Driving into Deboullie, part of Maine’s Public Reserved Land system, was like entering Oz. As soon as we crossed the line from JD Irving’s hard-cut lands – lots of young trees, clear cuts, and plantations – the canopy closed around us. It was beautiful. My girlfriend Pam and I both laughed at the difference and Read More
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Creature Feature: Wild Turkey
Did you that know Wild Turkeys have good eyesight, strong hearing, and are very good runners?
As Gulf of Maine Warms, Puffins Recast as Canaries in a Coal Mine
by Colin Woodard, staff writer Portland Press Herald news story The puffins are having a better year. On a late June day, the adults are landing on the rocky shore of this 7-acre bird sanctuary in flights of three or four, their bright red and yellow beaks stuffed with sand lance, tiny haddock and white Read More
My Maine This Week: Hummingbird by Rebecca Tripp
“I took this photo of a male Ruby-throated Hummingbird who was frequenting the azalea bush outside my apartment when it was in bloom earlier this summer. The photo was taken in Searsport, Maine.” —Photo by NRCM supporter Rebecca Tripp of Searsport, Maine To see past My Maine This Week photos, or to submit a photo Read More
The Perfect Night for Puffins
For years, I have wanted to see the Atlantic Puffins that breed off the coast of Maine. Every summer for the past four of five years, I’ve said, “THIS is the year I am going to see the puffins.” At the end of the summer, I had to say, “Next year is THE year I Read More
My Maine This Week: Jane Davis
“While out kayaking today in central Maine, I chanced upon this loon on a nest. I took a few quick photos with my telephoto lens (I wasn’t as close as it may appear), and quietly paddled away, so as to disturb her as little as possible. It was a beautiful day to be out on Read More
Creature Feature: Atlantic Puffin
The Atlantic Puffin is among the most recognizable birds, and one of Maine’s favorites. Did you know that their nickname is “clowns of the sea”?
Saving Canada’s Boreal Forest
by Scott Weidensaul and Jeffrey V. Wells New York Times op-ed STRETCHING from interior Alaska across Canada to Newfoundland, and sandwiched between the prairies and the Arctic, North America’s boreal forest is a mind-boggling 1.5 billion acres in size — bigger even than the vast rain forests of the Brazilian Amazon or the Congo. And Read More
My Maine This Week: Richard Flanagan
“This photo was taken in my backyard in Fairfield. I call it, ‘Decisions! Decisions!’” —Photo by NRCM member Richard Flanagan of Fairfield, Maine. View more beautiful photos from Richard’s backyard in his My Maine This Week slideshow. To see past My Maine This Week photos, or to submit a photo of your own to be Read More