meadow Brook Mill Stream Conservation Area in Brooksville May 16, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Join Blue Hill Heritage Trust and Maine Coast Heritage Trust for a trail opening at our new property and restored fish ladder May 16th 1-2pm. Come talk with Hans Carlson and Ciona Ulbrich about the project and take in the beautiful views of the stream and wetland. There is a 1/3 mile trail with multiple accessibility features. This trail takes you from a large parking lot, along a 6 foot wide hard packed gravel path, to the Meadow Brook – Mill Stream which flows out of Parker Pond into the Bagaduce River and the site of a newly restore Alewife Fish Passageway. This trail has two easy-moderate inclines along the path. Call 374-5118 for more information! See more details • •	17 Spring Hiking Challenge Spring Hiking Challenge May 17, 2022 Blue Hill Public Library & Blue Hill Heritage Trust have joined forces to bring you a Spring Hiking Challenge featuring Blue Hill Heritage Trust trails across the Blue Hill Peninsula! All are welcome to participate. Starting on Monday, March 21st, there will be a featured animal/plant posted at eight designated trails and a mystery letter for participants to collect. Hikers will learn about spring ecology and the different ways in which plants and animals behave in the spring! Maps for the trails can be found on the Blue Hill Heritage Trust trail page. Register for a trail checklist card using the library’s interactive calendar or by calling the library at 374-5515. Please write in the notes section how many you would like and if you want it emailed, mailed or for pickup at the library. Visit all of the following trails: - Heart of the Blue Hill System: South Street to Parker Point, Blue Hill - Snow’s Cove, Sedgwick - Patten Stream, Surry - Hatch Cove, Castine - Mill Stream Conservation Area, Brooksville - Peter’s Brook, Blue Hill See more details •	18 Spring Hiking Challenge Spring Hiking Challenge May 18, 2022 Blue Hill Public Library & Blue Hill Heritage Trust have joined forces to bring you a Spring Hiking Challenge featuring Blue Hill Heritage Trust trails across the Blue Hill Peninsula! All are welcome to participate. Starting on Monday, March 21st, there will be a featured animal/plant posted at eight designated trails and a mystery letter for participants to collect. Hikers will learn about spring ecology and the different ways in which plants and animals behave in the spring! Maps for the trails can be found on the Blue Hill Heritage Trust trail page. Register for a trail checklist card using the library’s interactive calendar or by calling the library at 374-5515. Please write in the notes section how many you would like and if you want it emailed, mailed or for pickup at the library. Visit all of the following trails: - Heart of the Blue Hill System: South Street to Parker Point, Blue Hill - Snow’s Cove, Sedgwick - Patten Stream, Surry - Hatch Cove, Castine - Mill Stream Conservation Area, Brooksville - Peter’s Brook, Blue Hill See more details •	19 Spring Hiking Challenge Spring Hiking Challenge May 19, 2022 Blue Hill Public Library & Blue Hill Heritage Trust have joined forces to bring you a Spring Hiking Challenge featuring Blue Hill Heritage Trust trails across the Blue Hill Peninsula! All are welcome to participate. Starting on Monday, March 21st, there will be a featured animal/plant posted at eight designated trails and a mystery letter for participants to collect. Hikers will learn about spring ecology and the different ways in which plants and animals behave in the spring! Maps for the trails can be found on the Blue Hill Heritage Trust trail page. Register for a trail checklist card using the library’s interactive calendar or by calling the library at 374-5515. Please write in the notes section how many you would like and if you want it emailed, mailed or for pickup at the library. Visit all of the following trails: - Heart of the Blue Hill System: South Street to Parker Point, Blue Hill - Snow’s Cove, Sedgwick - Patten Stream, Surry - Hatch Cove, Castine - Mill Stream Conservation Area, Brooksville - Peter’s Brook, Blue Hill See more details Monitoring Maine's Great Blue Herons Beyond State Lines Monitoring Maine's Great Blue Herons Beyond State Lines May 19, 2022 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Join Blue Hill Heritage Trust and Island Heritage Trust for another Friends from the Field Webinar! Did you ever wonder where Maine’s Great Blue Herons go in winter, and what path they travel to get there? Since 2016, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife has deployed lightweight GPS tracking devices on Great Blue Herons to follow their movements during nesting, migration, and wintering. This technology has revealed impressive migrations sometimes over long stretches of open ocean and for over 60 hours non-stop to Florida, the Bahamas, Cuba, and Haiti! Hear all about these majestic birds, how over 100 volunteers