I awakened as I usually do in the pre –dawn hour, walked the dogs in the dark, made coffee, fed Lily b, and was standing at the window spritzing my Norfolk Island pine as the sky lightened just enough for me to see the first chickadee appear in the apple tree. No cardinals this […]

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  I’ve spent the holidays enjoying a gift my wife gave me, Birds of Maine. This book was recently published by Princeton University Press and Nuttall Ornithological Club with support from Maine Audubon and the Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund. It provides detailed accounts about the 464 species of birds that have been found in Maine over […]

Social distancing, travel bans, lockdowns: our thoughts have turned to home improvement. So let’s consider a learning space, a place to read and write, calculate and think. What’s needed? Quiet. Not necessarily silence; some people’s best thinking is set to music. But uninterrupted; the dining room isn’t the place if it’s a family thoroughfare. In […]

We’re sure some of you have some wonderful memories of 2020, but lots more, perhaps, are very relieved to say good riddance to the year and welcome 2021. We are looking forward to less angst and more normalcy! The Age-Friendly Community Initiative wonders if you know someone who: •  Worries where their next meal is […]

  Writing this column has allowed me to meet others who are interested in birds and passionate about nature.  I’ve made new friends and many have shared stories. I can count on reports and photos from Mac, Songo Sue, Mary and Ruthie. More than a few are like Mickey. He never failed to tease me […]

  This fall, reports from New Mexico and other western states reported hundreds of dead birds and many others alive on the ground and clearly incapacitated. The true numbers aren’t known but certainly reached into the hundreds of thousands. This mass die-off shocked many and made news around the world. Scientists are still analyzing samples […]