If it’s summer, and especially if it is beautiful weather on her birthday weekend, we know we will get gorgeous western Maine photos taken by longtime NRCM member and photographer Linda Woods of Waterville. This summer was no different! Earlier this summer, Linda shared her photos from Rumford Whitecap (a Land for Maine’s Future property), 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: Mushrooms by Walter Mugdan
NRCM member Walter Mugdan of Little Neck, New York, writes, “Given how unrelentingly wet this summer has been — at least in northern Maine — we have seen more interesting and colorful mushrooms than ever before. I photographed these on our property in Beaver Cove.”
My Maine This Week: Black-capped Chickadee by David Small
NRCM member David Small of Old Town, Maine, has shared hundreds (if not thousands) of his photographs of birds throughout Maine over the years. Today, we learned that David has a favorite bird: the Black-capped Chickadee. (For those of you who don’t live in Maine, the Black-capped Chickadee also happens to be the State Bird Read More
My Maine This Week: Isle au Haut by David Preston
NRCM member David Preston of China Village, Maine, said that he “had a wonderful hike on Isle au Haut this past Saturday.” He also shares that about half of the island is part of Acadia National Park, but it is only accessible by boat, with no overnight accommodations, so there are very few visitors, unlike Read More
My Maine This Week: Belgrade by Sam Horine
We love it when longtime NRCM member Sam Horine of Skowhegan, Maine, shares his photos with us — many of which were taken of or from this red canoe. Sam’s travels for this photo took him to Belgrade, right on Route 27. This is a beautiful and familiar spot to any of us who travel Read More
My Maine This Week: A Day at the Beach by Betty Olivolo
Maine hasn’t had as many “beach days” with sunshine and warm temps as many of us would like, but luckily, it looks like it was the perfect beach day for NRCM member Betty Olivolo of Kittery and her great nephew. Betty captured these photos that remind us why a day at the beach during a Maine Read More
My Maine This Week: Elana Mugdan
Thank you to NRCM member Elana Mugdan of Little Neck, New York, for sharing her beautiful photos of a tri-colored bumble bee she saw recently at Prong Pond, near Moosehead Lake. Learn more about this bee at www.inaturalist.org/taxa/127905-Bombus-ternarius
My Maine This Week: Houston Brook Falls by Roger Leisner
With this summer’s rainy weather, many waterfalls have had an abundance of water flowing over them, and with this summer’s heat, we have all been looking for ways to cool off! NRCM supporter Roger Leisner of Augusta, Maine, shares his beautiful photograph of Houston Brook Falls near the town of Bingham in Somerset County this Read More
My Maine This Week: Bigelow by Linda Woods
This week, we hope you enjoy two views of Bigelow Mountain, part of the Bigelow Preserve Public Reserved Land. Longtime NRCM member and My Maine This Week photographer Linda Woods of Waterville, Maine, captured these images. Linda writes, “In my younger days, I walked across that entire ridge (several times in fact). Now I just Read More
