Join us on Crescent Beach, Thursday, July 27, 3-5 pm to celebrate the endangered Piping Plover! Learn all about these unique local birds and how you can help them survive the rest of the nesting season. Enjoy face-painting, crafts, book readings, and say hello to Beacon the Puffin of the Maine …
Piping Plover
Commonly Misidentified Species: Plovers
COMMONLY MISIDENTIFIED SPECIES: It’s not always easy to identify Maine’s most beloved birds. Maine Audubon biologists and naturalists commonly field identification questions along the lines of “is it this, or is it that?”. Many species look similar from a distance, but there are some great telltale …
Four Lessons I Learned from Working with Piping Plovers this Summer
Hello! I’m Emma Sloan, a biologist with Maine Audubon’s Plover Crew. We have spent this summer protecting the endangered Piping Plover along 22 beaches in southern Maine. As a new graduate and new resident of Maine, I have learned so much through this work. So, before the season ends, I wanted to …
Big Update on a Successful Piping Plover Season!
Somehow it’s August! The piping plover breeding season is beginning to wind down, birds are taking off from Maine beaches to migrate South for the winter, and Maine Audubon’s Coastal Bird Crew is breathing a little easier. 170 young birds fledged off of beaches from Georgetown to Ogunquit is no …
Dune Grass Habitat: Essential For More Than The Birds
I recently was surveying for some of the last piping plover chicks of the season on Old Orchard Beach when a woman approached me, pointing to the bright green runners of beach grass at my feet. "What type of grass is that?", she asked to which I replied, "dune grass", caught off guard by such a …
Visiting Nesting Piping Plovers with Congresswoman Chellie Pingree
Maine Audubon had the honor of visiting with some nesting Piping Plovers at Popham Beach State Park this morning with Maine's 1st District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, updating her on our progress protecting these federally threatened shorebirds. Congresswoman Pingree has long been a champion …
The Coastal Birds Crew 2021 season is off and running
Spring is here and that means so are the Piping Plovers and Least Terns. The 2021 Coastal Birds Crew is already hard at work scanning sandy dunes and seaweed-covered wrack lines from Georgetown to Ogunquit. Over the past few weeks, the crew’s primary focus has been surveying for Piping Plover tracks …
“Why I support Maine Audubon on #GivingTuesday”
Today is #GivingTuesday. Throughout the day, we'll be sharing a few perspectives on Maine Audubon from members of our community. One of them is nine-year old Ivy, who attended Maine Audubon camp this summer. In a handwritten note she shared with us afterward, Ivy talked about how much fun she …
MEDIA RELEASE: Maine Audubon & MHS Mark 100th Anniversary of Extinction of the Passenger Pigeon
MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release August 19, 2014 Contact: Michelle Smith, Marketing Manager msmith@maineaudubon.org (207) 781-2330 x209 Mobile: (207) 838-0511 Maine Audubon & MHS Mark 100th Anniversary of Extinction of the Passenger Pigeon Falmouth – September 1, 2014 marks the 100th …