have been monitoring their colonies for the past 13 years, and how students are integral to tracking their movements within and beyond state lines. Danielle D'Auria is the MDIFW Waterbird Biologist and focuses on statewide populations of colonial wading birds, secretive marsh birds, black terns, and loons, as well as land management issues affecting wetland habitats. Use the following link to register: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../reg.../WN_jFSTrtu0ShyNW0H5NSZ0iQ email landere@bluehillheritagetrust.org if you have any questions! See more details • •	20 Spring Hiking Challenge Spring Hiking Challenge May 20, 2022 Blue Hill Public Library & Blue Hill Heritage Trust have joined forces to bring you a Spring Hiking Challenge featuring Blue Hill Heritage Trust trails across the Blue Hill Peninsula! All are welcome to participate. Starting on Monday, March 21st, there will be a featured animal/plant posted at eight designated trails and a mystery letter for participants to collect. Hikers will learn about spring ecology and the different ways in which plants and animals behave in the spring! Maps for the trails can be found on the Blue Hill Heritage Trust trail page. Register for a trail checklist card using the library’s interactive calendar or by calling the library at 374-5515. Please write in the notes section how many you would like and if you want it emailed, mailed or for pickup at the library. Visit all of the following trails: - Heart of the Blue Hill System: South Street to Parker Point, Blue Hill - Snow’s Cove, Sedgwick - Patten Stream, Surry - Hatch Cove, Castine - Mill Stream Conservation Area, Brooksville - Peter’s Brook, Blue Hill See more details Come Make a Bird House and Learn about the Blue Bird Trail! Come Make a Bird House and Learn about the Blue Bird Trail! May 20, 2022 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Blue Hill Heritage Trust, 157 Hinckley Ridge Rd, Blue Hill, ME 04614, USA Want to make a bird house and learn about Hancock County’s Bluebird Trail? Join us for a fun event at the Blue Hill Heritage Trust office Friday, May 20th at 3:30pm. Charlie from Holbrook Island Sanctuary will help your kids build a birdhouse to bring home and Sue from Downeast Audubon will share stories about the Bluebird Trail and how you can help create habitat for our avian friends. There will also be a giant birdhouse for kids to play in This event is free but we do ask you to preregister as we have a limited number of bird house kits. Email landere@bluehillheritagetrust.org. See more details • •	21 Spring Hiking Challenge Spring Hiking Challenge May 21, 2022 Blue Hill Public Library & Blue Hill Heritage Trust have joined forces to bring you a Spring Hiking Challenge featuring Blue Hill Heritage Trust trails across the Blue Hill Peninsula! All are welcome to participate. Starting on Monday, March 21st, there will be a featured animal/plant posted at eight designated trails and a mystery letter for participants to collect. Hikers will learn about spring ecology and the different ways in which plants and animals behave in the spring! Maps for the trails can be found on the Blue Hill Heritage Trust trail page. Register for a trail checklist card using the library’s interactive calendar or by calling the library at 374-5515. Please write in the notes section how many you would like and if you want it emailed, mailed or for pickup at the library. Visit all of the following trails: - Heart of the Blue Hill System: South Street to Parker Point, Blue Hill - Snow’s Cove, Sedgwick - Patten Stream, Surry - Hatch Cove, Castine - Mill Stream Conservation Area, Brooksville - Peter’s Brook, Blue Hill See more details •
22 Spring Hiking Challenge Spring Hiking Challenge May 22, 2022 Blue Hill Public Library & Blue Hill Heritage Trust have joined forces to bring you a Spring Hiking Challenge featuring Blue Hill Heritage Trust trails across the Blue Hill Peninsula! All are welcome to participate. Starting on Monday, March 21st, there will be a featured animal/plant posted at eight designated trails and a mystery letter for participants to collect. Hikers will learn about spring ecology and the different ways in which plants and animals behave in the spring! Maps for the trails can be found on the Blue Hill Heritage Trust trail page. Register for a trail checklist card using the library’s interactive calendar or by calling the library at 374-5515. Please write in the notes section how many you would like and if you want it emailed, mailed or for pickup at the library. Visit all of the following trails: - Heart of the Blue Hill System: South Street to Parker Point, Blue Hill - Snow’s Cove, Sedgwick - Patten Stream, Surry - Hatch Cove, Castine - Mill Stream Conservation Area, Brooksville - Peter’s Brook, Blue Hill See more details •	23 Spring Hiking Challenge Spring Hiking Challenge May 23, 2022 Blue Hill Public Library & Blue Hill Heritage Trust have joined forces to bring you a Spring Hiking