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 …
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2019 Native Plants Sale & Festival a huge success!
Maine Audubon's 2019 Native Plants Sale & Festival was a huge success! Thank you to everyone who came, explored, and shopped. If you missed the big event, it's not too late to get great native plants this summer -- please keep reading! The results On June 15th, we sold over 2,000 Maine …
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 Rock. …
“Bringing Nature Home:” The Native Plants Sale & Festival
The Native Plants Sale is just 10 days away! We're busy getting more than 3000 plants ready for June 15th. We've been busy sourcing plants, keeping them watered and healthy, and watching germination of seeds we sowed last fall. The schedule for the day includes workshops, activities, food trucks, …
Maine Audubon on Maine Voices Live: Watch Here!
Last night Maine Audubon staffers Doug Hitchcox and Nick Lund had the honor of sitting down with Portland Press Herald reporter Deirdre Fleming for an interview as part of the Press Herald's Maine Voices Live! event. In front of a sold out live audience at One Longfellow Square in Portland, Deirdre …
Andy’s Note: June is the month of flora, fauna, and daylight
Who doesn't love June? Most of us fell in love with June during our youth. With the end of the school year and nearly 16 hours of daylight in Maine, we could pack nearly twice as much outdoors activity into a day than we could during the December solstice – and be much warmer doing it. As an …
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, …
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 …
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 of …