Ariana van den Akker, Author at Maine Audubon

Ariana van den Akker

Staff Photographer

One of the highlights of camp each week is field trip day! Last week our aquatic adventurers explored Kettle Cove in Cape Elizabeth to check …

It seems like ages ago, but remember April started out snowy and cold! But migratory birds returned, amphibians travelled to vernal pools to …

What. A. Month. Everyone in Maine knows that March is a month of many contrasts. We started out the month down here in Falmouth with a …

A lot more happened in February than I expected. We had both snow and record high temperatures, which made things interesting from a visual …

Oh January. There’s something about January. The holidays are over and the air is (mostly) frigid, but slowly and surely the days are …

December 22, 2017 By Ariana van den Akker

On Saturday, December 16, bleary-eyed, I arrived at an access point to the Eastern Trail in Scarborough. The sun was at least an hour from …

One of the best things about autumn is that every day something outside is different. Trees become vibrant and then fade at their own paces, …

On Saturday, September 23, Maine Audubon's 48th annual Bald Eagles of Merrymeeting Bay trip left Boothbay Harbor with beautiful, sunny …