Longtime NRCM member (and artist who created the artwork for our NRCM t-shirts) Jon Luoma of Alna, Maine, shares his beautiful Snowy Owl photo with us for this week’s My Maine feature. This Snowy Owl has been seen at Ocean Point in East Boothbay throughout the month of January. What a spectacular sight! Thank you Read More
Snowy Owls
Snowy Owls Popping Up Again Across Northern U.S.
They’re being reported on the online eBird database this winter across the northern third of the Lower 48 states, including Maine. The Associated Press Portland Press Herald news story ITHACA, N.Y. — Last winter brought an unprecedented number of snowy owl sightings in the northern United States, and this winter is turning out to be Read More
North American Sightings of Elusive Snowy Owls Take Flight
By Barbara Goldberg, Reuters Bangor Daily News news story NEW YORK — The elusive snowy owl, rarely seen outside the Arctic, is turning up more frequently in the skies of North America than it does in the pages of a Harry Potter book, data from the National Audubon Society suggested on Wednesday. Sightings of the Read More
My Maine This Week: David Small
“Last winter, my wife and I stopped at the Trenton airport after reading about several snowy owl sightings in that location. Luck was with us. We spotted one snowy owl sitting atop a utility pole almost right away. After several minutes of camera work the owl flew down to some ground cover while the shutter Read More
Snowy Owl Photos from Around the State
The Snowy Owls are back again—have you seen one? If so, please send us your photo and the location/town where you saw the owl. We would love to share your photos in our Snowy Owl photo gallery. During the winter of 2013-14, Snowy Owls moved into Maine for the winter in higher numbers than we’ve seen Read More
My Maine This Week: Wildlife on Display by Gerard Monteux
NRCM is delighted to share some of the photos by photographer Gerard Monteux, owners of Monteux Gallery in Hancock. “I’d been thinking and envisioning opening a gallery for at least the last five years, since I was able to seriously get back into photography. Working for a living kept me from pursuing a passion that had Read More
Lemmings Fuel Biggest Snowy Owl Migration in 50 Years
By Darryl Fears, The Washington Post Bangor Daily News news story For the lowly Arctic lemming, life is cruel. On the wide-open tundra, they are nature’s carryout meal, the Lay’s potato chip of an unforgiving habitat — no predator can eat just one. In a flash before death, often the last things a lemming sees Read More
