Every summer, Maine Audubon works with Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife and municipal officials to protect Piping Plovers that nest on Maine’s shoreline. Over the past three months, I have been a volunteer for Maine Audubon’s Coastal Birds Project, which is among many initiatives developed to monitor and project coastal birds all across Read More
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Watching Hurricane Waves and Forster’s Terns
Like many an adventurer, we took time out of our weekend to observe the drama of the surf riled up by Hurricane Erin passing far offshore—of course, with the hope of seeing nice birds. On Friday, we zipped over to Pemaquid Point and saw…a Black Guillemot. One of our favorite little seabirds, but nothing Read More
Two Rare Birds Show Up in Downeast Maine
Who would have guessed that Downeast Maine would be where the Canadian Arctic and South Florida come together (sort of)? If you’re a birder, you may already know what we’re talking about. That’s right, two birds from two seemingly different worlds. A little over a week ago, a visitor from Florida was in the small Read More
Great Reads by NRCM Members: New & Newly Discovered Books
Looking for some fantastic books to add to your summer reading list? NRCM members can help! Featured here are books published by our members covering a range of genres, from essays to mysteries, non-fiction to poetry, and children’s literature, too. If you’re an author of a book about Maine or related to environmental issues, you Read More
Potato Chip Birds: Five Cool and Surprising Facts
Actually, if you don’t know which bird the “potato chip bird” is, then consider the subtitle “Six Surprising Facts.” And if you didn’t know that the potato chip bird, unlike most songbird species, form flocks in the non-breeding season, knock that cool factoid count up to seven. Never mind, let’s just jump in. You Read More
My Maine This Week: Maine’s State Bird by Ted Anderson
NRCM member Ted Anderson of Westbrook, Maine, has spent this spring photographing “whoever might show up in [his] yard,” and shared those photos with us. Thanks, Ted! This week, we share his photos of Maine’s State bird, the Black-capped Chickadee. Learn more about the Black-capped Chickadee in our Creature Feature.
Remembering the Lost Birds on a Special Day
We treasure Memorial Day as a day of remembrance of the past, holding dear those who have died while serving to protect our nation. We also think of and honor others who served in the military but were spared. It’s also a time of memorializing loved ones in general. After a number of days of Read More
Mystery of a Not-So-Common Gull
Who doesn’t love a good mystery? Perhaps it comes as no surprise, given the nature of birding, that birders do! And a very diligent birder among us just solved a real whopper. In October 2024, birders spotted a Common Gull at the golf course at the Samoset Resort in Rockland. Now, Common Gulls are common Read More
“Duck”-ing Maine’s Winter
Being birders, the two of us tend to incentivize chores and errands by working in a little birding when and where it makes sense. In winter, one of our favorite places to – can we say it? – “duck” in on is Gardiner Waterfront Park. Since we live in Gardiner, it’s conveniently located to any Read More
