March is a time of transition, both for the world around us and for us here at Maine Audubon. Outside, winter is passing into mud season and our thoughts turn to spring buds and summer blooms. Inside, our fiscal year is winding down and we're gearing up for a new season of working to protect Maine's …
News & Notes
Volunteers Needed to Help Turtles to Safety
If you've ever swerved to avoid an animal in the road, or stopped to help a turtle cross the street, then you need to clear your calendar for March 11 or 28. One of the greatest threats that Maine's turtles face is making it across roads safely as they make their slow and steady way from wintering …
announcing-the-w…-stamp-challenge
coming soon …
Destructive Changes Proposed to Important Bird Law
The changes to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) most recently proposed by the Trump Administration are almost impossible to comprehend. Proposed rules state that migratory bird death will only be prosecuted if the express purpose of the action was to intentionally kill birds. This means that the …
Through the Lens with Nick Leadley: Self-Assignment
Welcome back to Through the Lens with Nick Leadley, our continuing series on wildlife photography. Read the rest of the series here, and see more of his work at Touch The Wild. Long-term assignments always make for interesting photographs. They reflect a nature and wildlife that photographers …
Guest post: Life in the Arctic
It's 3 am and the cacophony surrounds me. I lie in my tent in the low angled light of a 24-hour sun, listening to the calls of Cackling Geese, Long-Tailed Ducks, Pacific Loons, Lapland Longspurs and shorebirds. Lots of shorebirds. Black-bellied Plovers, Dunlin, Semipalmated Sandpipers, and numerous …
“Bringing Nature Home” in January: Sow and Study
Happy New Year! While we might not be seeing blooms, bees, and butterflies in our gardens, parks, or conserved landscapes, January is still as good a time as any to work on restoring ecological function around us. Many of you are maintaining and watching bird feeders right now, but we urge you to …
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 …
Andy’s blog: Let’s get engaged in 2020
Happy new year! The start of a new year is always a time to reflect and resolve, but the start of a new decade provides even more opportunity for strengthening our convictions. And what a year 2020 promises to be. As our nation gears up for a big election year, Maine recognizes 200 years of …