Aerial technology taking flight to count birds on Harpswell island
The University of Maine at Orono is using drones to monitor the population levels of sea birds in Maine.
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Scientists at the University of Maine at Orono used a drone to take this image last summer over a colony of double-crested cormorants on an unidentified island. The researchers will use similar technology this summer off Elm Island in Harpswell to conduct annual population counts of species such as the cormorant.
Contributed / Meredith Lewis
Harpswell residents might notice a tiny flying machine periodically hovering in the air off Elm Island this summer, as researchers at the University of Maine at Orono employ drone technology to monitor seabirds in the area.
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