Local birders surveyed nine western Maine areas Dec. 14, logging 41 species and contributing data to the nation’s longest-running community science bird project.
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When birds irrupt, winter wakes up
Winter birding across Maine highlights familiar winter species, simple tracking clues, feeder tips and welcoming places for residents to enjoy wildlife all season.
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Posted inHealth, Leslie Bridgers, Maine
She always wanted to come to Maine. A diagnosis meant now or never.
Hearing her story, Mainers stepped up to make the trip extra special.
Posted inThe Rangeley Highlander
Two Rangeley area festivals set for early June
Rangeley Birding Festival will be held June 5 through 8 and the White Nose Pete Fly Fishing Festival will take place June 6 and 7.
Posted inLeslie Bridgers, Maine, Outdoors, Things to Do
I’m a birder now (and other signs of aging) | Column
Grandmacore may be trending, but I’m just getting old.
Posted inThe Rangeley Highlander
2025 Rangeley Birding Festival
Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust teams up with Saddleback Mountain for the annual festival which takes place June 5-8.
Posted inOutdoors
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.
Posted inMaine, News
‘Devil bird’ from Southern states spotted in Maine for the first time
The anhinga, a waterbird, was seen in a flooded meadow in a small Lincoln County town. The last reported sighting was Friday morning, though, so some birders may have missed their chance.
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Birds of Maine
BY THE NUMBERS 464: Number of documented bird species in Maine. 290: Number native to Maine or regular guests. 136: Number considered rare or accidental. 5: Number introduced and established. 4: Number of Maine bird species considered extinct. 10: Number endangered. 11: Number of owl species. 13: Number of heron species recorded. 15: Number of […]
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Grab your binoculars! Maine’s got 290 bird species on the wing worth watching
The experts’ advice: Start in your backyard with a feeder. Soon you could have purple gallinules and Bohemian waxwings in your sights.