Maine Audubon
-
PublishedDecember 22, 2024
How to spot the menagerie of birds even in the dead of a Maine winter
As birdsongs quiet, some resilient species stay to outlast the cold. Midcoast Maine Audubon specialists shed light on who stays, who flees, and who should be migrating but aren't due to the warming climate.
-
PublishedDecember 7, 2024
Maine loon count finds healthy population
The loon count takes place annually on the third Saturday in July – July 20 this year, when 1,624 volunteers turned out across 407 lakes.
-
PublishedNovember 24, 2024
Are Maine Audubon’s turkeys the safest birds in the state this Thanksgiving?
The reestablished wild turkey population in Maine is now considered abundant and is spread across all 16 counties.
-
PublishedSeptember 16, 2024
There were fewer piping plover pairs on Maine beaches this year, but they fledged lots of chicks
Three beaches in Scarborough saw the highest number of fledged chicks since monitoring of the endangered shorebirds began in Maine.
-
PublishedAugust 7, 2024
Hikers face charges for violating trail closure at Acadia National Park
Several trails at Acadia are closed for parts of each year to protect endangered peregrine falcons, which nest on cliffs.
-
PublishedJuly 22, 2024
Volunteers hit the water for 41st annual Maine Audubon Loon Count
Results won't be released for a few weeks, but the state's common loon population has been trending upward since the '80s.
-
PublishedJune 17, 2024
Maine’s piping plovers are adapting to washed-out beaches after winter storms
Despite washed-out dunes and higher water lines, experts say the endangered piping plovers nesting along the Maine coast appear to be doing well.
-
PublishedJune 10, 2024
Yarmouth kids honored for effort to stop bird-window collisions at school
Yarmouth Elementary School has received an Award for Educational Excellence from BirdSafe Maine.
-
PublishedApril 24, 2024
Federal grant for Scarborough Marsh climate work hailed as ‘monumental’
The Scarborough Land Trust and partnering groups will receive $1.4 million for projects and planning to protect the marsh from the impacts of climate change.
-
PublishedApril 22, 2024
Maine Audubon seeks Freeport-area stream explorers for community science project
- 1
- 2
- 3
- …
- 5
- Next Page →