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May 15, 2011

Outdoors Calendar

Bird day at L.C. Bates Museum at Good Will-Hinckley, today, 1-3 p.m. There will be a guided outdoor bird walk and hands-on activities. Families are invited to drop in to discover sounds and calls of birds, touch feathers, look at bird skulls and feet and construct a paper bird to bring home. FMI: Call 238-4250 […]
Published
May 15, 2011

Outdoors Dispatches

ORONO New group founded to care for Bog Boardwalk Orono Bog Boardwalk volunteers have founded a new group named Friends of Orono Bog Boardwalk. The group will help promote the wise use of the boardwalk and assist with its financial future and operation, as needed. The group will also help develop and operate additional programs […]
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May 15, 2011

Hunting: Rewards can be great when you change the rules

This turkey season got off to a slow, and somewhat frustrating, start for me. Out-of-state travel prevented me from doing sufficient preseason scouting. I’d located plenty of birds, but wasn’t familiar enough with their daily routines to be too confident about my chances. At the last minute I stumbled onto something that seemed too good […]
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May 15, 2011

Canoeing: Visit Lake St. George before summer

Loon calls echoed across the waters. A brisk northerly breeze ran its cool fingers through the tops of lakeside evergreens. The honking of Canada geese resonated from distant coves. Painted turtles plopped noisily off floating logs in secluded inlets. Wavelets ceaselessly lapped against the seam of rocks and small boulders lining the steep shoreline. A […]
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May 15, 2011

Birding: Killing spring birds is prohibited by law

There have been several instances, I have heard, where landowners are taking matters into their own hands and killing birds that they consider nuisances. These reports involve recently returned songbirds like House Wrens, whose energetic singing in the early morning disturbs peoples’ sleep, and woodpeckers drumming on eaves or searching for insects in trees on […]

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May 8, 2011

Mark Latti: Ice-out means excellent fishing

Trout and salmon anglers know that after the ice goes out on their favorite lakes and ponds, it’s time to grab your rods for some of the best fishing of the year. Why is that? Once the ice goes out, the water starts to warm, increasing a fish’s metabolism and stimulating the urge to feed […]
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May 8, 2011

Hunting: Jakes help boost confidence in young turkey hunters

My son and I were out trolling, walking slowly, stopping every hundred yards or so to rap on a box call in hopes of eliciting a shock gobble. “Was that …?” I said, turning quickly toward my accomplice. He responded with a tentative nod. “I think so.” I hit the box again and got a […]
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May 8, 2011

N.H. mountain hut built in 1888 gets a makeover

CONCORD, N.H. – At 21, self-described couch potato Gary Gibson took his first hike in 1971 in the White Mountains with his college buddy, Jack. They stayed in the Madison Spring Hut along the Appalachian Trail, the first-known and longest-operating mountain hut for hikers in the country. He loved the views and the hut and […]
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May 8, 2011

Deirdre Fleming: Cabela’s hopes to make moose lottery a winning event

The Maine moose lottery is known to be a party, a reunion, even a celebration. But this year’s host plans to take it to a whole new level. “It’s going to be unlike anything you’ve seen before,” said Cabela’s spokesman Greg Sirpis. The annual moose lottery is held in a different location around the state […]
Published
May 8, 2011

Calendar: Your outdoors guide to Maine

Backyard forests panel, 4:10 p.m. Tuesday in the McCormick Lecture Hall at College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor. Discussion by COA faculty members and local experts. Contact John Visvader at jvisvader@coa.edu or 288-5015. Ted Ames talk, 4:10 p.m. Thursday in the McCormick Lecture Hall at College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor. Ames, a researcher, fisherman […]

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