Birders plan lunch
CARIBOU, Maine — The Aroostook Birders will host a “goose lunch” at Collins Pond in Caribou on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Canada geese migrate through the County each fall, stopping for short periods, and one favorite stopover is Collins Pond. Small flocks stay in the area, feeding in harvested fields each morning. At lunchtime, they all visit the pond before returning to the fields in the afternoon, providing a rare spectacle.
This year, instead of chasing the geese, the local birding group will “lunch” with them at the Collins Pond shelter. Spotting scopes will be available to look for the occasional rare visitor traveling with them. Observers will look for greater white-fronted geese or maybe even a pink-footed goose in an activity similar to “Where’s Waldo?”
Light refreshments and drinks will be available.