Challenge featuring Blue Hill Heritage Trust trails across the Blue Hill Peninsula! All are welcome to participate. Starting on Monday, March 21st, there will be a featured animal/plant posted at eight designated trails and a mystery letter for participants to collect. Hikers will learn about spring ecology and the different ways in which plants and animals behave in the spring! Maps for the trails can be found on the Blue Hill Heritage Trust trail page. Register for a trail checklist card using the library’s interactive calendar or by calling the library at 374-5515. Please write in the notes section how many you would like and if you want it emailed, mailed or for pickup at the library. Visit all of the following trails: - Heart of the Blue Hill System: South Street to Parker Point, Blue Hill - Snow’s Cove, Sedgwick - Patten Stream, Surry - Hatch Cove, Castine - Mill Stream Conservation Area, Brooksville - Peter’s Brook, Blue Hill See more details •	24 Spring Hiking Challenge Spring Hiking Challenge May 24, 2022 Blue Hill Public Library & Blue Hill Heritage Trust have joined forces to bring you a Spring Hiking Challenge featuring Blue Hill Heritage Trust trails across the Blue Hill Peninsula! All are welcome to participate. Starting on Monday, March 21st, there will be a featured animal/plant posted at eight designated trails and a mystery letter for participants to collect. Hikers will learn about spring ecology and the different ways in which plants and animals behave in the spring! Maps for the trails can be found on the Blue Hill Heritage Trust trail page. Register for a trail checklist card using the library’s interactive calendar or by calling the library at 374-5515. Please write in the notes section how many you would like and if you want it emailed, mailed or for pickup at the library. Visit all of the following trails: - Heart of the Blue Hill System: South Street to Parker Point, Blue Hill - Snow’s Cove, Sedgwick - Patten Stream, Surry - Hatch Cove, Castine - Mill Stream Conservation Area, Brooksville - Peter’s Brook, Blue Hill See more details •	25 Spring Hiking Challenge Spring Hiking Challenge May 25, 2022 Blue Hill Public Library & Blue Hill Heritage Trust have joined forces to bring you a Spring Hiking Challenge featuring Blue Hill Heritage Trust trails across the Blue Hill Peninsula! All are welcome to participate. Starting on Monday, March 21st, there will be a featured animal/plant posted at eight designated trails and a mystery letter for participants to collect. Hikers will learn about spring ecology and the different ways in which plants and animals behave in the spring! Maps for the trails can be found on the Blue Hill Heritage Trust trail page. Register for a trail checklist card using the library’s interactive calendar or by calling the library at 374-5515. Please write in the notes section how many you would like and if you want it emailed, mailed or for pickup at the library. Visit all of the following trails: - Heart of the Blue Hill System: South Street to Parker Point, Blue Hill - Snow’s Cove, Sedgwick - Patten Stream, Surry - Hatch Cove, Castine - Mill Stream Conservation Area, Brooksville - Peter’s Brook, Blue Hill See more details •	26 Spring Hiking Challenge Spring Hiking Challenge May 26, 2022 Blue Hill Public Library & Blue Hill Heritage Trust have joined forces to bring you a Spring Hiking Challenge featuring Blue Hill Heritage Trust trails across the Blue Hill Peninsula! All are welcome to participate. Starting on Monday, March 21st, there will be a featured animal/plant posted at eight designated trails and a mystery letter for participants to collect. Hikers will learn about spring ecology and the different ways in which plants and animals behave in the spring! Maps for the trails can be found on the Blue Hill Heritage Trust trail page. Register for a trail checklist card using the library’s interactive calendar or by calling the library at 374-5515. Please write in the notes section how many you would like and if you want it emailed, mailed or for pickup at the library. Visit all of the following trails: - Heart of the Blue Hill System: South Street to Parker Point, Blue Hill - Snow’s Cove, Sedgwick - Patten Stream, Surry - Hatch Cove, Castine - Mill Stream Conservation Area, Brooksville - Peter’s Brook, Blue Hill See more details •	27 Spring Hiking Challenge Spring Hiking Challenge May 27, 2022 Blue Hill Public Library & Blue Hill Heritage Trust have joined forces to bring you a Spring Hiking Challenge featuring Blue Hill Heritage Trust trails across the Blue Hill Peninsula! All are welcome to participate. Starting on Monday, March 21st, there will be a featured animal/plant posted at eight designated trails and a mystery letter for participants to collect. Hikers will learn about spring ecology and the different ways in which plants and animals behave in the spring! Maps for the trails can be found on the Blue Hill Heritage Trust trail page. Register for a trail