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Tiny Songbirds at the Great Salt Bay Farm and Heritage Center
Our next road-trip stop was at a local nature area, the Great Salt Bay Farm &Heritage Center, with trails that wound though a field and led straight to the bay. Mom had to take a business call in...
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Meadow and Marsh at the Wells Reserve
Hundreds of species of birds have been identified at the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve. During my visit in early September, I wondered which ones I could tick off. I had been to the Wells...
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Shorebirds Mark Autumn in Maine
Maine is gorgeous in autumn. The crisp fall air, the apple-picking, the fiery colors of changing leaves: all make it my favorite time of year. However, we birders have another autumn event to look...
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Three Winter Birding Hotspots in Southern Maine
With the coldest time of the year fast approaching, many wildlife enthusiasts may head indoors, intent on hibernating until the spring thaw. In the case of birders however, this would be a big mistake:...
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The Bird That Started It All
Looking back, there is one specific Maine bird that started my whole fascination with birding in general. Walking along a dirt road near Kennebago Lake, I was playing with a higher-end point and shoot...
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Holiday Gift Ideas for the Birder in Your Life
Do you want to buy a holiday gift for a special birder in your life? You are in luck: we are absolutely the easiest people to shop for. Check out my top four gift ideas for the 2016 holiday season! 1)...
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Birding Knight’s Pond Preserve
Knight’s Pond has been a staple of my childhood since my family moved back to Southern Maine when I was 12. Shallow, with an outcropping of marsh vegetation in the center, Knight’s Pond freezes into...
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Back Cove in Winter
Hands down, one of my favorite places to bird in all of Maine is Portland’s Back Cove. Making a complete loop is always satisfying in some way, and just over three miles of walking creates in me a...
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Where to Find Great Winter Birding? Interview with Maine Audubon’s Doug Hitchcox
We are in the middle of a Maine winter now (despite the general lack of snow this year), which means winter birding is in full swing! Doug Hitchcox, the Staff Naturalist at Maine Audubon, shared some...
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A Winter Wren Atop Height of Land
One of my absolute favorite places in Maine is “Height of Land” in Roxbury. Every summer I drive by this spectacular view on my way to the Rangeley Lakes Region, and though I’ve taken in the...
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