Attention birders! The Maine Bird Atlas needs your help

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Published
December 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.
Published
February 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.
Published
December 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.
Published
August 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.
Published
January 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.
Published
December 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.
Published
November 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.
Published
October 6, 2019

Where art and science meet: North Yarmouth artist renders wildlife

Fresh off a residency at the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Michael Boardman wants to educate the public through his art about threats to breeding birds.
Published
September 19, 2019

North America has lost nearly 30% of its birds in 50 years, experts find

Scientists blame loss of habitat, pesticides, light pollution and even cats.