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 others come to this unique place to breed […]
News & Notes
“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 do even […]
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 images, […]
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 […]
Socially speaking: Birds, babies, and balloons
As the year draws to a close, we took a look back to see what topics got our social media channels hopping and tweeting the most. No surprise: Birds, babies, and balloons topped the list. Here’s a look at our most engaging posts of 2019: #1: On Facebook, Staff Naturalist Doug Hitchcox took a walk […]
Louisiana Rails Trip Report
At the end of October, Maine Audubon partnered with Field Guides to offer a tour for our members to Louisiana. Following the success of our South Texas and Oaxaca, MX tours, it is no surprise that this was another really fun trip with great company (and we can’t wait for our Arizona trip in March, […]
Fields Pond: People and programs highlight 2019
It was a year of firsts and foremosts for Fields Pond Audubon Center in Holden. The center continues to grow its programming and we welcome both old faces and new folks every week. These are just a few of the highlights from 2019. New staff: We welcomed environmental educator Sophie DeMaio to Fields Pond! Sophie, […]
Five Years of Solar at Gilsland Farm
It is almost hard to believe that five years have passed since the solar panels were installed at Gilsland Farm but on this anniversary I thought it’d be fun to take a look at how they’ve performed over that time and hopefully dispel a few solar myths. One thing that has become increasingly clear over […]
Through the Lens with Nick Leadley: A Little Soft Light
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. Cloudy days never get me down. Actually, I look forward to them. Building on the last blog post for Maine Audubon, I’m going […]