Maple sugaring takes patience–a lesson kindergarten students in Portland Public Schools now know firsthand. Students across the district spent late winter learning about maple trees and maple sugaring, studying maple trees on their school grounds, and in many cases, tapping those trees, as a part of a Wabanaki Studies unit for kindergarten called Maple Thanksgiving. […]
News & Notes
Come visit our centers to see Atlantic Salmon eggs hatching
If you�ve stopped by the nature centers at Fields Pond or Gilsland Farm recently, chances are you may have noticed a few hundred new inhabitants: Atlantic Salmon eggs! Both centers are currently raising endangered Atlantic Salmon through Fish Friends, a program of the Maine Council of the Atlantic Salmon Federation.� These salmon are a far […]
Spring means it’s time to start surveying Maine streams
It�s officially spring so that means it�s time to check on your local streams, explore water quality, and find bugs! We�re kicking off a new Stream Explorer season and recruiting community scientists who can help survey large aquatic insects (macroinvertebrates) in Maine streams. If that sounds interesting to you, there are two ways you can […]
Bird Conservation comes to Maine’s Maple Sugarbushes
March is arguably the sweetest month of the year. All throughout Maine, sugarmakers are busy boiling maple sap into syrup. The same forests that make Maine one of the top three maple producing states also support some of the highest diversity of nesting birds in the country. In an effort to bring together Maine’s maple […]
New soft plastic lure project invites anglers to gather data
Have you ever thought about the fish you are catching�or eating? And wondered what that fish had been eating? Soft plastic fishing lures are a popular and common tackle used extensively across Maine. These lures imitate worms, frogs, and other natural baits by moving more freely through the water than a hard plastic lure. Soft […]
Backyard Bird of the Month for March: Carolina Wren
If there are Carolina Wrens in your backyard, you�ve probably already heard them. Many sing throughout the winter, they are usually one of the first to utter alarm calls in response to potential threats like hawks or cats, and male Carolina Wrens sing their loud tea-kettle songs up to eight times per minute in the […]
Bringing Nature Home News: 100 Resilient Yards Project
Maine Audubon’s Bringing Nature Home is pleased to announce an exciting partnership with the City of South Portland on a new initiative, 100 Resilient Yards. Focused on revitalizing South Portland, one yard or home at a time, the program will provide technical expertise and resources to residents and/or businesses in order to promote the transformation […]
Get Ready for Summer Camp Sign-ups!
We appreciate the interest in our summer day camp offerings in recent years; however, as many of you know, this means our camps fill up quickly! For returning and new summer camp families, we wanted to share helpful tips on what to expect in this year�s registration process, including some changes we�ve made for an […]
RARE BIRD ALERT: STELLER’S SEA-EAGLE IS BACK (2023)
We’ve waited, we’ve debated, and now we know: The Steller’s Sea-Eagle is back! You’re probably well aware of the Amazing Saga of the Steller’s Sea-Eagle (video link) but if not, this is an incredibly rare eagle from Eastern Siberia that after moving across North America in 2021, spent the winter from 30 Dec 2021 – […]