Happy Earth Day! NRCM member Gerry Monteux of Hancock, Maine, shares two of his stunning wildlife photos with us this week and writes, “My friend, who’s a huge bird freak, invited me to join him last May for what he thought would be a pretty big day. It turned out to be an actual ‘Big Read More
My Maine This Week
Each week, NRCM members and supporters submit their Maine photographs to be shared in our My Maine This Week website feature. We also share these photos on our website and social media. They are also considered for our Nature of Maine Calendar!
My Maine This Week: Total Solar Eclipse by David Preston
NRCM member David Preston of China Village, Maine, joined thousands of other people in the trek north to view the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. Northern Maine was in the path of totality, and the event did NOT disappoint. Here are three of David’s photos from the day. Thank you, David! If you Read More
My Maine This Week: Giant Stairs Trail by Anne Rankin
What a difference a week made! NRCM member Anne Rankin of Brunswick, Maine, shares this beautiful photo she took on March 31st, before our latest snowstorm, and writes, “Harpswell, Maine, March 31, 2024. True blue skies and drop-jaw coastal scenery along the eastern edge of Bailey Island. Another one of those days at the coast in Read More
My Maine This Week: Bohemian Waxwings by David Silva
NRCM supporter David Silva of Holden, Maine, shares these stunning photos of some recent visitors to his crab apple tree — several Bohemian Waxwings!
My Maine This Week: Lakes by Ted Anderson
NRCM supporter Ted Anderson of Westbrook, Maine, shares two of his black and white photos of the winter thaw on Long Lake in Harrison and Moose Pond in Denmark. These photos were taken a couple of winters ago. Most lakes in this region didn’t freeze over completely this year, due to a very mild winter Read More
My Maine This Week: Popham Beach by Roger Leisner
NRCM supporter Roger Leisner of Augusta, Maine, shares his thoughts and photos from a recent post-storm trip to Popham Beach in Phippsburg. Roger writes, “On March 2nd, I travelled down to Popham Beach for the first time since the destructive winter storms of January. Large parts of the beach have been swept away into the Read More
My Maine This Week: Great Grey Owl by Chris L’Abbé
This photo by NRCM supporter Chris L’Abbé of Topsham, Maine, was taken a couple of years ago, when Great Grey Owls (who are rare in Maine…or should that be “whooooooo” are rare in Maine?) were sighted in some locations around the state. Chris photographed this owl on the Studd Mill Road in Passadumkeag. Former legislator Read More
My Maine This Week: Timber Island by Laura Pope
NRCM supporter Laura Pope of Eliot, Maine, shares this photo from a walk she took on the Timber Trail in Biddeford Pool. At low tide, you can walk the jetty and go out to explore Timber Island. Laura writes, “We feel this is one of the most beautiful walks we’ve taken as walkers will see Read More
My Maine This Week: Midcoast by Steve Cartwright
Can you believe that March starts this Friday? And, that three weeks after that, it’s officially spring? Most of us in parts of Maine didn’t have a lot of winter weather this year, but NRCM member and frequent My Maine This Week photographer Steve Cartwright of Tenants Harbor, Maine, shares these two photos of ice, Read More
