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May 11, 2013

John Christie: Before the tourists arrive, get a hop on summer via your motorcycle

The summer season doesn’t really start for us until we spend a day in May on the motorcycle taking our traditional, and favorite, kickoff trip along some of our favorite coastal highways and byways, well before the summer crowds arrive. That’s not to say it’s not just as delightful and beautiful from your car, and […]
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May 11, 2013

Birding: Osprey numbers taking off again in wake of DDT

This column continues the discussion of osprey biology from my last column. I wrote about the dependence of osprey on live fish for food. Ospreys are not picky about the fish they prey upon in either salt- or freshwater environments. As long as the fish are in shallow water or within three feet of the […]
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May 11, 2013

Allen Afield: When no fish rise, fly rodders open their creel of tricks

Eight years ago on a Maine fly-fishing bulletin board, a young fly-fishing guide posted a comment that has stuck in my mind. He claimed that aquatic-insect hatches were so sporadic that he wondered why the events seemed important to people. “Yee-haw,” I thought and felt embarrassed for him. Folks who have fly-fished for as long […]
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May 11, 2013

Best Bets

TUESDAY Happy Paddlers 9 a.m. on May 21 in Bremen The Pemaquid Paddlers, that loose but very large informal paddle club, is celebrating its 10th year of warm-weather Tuesday paddles. Next week the club will start the season with a paddle in Duck Puddle Pond. All trips last two to three hours. The trips are […]
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May 4, 2013

Hunting: A wild turkey may just have a mind of its own

Conventional turkey hunting wisdom tells us it’s nigh onto impossible to call a love-struck tom away from his hen. Sage veterans will explain it’s much easier to call turkeys uphill, and all the how-to manuals tell you to avoid obstacles like water and fences when calling a gobbler. Being self-taught, I didn’t know any of […]

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May 4, 2013

Allen Afield: Better start fishing because May flies indeed

“Hatch Guide for New England Streams” by Tom Ames Jr. hit bookstores 13 years ago, and yes, that figure generates a predictable comment from folks like me — “How time flies.” It seems like yesterday when Amato Publications first published this landmark fly-fishing entomology book, but it has been around long enough to earn the […]
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May 4, 2013

Deirdre Fleming: Moose on the move, or with calves in tow, sure to delight lottery fans

For more than 25 years the town of Greenville has celebrated moose in the spring, drawing a few thousand people to the area during the month-long Moose Mania festival. This year the townspeople are hoping their moose festival draws several thousand over one weekend when the annual moose lottery is held there on June 15. […]
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May 4, 2013

John Christie: It’s that first paddle on the Penobscot

I know that I’ve made the transition from winter to spring when I hang up the boards (except for one last trip scheduled to the East Snowfields on Mount Washington with some pals in early June) and I slip the kayak off the Jeep and nudge it into the still-chilly waters of Penobscot Bay for […]
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May 4, 2013

North Cairn: The bloom is back on the rose

Harvesting narcissus and daffodils was my last effort of the night and the first at dawn the next day. I had arrived late at the little cottage on a bay beyond the borders of the woods, past the state line, about 200 miles south of here. While the day had slipped by under the whirling […]
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May 4, 2013

Carey Kish: Politicians can take a hike – and so should you at Acadia National Park

The shroud of sequestration hanging over Acadia National Park thankfully will soon be lifted. Yes, those pesky federal budget cuts could only delay the official park opening for just so long. On Saturday, May 17, the Park Loop Road will open and other major facilities will follow in short order. The park boasts an incredible […]

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