This year marked the thirty-seventh straight year that Maine Audubon has engaged volunteers, early in the morning on the third Saturday of July, to count loons on lakes across the state. The 2020 Maine Annual Loon Count stands out in this long-running tradition for a few reasons. Falling this year on the 200th day of […]
Community Science
Swap Your Lead for New Fishing Tackle!
Since we all have a bit more time at home these days, why not get the lead out of your tackle boxes? Beginning April 1, Maine Audubon and Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife are partnering with local retailers to provide $10 store vouchers to anglers who turn in at least one ounce of […]
Results of the 2019 Loon Count
For the 36th year in a row, community scientists all over Maine ventured onto their local lakes and ponds on the third Saturday in July this year to count Common Loons. In total, 1, 414 people participated in the count this year (up from 1,350 in 2018), covering 292 lakes. Click here to see images, […]
2019 Loon Count Roundup! Images, Video, and Headlines from the Big Day!
The 36th Annual Maine Loon Count was conducted this past Saturday, July 20. It was a hot, steamy morning … perfect for cruising around a Maine lake looking for loons! Each year the loon count attracts more than 1,000 volunteers counting on more than 500 lakes. Maine Audubon biologists will be collecting the reports and […]
Andy’s Note: “Camp” is a surefire shortcut to a smile
Camp.� If you live in Maine, or spend at least part of your summertime in this magnificent state, the word �camp� is a surefire shortcut to a smile.� Furthermore, that smile likely has roots back to some of the finest memories of your childhood. In Maine, the word camp has two distinct meanings.� The first […]
Science Is in Full Bloom! “American Spring LIVE” & Maine Audubon
�Please pick up your binoculars, everyone,� Margaret Reimann says to the assembled group of fifth graders. She holds her own pair aloft. �Do you know what you call these if you’re a cool birder? You call them �bins.’� After a brief training and the inevitable using-the-binoculars-to-look-at-your-friend-who-is-two-feet-away, the students gather by the bank of windows in […]
Creative Ideas from Maine College of Art Students
For the second straight year, Maine Audubon joined forces with the Maine College of Art (MECA) to help teach a class on grant writing. Under the tutelage of Professor Bob Jenkins, students learned about the importance of developing an idea and pitching it to a foundation for funding. Once again, Maine Audubon was used as […]
Become a Turtle Survey Community Scientist! Trainings 3/30 and 4/6
Maine Audubon is beginning the second year of an exciting effort to identify where turtles might be at risk of harm from traffic as they move across the landscape during the active season, and we are hoping you will help! We are looking for volunteers who can commit to walking along pre-selected road segments, documenting […]
Results of the 2018 Loon Count
This past July marked the 35th anniversary of Maine Audubon’s Annual Loon Count. As has happened on each third Saturday of July since 1984, a corps of dedicated volunteers ventured out on lakes and ponds across the state to search for, and count, Common Loons. In the 2018 count, 1,350 people participated, tallying loon adults […]