After gaining a mix of memories, experiences and maybe even a filled tag, hunting season comes to a peaceful close for many.
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Birding: Results from Maine Christmas Bird Count provide important data
The data is a powerful tool for assessing changes in winter bird populations.
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Want to escape the crowds, and save money? Try night skiing
The vast majority of Maine Alpine areas offer night skiing – and nearly half offer deals that top the day ticket pass.
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Ask Maine Audubon: Be on the lookout for barred owls this winter
Your wildlife questions are answered by Maine Audubon Staff Naturalist Doug Hitchcox.
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Hunting: Deer can see some colors, but not blaze orange
For a hunter blue jeans are bad, and while deer can see a human form – even if it is clad in orange – there are ways to stay ‘out of sight.’
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Hiking in Maine: The Birches brings out best of Moosehead in winter
The Birches Resort has 40 miles of machine-tracked cross-country ski trails, remote yurts and a base lodge to welcome you in from the wilderness.
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Hunting: What seems random is probably more of a survival instinct
From grouse to deer to snowshoe hare, so many actions are not just reactionary but often related to survival.
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Hunting: Maine’s deer-hunting regulations can be downright confusing
The use of crossbows, for instance, provides ample examples of head-scratching regulations.
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Ask Maine Audubon: Where are the birds? Probably not at your feeder
Your wildlife questions are answered by Maine Audubon Staff Naturalist Doug Hitchcox.
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Extreme winter sport to debut in Maine at Lost Valley ski area
Ice cross – a sport in which skaters compete head-to-head down a steep track while navigating twists, banked turns and jumps – comes to Auburn in February.