OUR GIF HOP BOOK SHELF A PLACE ALL BEYOND THE SPRING Biography of WHERE ALL CAN HELP Cordelia J. Stanwood by Chandler S. Richmond - Curator The Stanwood Wildlife Sanctuary is a charitable Stanwood paperback $7.95 non-profit corporation entirely dependent upon its memberships and the voluntary donations of its JACOB AND OWL Juvenile story based on visitors to maintain and operate the Cordelia J. our famous barred owl "Ollie" Stanwood memorial at Birdsacre. by Frank and Ada Graham Wildlife It receives no financial support from either federal hard bound 9.95 or state agencies and relies solely on the generosity SIX LITTLE CHICKADEES Juvenile of those who recognize the worthiness and broad benefits of its varied activities and educational pro- stories adapted by Ada Graham from Cordelia Stanwood's stories with grams. In the rush and turmoil of daily life nature's peace Sanctuary prints of her original photography 8.95 and quiet are offered freely to all at Birdsacre. Here each must find his own special place for renewed DEEDS TO THE RUTH HANNA faith and reaffirmed values, but through your use CHILDREN'S ACRE and support of this sanctuary those values will be protected and preserved - not only for yourself but Registered certificate deeds in a reserved acre for all who follow you. for one square foot of land are available now for $1.00. These deeds are frameable with a picture USE THE PICNIC AREAS of "Ollie" in half tone replete with gold embossed corporate seal. VISIT OUR GIFT SHOP MEMBERSHIP ENJOY YOURSELF To the Treasurer Stanwood Wildlife Sanctuary and encourage others to share that enjoyment. Box 485 Ellsworth, Maine 04605 "Everything in nature is beautiful Please enroll me as a member in the S.W.S. as taken in its supreme moment." checked below: BIRDSACRE $ 5.00 Contributing $ 100.00 Benefactor ONE HUNDRED ACRE $10.00 Sustaining $ 500.00 Sponsor $25.00 Supporting $1,000.00 Life Member SANCTUARY $50.00 Patron $ 1.00 Junior Membership (under 17) Birth year STANWOOD $ Special gift for Capital Improvement. HOMESTEAD TOTAL MUSEUM Name Address WILDLIFE City State Zip Lunchtime at Birdsacre RECOVERY Contributions Tax Deductible Photo by Adelle Day CENTER 01-0277-845 STANWOOD HOMESTEAD MUSEUM (National Register Historic Places) WILDLIFE RECOVERY CENTER Job Stanwood, an eighteen-year old from Glou- cester, Massachusetts, lost an arm at the seige of Louisburg in 1745. Ten years prior to the Revolu- All who visit the sanctuary and Stanwood home- tionary War, he migrated to the Cranberry Isles of stead are inevitably impressed by the atmosphere of Maine. Job's great-grandson, Captain Roswell intimacy and naturalness which have attracted SO Stanwood, built the present Ellsworth homestead many to Birdsacre. The steady expansion of the in 1850. It was erected on the cellar foundation of Wildlife Recovery Center greatly strengthens this an earlier smaller dwelling also owned by a concept and broadens the educational objectives of Stanwood which had been destroyed by fire. Cap- the Sanctuary. tain Stanwood's daughter Cordelia, the first of five Over fifty species of orphaned, sick or injured Photo by Glen Dalton children, was born here on August 1, 1865. For birds come to the center every year, and when half a century this house and its surrounding recovered are returned to the wild. Their presence woodland was the center of her pioneer efforts in gives artists, woodcarvers, students, and the BIRDSACRE SANCTUARY Birdsacre respects and supports the interdepen- ornithology. general public the opportunity to observe and study wildlife under the most favorable of circumstances. dence of all living things. For over one hundred years Birds permanently grounded through injury become this property was in the Stanwood family and has re- living participants in our educational programs. mained basically undisturbed by human develop- A growing natural history collection of bird ment. This is still true. All trails lead to flowers, mounts, skins, nests, eggs, prints, and library fruiting shrubs, nest sites, and watered areas rich materials supplements these programs. with aquatic life. Bown, McGinley and Richmond Licensed by both state and federal agencies for Ponds have expanded this pattern. the care and release of wildlife, Birdsacre has For half a century these acres were Miss achieved an enviable reputation for successful Stanwood's woodland workshop. The paths you fol- rehabilitation performance. Our efforts are limited low were worn into the forest floor by her footsteps only by available financial support. during her relentless search for true answers to birds and their habits. Seek not here for the unexpected, rather discover the reality of that which is natural within the magic of the ordinary. Look elsewhere for that bird not yet found and be content to know the wonder and mys- tery of bird flight, the harmonies of color and sound, and the forest stillness that leads to self-discovery. Such is sanctuary and such is Birdsacre - as it was for Cordelia Stanwood and likewise for all who Here one finds the atmosphere of a slower, find, as she did, that "Nature will have all of your at- quieter way of life, seen in the worn rugs, domed tention or nothing of you." lamps, antique furniture, square piano, iron stoves Since one's approach to nature is a personal exper- and Dutch oven, even the wrinkled panes in some ience, the time of the year, the weather, even the hour of the window glass. A home that speaks for itself of the day, will frame the experience. Whatever is and of those who lived within its warmth and done here enhances and preserves that which has simplicity. made Birdsacre unique, never to change. The Stanwood Homestead Museum has es- Enjoy the sanctuary and the quiet charm and caped the rush of the time and change, but still reflects that elusive difference between a house friendly atmosphere of the Homestead Museum which encourage one to return. A sanctuary unused and a home. All who visit this place will SO is a place without purpose. When you are here the remember it. Photo by Sally Hutchins meaning exists.