checklist card using the library’s interactive calendar or by calling the library at 374-5515. Please write in the notes section how many you would like and if you want it emailed, mailed or for pickup at the library. Visit all of the following trails: - Heart of the Blue Hill System: South Street to Parker Point, Blue Hill - Snow’s Cove, Sedgwick - Patten Stream, Surry - Hatch Cove, Castine - Mill Stream Conservation Area, Brooksville - Peter’s Brook, Blue Hill See more details •	28 Spring Hiking Challenge Spring Hiking Challenge May 28, 2022 Blue Hill Public Library & Blue Hill Heritage Trust have joined forces to bring you a Spring Hiking Challenge featuring Blue Hill Heritage Trust trails across the Blue Hill Peninsula! All are welcome to participate. Starting on Monday, March 21st, there will be a featured animal/plant posted at eight designated trails and a mystery letter for participants to collect. Hikers will learn about spring ecology and the different ways in which plants and animals behave in the spring! Maps for the trails can be found on the Blue Hill Heritage Trust trail page. Register for a trail checklist card using the library’s interactive calendar or by calling the library at 374-5515. Please write in the notes section how many you would like and if you want it emailed, mailed or for pickup at the library. Visit all of the following trails: - Heart of the Blue Hill System: South Street to Parker Point, Blue Hill - Snow’s Cove, Sedgwick - Patten Stream, Surry - Hatch Cove, Castine - Mill Stream Conservation Area, Brooksville - Peter’s Brook, Blue Hill See more details •
29 Spring Hiking Challenge Spring Hiking Challenge May 29, 2022 Blue Hill Public Library & Blue Hill Heritage Trust have joined forces to bring you a Spring Hiking Challenge featuring Blue Hill Heritage Trust trails across the Blue Hill Peninsula! All are welcome to participate. Starting on Monday, March 21st, there will be a featured animal/plant posted at eight designated trails and a mystery letter for participants to collect. Hikers will learn about spring ecology and the different ways in which plants and animals behave in the spring! Maps for the trails can be found on the Blue Hill Heritage Trust trail page. Register for a trail checklist card using the library’s interactive calendar or by calling the library at 374-5515. Please write in the notes section how many you would like and if you want it emailed, mailed or for pickup at the library. Visit all of the following trails: - Heart of the Blue Hill System: South Street to Parker Point, Blue Hill - Snow’s Cove, Sedgwick - Patten Stream, Surry - Hatch Cove, Castine - Mill Stream Conservation Area, Brooksville - Peter’s Brook, Blue Hill See more details •	30 Spring Hiking Challenge Spring Hiking Challenge May 30, 2022 Blue Hill Public Library & Blue Hill Heritage Trust have joined forces to bring you a Spring Hiking Challenge featuring Blue Hill Heritage Trust trails across the Blue Hill Peninsula! All are welcome to participate. Starting on Monday, March 21st, there will be a featured animal/plant posted at eight designated trails and a mystery letter for participants to collect. Hikers will learn about spring ecology and the different ways in which plants and animals behave in the spring! Maps for the trails can be found on the Blue Hill Heritage Trust trail page. Register for a trail checklist card using the library’s interactive calendar or by calling the library at 374-5515. Please write in the notes section how many you would like and if you want it emailed, mailed or for pickup at the library. Visit all of the following trails: - Heart of the Blue Hill System: South Street to Parker Point, Blue Hill - Snow’s Cove, Sedgwick - Patten Stream, Surry - Hatch Cove, Castine - Mill Stream Conservation Area, Brooksville - Peter’s Brook, Blue Hill See more details •	31 Spring Hiking Challenge Spring Hiking Challenge May 31, 2022 Blue Hill Public Library & Blue Hill Heritage Trust have joined forces to bring you a Spring Hiking Challenge featuring Blue Hill Heritage Trust trails across the Blue Hill Peninsula! All are welcome to participate. Starting on Monday, March 21st, there will be a featured animal/plant posted at eight designated trails and a mystery letter for participants to collect. Hikers will learn about spring ecology and the different ways in which plants and animals behave in the spring! Maps for the trails can be found on the Blue Hill Heritage Trust trail page. Register for a trail checklist card using the library’s interactive calendar or by calling the library at 374-5515. Please write in the notes section how many you would like and if you want it emailed, mailed or for pickup at the library. Visit all of the following trails: - Heart of the Blue Hill System: South Street to Parker Point, Blue Hill - Snow’s Cove, Sedgwick - Patten Stream, Surry - Hatch Cove, Castine - Mill Stream Conservation Area, Brooksville - Peter’s Brook, Blue Hill See more details •