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PublishedDecember 12, 2022
Loon counters find more chicks but fewer adults in Maine
Maine has the largest population of loons on the East Coast and has sought to protect them with environmental laws in recent years.
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PublishedNovember 22, 2022
Mark Fanning, 76, remembered as ‘the godfather’ of falconry in Maine
The Buxton resident and former Bonny Eagle teacher who led the push to legalize falconry in the state died in a car crash in Virginia on Saturday. His wife, Cynthia Fanning, is in the hospital with serious injuries.
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PublishedAugust 1, 2022
As species recover, some threaten others in more dire shape
Along part of coastal Maine, the recovery of America the bald eagle poses a problem for the only U.S. breeding population of great cormorants.
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PublishedDecember 9, 2021
Attention birders! The Maine Bird Atlas needs your help
An online meeting Thursday will update birders on how to help with the statewide citizen science project by reporting bird sightings.
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2021
The first comprehensive guide to Maine’s birdlife in some 70 years gets everything right
Peter Vickery did not live to see his life's work published, but 'Birds of Maine' - engaging, gorgeous and packed with information - is a great testament to a great ornithologist.
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PublishedDecember 19, 2020
Fewer loons found in Maine, but population is still rebounding
Bird counters have found fewer loons in Maine this year than the two previous years, but the total population remains much stronger than three decades ago.
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PublishedAugust 9, 2020
Someone in Maine gunned down the last wild passenger pigeon
Though a captured bird remained alive in a zoo for another decade, nobody ever saw another wild passenger pigeon after a hunter shot one out of the sky in Bar Harbor in 1904.
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PublishedJanuary 15, 2020
Bird rescue group in Freedom reports death of five eagles since start of 2020, all with elevated levels of lead in blood
It takes a piece of lead the size of a grain of rice to fatally poison a bald eagle, according to the state's raptor specialist with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife.
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PublishedDecember 15, 2019
Waterville couple takes part in 120th annual Christmas Bird Count
Bird lovers and longtime watchers Jose and Lea Ramirez help to document populations and habitats, which helps wildlife organizations develop conservation strategies.
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PublishedNovember 28, 2019
Alfredo Nicolas and Terra Fletcher
Two wildlife lovers were strangers until they united to rescue a great black hawk in Deering Oaks during a January snowstorm.
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