One of Maine Audubon's priority bills during this, the second session of the 130th state legislature, is LD 1902: Resolve, To Establish a Pilot Program To Encourage Climate Education in Maine Public Schools. Supported by a strong coalition of local nature-based education organizations and youth …
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Now hiring: seasonal staff for conservation projects
The conservation team is starting to hire seasonal staff for summer projects. Two positions are now open for applications: Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge Piping Plover Technician - southern Maine Maine Audubon is hiring a Piping Plover Technician. This is a seasonal position at …
Backyard bird of the month for January: Evening Grosbeak
Historically restricted to the western half of this continent, Evening Grosbeaks have expanded eastward thanks to the food they found here. Evening Grosbeaks are large finches, and like other finches will often have irruptions in winter, meaning they’ll leave their typical range when food is scarce. …
Andy’s blog: Together we grow stronger
Does anyone really want to think back to January 2021, to when this crazy year began? A new president was about to take office in the White House, 2020 had been the hottest year on record according to NASA, 23 species were about to be declared extinct, and it was the deadliest month of the …
A year-end message of change and hope
For our year-end message, the staff of Maine Audubon is pleased to bring you a reading of the poem, Metamorphosis/We Change, (inspired by "Flight from the City" by Jóhann Jóhannson), written by Samaa Abdurraqib. Samaa Abdurraqib (she/her) lives in Brunswick, ancestral land of the Abenaki people. …
Winter Bird Atlas Returns: Count birds this winter
It is almost time for the start of the Winter Season of the Maine Bird Atlas, a project by the Maine Dept of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to document the breeding and wintering distributions of Maine's birds. This five year project has just one breeding season (in 2022) left, and we are about to …
Give the Gift of Growing Native Plants from Seeds This Winter!
As we report and gear up for late fall and early winter, we often remind folks that fall is the best time to start your own native plants from seed. Maine native plants are beneficial and beautiful, and growing your own from seeds is economical, simple, fun, and rewarding. Maine Audubon is …
Backyard Bird of the Month for December: Eastern Bluebird
An increasingly common sight during Maine’s winter is the bright sky blue flash of an Eastern Bluebird lingering in our backyards. The trend has been well documented thanks to long running surveys like the Christmas Bird Count (CBC), showing that just a couple of decades ago bluebirds were scarce …
2021 Annual Loon Count Shows Importance of Long Term Studies
Adults up, chicks down, but what does it all mean? As Maine Audubon releases the data from its 2021 Annual Loon Count, it underscores the importance of long-term studies and highlights the need to look beyond the one-day count to understand the data. The annual loon count takes place on the …