Birding: Results from Maine Christmas Bird Count provide important data

Outdoors

Published
January 29, 2023

Birding: Results from Maine Christmas Bird Count provide important data

The data is a powerful tool for assessing changes in winter bird populations.
Published
January 22, 2023

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.
Published
January 22, 2023

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.'
Published
January 22, 2023

Ask Maine Audubon: Be on the lookout for barred owls this winter

Your wildlife questions are answered by Maine Audubon Staff Naturalist Doug Hitchcox.
Published
January 15, 2023

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.
Published
January 15, 2023

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.
Published
January 8, 2023

Hunting: Maine’s deer-hunting regulations can be downright confusing

The use of crossbows, for instance, provides ample examples of head-scratching regulations.
Published
January 8, 2023

Ask Maine Audubon: Where are the birds? Probably not at your feeder

Your wildlife questions are answered by Maine Audubon Staff Naturalist Doug Hitchcox.
Published
January 6, 2023

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.
Published
January 5, 2023

Maine state park campgrounds set attendance record in 2022

It marks the third consecutive year of record-breaking attendance by campers at state parks.