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 …
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Maine Audubon and Patagonia Freeport Join Forces for the Endangered Species Act
Shop and save has new meaning this month as Maine Audubon and Patagonia team up to protect the Endangered Species Act. Shoppers at the Patagonia Freeport store (100 Main Street, Freeport) are now greeted near the doors by an Endangered Species Act (ESA) display, featuring free "trading cards" …
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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 …
“Requiem” Sound Installation Opening at Fields Pond Audubon Center
Listening to Steve Norton's soundscape composition Requiem is both peaceful and unsettling at the same time. Unusual bird songs mix with frog croaks here and there, sounds come together, then pause. “A lot of people think it's relaxing and beautiful,” says Norton, “but some people tear up and …
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 …