That’s because a good conifer cone crop up north should give them plenty to eat.
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Birding: Does it pay to be a specialist or a generalist?
It depends. Each has its advantages and disadvantages.
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Birding: Scientists fed city crows a concentrated diet of cheeseburgers
Their research question: What’s the best address for a crow for optimal health? The city or the countryside?
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Hunting: Bowhunting for deer offers a lot of down time
Don’t waste it; watch the plentiful birds that surround you in the Maine woods.
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Birding: During fall migration, you never know what you’ll see
In addition to migrating birds are those sent off course by storms and birds whose internal compasses malfunction.
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Birding: For over 100 years, ordinary people have contributed to the field of ornithology
The web-based iNaturalist, with its social networking component, continues that tradition, in a 21st-century way.
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Birding: ‘Tis the season to watch shorebird migration
But time your outing carefully, as birding at low tide is a fool’s errand.
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Birding: Is it convergence or one big, happy family?
Scientists study sparrow subspecies for clues to their adaptations to marine environments.
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Birding: Saltmarsh sparrows are exceptional, but in steep decline
The species has been reduced by nearly 80 percent in the last 15 years, down to about 30,000 birds.
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More millennials are birding, around the country and in Maine
Young Maine birders say they like the connection to nature – and the sheer joy of watching birds.