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Maine's Naturalist

WHERE ARE THE BIRDS?!

Over the last two weeks or so I've received daily calls asking "what has happened to our backyard birds?" Even on the MAINE Birds Facebook Group (membership required) there is a thread titled "Where are all the back-yard birds ? No birds at feeders for days !!" that has 345 comments of people mostly …

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Head Harbor Passage 2017 Trip Report

On 26 August, we ran our inaugural trip to explore the waters of Head Harbor Passage and it was awesome! The bottlenecked water from the extremely high tides off Eastport literally create a whirlpool, known as the Old Sow, where a variety of 'bird food' (especially krill) is brought to the surface …

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Trip to Borestone Mountain

As we head into our summer trip season I wanted to share one of my favorite locations in Maine with everyone: Borestone Mountain. This is one of Maine Audubon's eight sanctuaries and at 1,600 acres, the largest. Located in Elliotsville, Borestone is north enough to be getting into some higher …

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