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These warm days of late, even if interspersed with colder, more seasonal temperatures and occasional snow, have predictably made many of us humans think of spring. Birds seem to be feeling it, too. We wrote in our recent column about the resident...

It was winter the way we expect it here in Maine. The sun was shining and the sky blue, but the morning cold was intense, making the slightest breeze feel sharp and painful on any uncovered part of the face. Our little dog, Loki, despite two layers...

The Steller’s sea-eagle is back! We have to assume that, unless you live under a rock, you well remember the flurry of excitement last winter when one of the largest flying birds in the world made its way to Maine. We wrote about it in our column...

The Steller’s sea-eagle is back! We have to assume that, unless you live under a rock, you well remember the flurry of excitement last winter when one of the largest flying birds in the world made its way to Maine. We wrote about it in our column...

There have been lots of warnings in the news about the lack of ice on lakes and rivers in Maine this winter. Many traditionally frozen lakes and rivers have either frozen only for a short time or have had portions that have not frozen at all. The...

Regular readers may know that we have had a longtime fascination with brown creepers. There is just something appealing about these little brown and white birds that quietly go about their lives, unnoticed by most of humanity. Their calls are so...

The arrival of finches from the north has always been an event that birders here in Maine and New England have looked forward to during the cold of winter. Common redpolls and the much rarer hoary redpolls, pine siskins, evening grosbeaks, pine...

This week’s column is provided from Jeff’s perspective following his trip to Matinicus Island. The Audubon Christmas Bird Count (CBC) on Matinicus Island reached its almost consecutive 17th year this year, having been started by yours...

Some have called it the “mountain mockingbird” or the “mockingbird of the sagebrush” but its official name is the sage thrasher. If you’ve never heard of it, don’t feel bad. It’s not a bird we would ever consider to be a “Maine bird” as its breeding...

Over this weekend, while much the world was fretting over holiday shopping, the clock ticked closer to the end of the largest and most important biodiversity negotiation in the world. It took place at COP15 in Montreal, as we wrote about in our...