Check out the next installment of Windham Middle School’s Bird Blog! Each student in their three observation groups has been making careful observations at Windham’s new bird feeder stations! Tayshawn~ This week we have not seen any birds but we have been looking at the bird cams. We saw a lot of Hairy and Downy Read More
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Winter: Moosehead Lake and the Kennebec River, Day 1 Part 2
You would think the cold created a woods devoid of life, frozen, if you will, until the spring thaw brings warmth and energy back to Little Moose Mountain. You would be wrong! Throughout most of our hike, the calls and chatter of Golden-crowned Kinglets, Black-capped Chickadees, and Red Squirrels rained down on us from the Read More
My Maine This Week: Sharon Houle
“I love Maine because you never know what you are going to see wildlife wise anywhere you go. So I always bring my camera. Some friends decided to go on the Kennebec River on a party boat. It was a beautiful afternoon last July with a clear blue sky and the river was fairly calm. Read More
My Maine This Week: Pam Wells
Since Saturday, May 14, is International Migratory Bird Day, we thought we would share some beautiful photos of birds taken by NRCM member Pam Wells of Old Town, Maine. To see past My Maine This Week photos, or to submit a photo of your own to be featured on our website, please visit www.nrcm.org/our-maine/my-maine-this-week.
A May Daydream
By Jeff and Allison Wells Boothbay Register column Now that the season has crept into May, the trickle of migrant birds returning north is gaining strength and moving closer to the wave that will arrive by mid-May. Already, birders from across Maine are reporting their first-of-year rose-breasted grosbeaks and black-throated green warblers and great-crested flycatchers. Read More
Signs of Spring: Windham Middle School Students Observe the Birds
Preston: Over the past week my group and I only saw four birds. We saw a female American Goldfinch, a male Purple Finch, a male American Goldfinch, and a female Hairy Woodpecker. To figure out what the birds are we used a poster that listed some birds and then went from there. It was also Read More
Loon Dies From Avian Malaria, Heightening Climate Concerns
By Nora Flaherty MPBN news story PORTLAND, Maine – The death of a loon from avian malaria on a lake straddling Oxford County, Maine, and New Hampshire is raising concerns about climate change and illnesses transmitted through insect bites. The bird, a Common Loon, died last summer on Umbagog Lake. It’s the first confirmed death Read More
Fall: East Branch of the Penobscot River, Day 4, Lake Matagamon
Brian and I were up and on the water at Lake Matagamon just after sunrise. We had rented a motorboat from the Wilderness Campground, giving us the freedom to move longer distances. Like Third Lake the morning before, mist was rising from the water and shrouding the lake’s islands with a mysterious fog. Lake Matagamon Read More
Colorful and Bright: King Middle School Students Begin “It’s for the Birds” Project
Students at King Middle School have been using their NRCM Grant on a project called “It’s for the Birds.” In order to better understand their local ecosystems and the problem of shrinking bird habitats, they have been observing local bird species as well as creating a set of species cards for the Audubon Society. Check Read More
