Maine Audubon regularly features posts by guest writers, including graudates of the Maine Master Naturalist Program � in our Maine’s Naturalist series. If you’d like to explore contributing a post, send an email to outreach@maineaudubon.org. Today’s blog post is by Maine Master Naturalist Karen Lessard Bruder. They’re back! The recolonization of Maine has begun. Monarch […]
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Through the Lens with Nick Leadley: Thinking in Tones
Welcome back to Through the Lens with Nick Leadley, our continuing series on wildlife photography. Read the rest of the series here. The title of this month’s post may result in a few raised eyebrows. Thinking In Tones? Upfront I’ll admit I don’t have any degree of musical talent, so I’m not going to write […]
Maine’s Naturalist: Seeking Salters, Maine’s Unusual Trout
Maine Audubon regularly features posts by guest authors as part of our Maine’s Naturalist series. If you’d like to explore contributing a post about Maine wildlife, send an email to media@maineaudubon.org. Today’s post is from Ronald N. Dupuis Jr., Maine Master Naturalist and Registered Maine Guide. Every spring, around the time when the coltsfoot flower […]
Maine’s Naturalist: Ferns Revealing Secrets
Maine Audubon regularly features posts by guest authors as part of our Maine’s Naturalist series. If you’d like to explore contributing a post about Maine wildlife, send an email to media@maineaudubon.org.�Today’s post is from Susan Gilpin, and is a follow-up to her post from earlier this month. Three weeks ago, many ferns were still uncurling […]
Trip Report: Matinicus Rock 2019
On Friday, June 7th, we ran our annual “Seabirds of Matinicus Rock” trip out of New Harbor. Aboard the Hardy III, Captained by Al Crocetti of Hardy Boat, we take a full day ride out of Muscongus Bay, cruising 25 miles to one of the largest seabird colonies in the Gulf of Maine, at Matinicus […]
Maine’s Naturalist: Finding Ferns
Maine Audubon regularly features posts by guest authors as part of our Maine’s Naturalist series. If you’d like to explore contributing a post about Maine wildlife, send an email to media@maineaudubon.org. Today’s post is from Susan Gilpin. All through May, I have been trying to identify ferns in their fiddlehead state, emerging from the mud […]
What’s Next for the Great Black Hawk? State Display and a Bronze Statue
It’s been a few months now since Portland’s beloved Great Black Hawk lost its battle with the Maine winter. However, the story is far from over. The first news is about the future of the bird’s remains. Once the bird died, there was debate about where the specimen would end up. In the end, Maine’s […]
Through the Lens with Nick Leadley: Getting a Close-Up
Welcome back to Through the Lens with Nick Leadley, our continuing series on wildlife photography. Read the rest of the series here, and meet Nick in person at the Rangeley Birding Festival, June 7-9. One question I hear a lot is “How do you get close to your subjects?” Actually it’s not always a question […]
Renewed Urgency for Protection of Maine Wildlife
The most challenging aspect of human impact on the environment is that we get used to it. It’s easy to see colorful birds at your feeders this spring and forget that there are billions fewer songbirds than there used to be, or enjoy a day at the beach in Maine without realizing that the Gulf […]