This year marks the 35th anniversary of Maine Audubon’s Annual Loon Count, and staff biologists and volunteers swear 2018 is the year they finally achieve their goal of teaching loons how to count. Since 1984, a dedicated corps of over 1,000 citizen science volunteers has fanned out across lakes and ponds throughout Maine on the […]
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Abnormally Large Piping Plover Seen on Maine Beach
Birding enthusiasts have begun flocking to Old Orchard Beach following reports that a rare 50-foot Piping Plover has been spotted roaming around the popular summer destination. Maine Audubon biologist Laura Minich Zitske, who directs the Piping Plover and Least Tern Project, said that while sightings of enormous plovers are quite unusual, they aren’t unheard of. […]