Welcome to "Name That Native Plant!" -- a quiz to help familiarize you with the native plants that provide such critical support Maine's insects, birds, and other wildlife. For our sixth (and final) installment, we're featuring this Maine Audubon-grown native plant... While often …
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Talking about the ESA with Sen. King’s and Sen. Collins’ Staff
On September 5, Coastal Bird Project Director Laura Minich Zitske and I, along with a few allies in the environmental advocacy community, met with staff members from Senator Collins' and Senator King's offices in Portland and Scarborough, respectively. As Maine Audubon members and supporters are …
Bring Maine Audubon to your classroom
Another school year is underway for Maine teachers, and Maine Audubon's educators are ready to deliver customized programming or curriculum for your students or community group. We believe in getting children outside to explore the woods, fields, and mudflats – to see and hear and feel nature for …
“The Birdist” Joining Maine Audubon to Lead Outreach Efforts
We are excited to share the news that Nick Lund will be joining the Maine Audubon team as our first Outreach & Network Manager. Nick is a Maine native, a writer, and an experienced conservation professional. Most recently, he served as Senior Manager of the Landscape Conservation Program at …
Native Plant Pop Quiz #5!
Welcome to "Name That Native Plant!" -- a quiz to help familiarize you with the native plants that provide such critical support Maine's insects, birds, and other wildlife. For our fifth installment, we're featuring this Maine Audubon-grown native plant... Like swamp milkweed, I am the …
Nature Moments: Herbivory in Moderation
Those holes, rips, folds and tubes that you find in leaves? They're mainly the work of larval beetles, moths, flies, sawflies and other insects. In moderation, herbivory is a sign of a healthy environment because it indicates that our native insects have not been decimated by pesticides or climate …
Andy’s Note: Welcoming Autumn
As I'm writing this, the temperature at Gilsland Farm is in the 90s. Yet I have two brilliant red sugar maple leaves adorning my desk. I plucked them off the ground under an ancient tree that has been a roadside sentinel at Gilsland Farm for many years, standing over the comings and goings, perhaps …
A Banner Year for Maine’s Nesting Piping Plovers
The Maine Audubon "plover crew" has wrapped up its 2018 season monitoring the nesting of Piping Plovers on Maine's beaches -- and they have good news to report for this struggling species. "In 2018, we had a record number of nesting pairs and a record number of fledglings for Maine," explained …
Head Harbor Passage 2018 Trip Report
On Saturday, August 25th, we ran our second annual Head Harbor Passage boat trip out of Eastport and it was another amazing spectacle for the numbers and density of wildlife in that small area. The narrow waterways of Head Harbor Passage pair with extreme tides to create upwellings and the famous …