The spring migration offers ample opportunities to take up a new hobby or spot a new species.
Birding
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Where are the songbirds? As climate shifts, Acadia’s forests are getting quieter
The songbird population at Acadia National Park has become smaller and quieter over the last half century.
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Posted inLeslie Bridgers, Life & Culture, Maine, News, Outdoors
Hummingbirds’ arrival has Mainers buzzing | Column
Technology has given birders more ways to share their enthusiasm.
Posted inCommunity, Maine, News, Outdoors
Farmington group notes 41 species for 126th Christmas Bird Count
Local birders surveyed nine western Maine areas Dec. 14, logging 41 species and contributing data to the nation’s longest-running community science bird project.
Posted inCommunity, Guides, Maine, News
When birds irrupt, winter wakes up
Winter birding across Maine highlights familiar winter species, simple tracking clues, feeder tips and welcoming places for residents to enjoy wildlife all season.
Posted inHealth, Leslie Bridgers, Maine
She always wanted to come to Maine. A diagnosis meant now or never.
Hearing her story, Mainers stepped up to make the trip extra special.
Posted inLeslie Bridgers, Life & Culture, Maine, Outdoors, Things to Do
I’m a birder now (and other signs of aging) | Column
Grandmacore may be trending, but I’m just getting old.
Posted inOutdoors, Times Record
How to spot the menagerie of birds even in the dead of a Maine winter
As birdsongs quiet, some resilient species stay to outlast the cold. Midcoast Maine Audubon specialists shed light on who stays, who flees, and who should be migrating but aren’t due to the warming climate.
Posted inAnimals, Maine, News
‘Devil bird’ from Southern states spotted in Maine for the first time
The anhinga, a waterbird, was seen in a flooded meadow in a small Lincoln County town. The last reported sighting was Friday morning, though, so some birders may have missed their chance.
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Return of rare Steller’s sea eagle delights birders in Georgetown
The large bird first spotted in Maine last winter returned to the area this weekend.