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Small Wonders: Alarm Calls
1+ hour, 18+ min ago (503+ words) Birding, Birds, Maine's Naturalist, News & Notes · July 31, 2026 Mobbing calls are used by songbirds as well; an American Robin’s mobbing alarm call might be familiar. They’re often lower pitched with a broader bandwidth, meaning that they contain a wide range of…...
Small Wonders: Hardcore Butterflies
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (308+ words) News & Notes · June 29, 2026 The next butterfly that I insist you know about is an unassuming brown and orange species named the Harvester (Feniseca tarquinius). The name sounds rather charming until you learn what they’re harvesting. Harvesters are the only obligate…...
Breaking News: Maine Audubon Celebrates Rodenticide Restrictions
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (453+ words) Action Alert, Birds, Media Release, News & Notes · June 5, 2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 5, 2026 MAINE AUDUBON media AT maineaudubon.org Maine Audubon Celebrates Rodenticide Restrictions State Board of Pesticides Control moves to restrict harmful toxins often found in owls, eagles, pets, and…...
Big news regarding little birds: we have Piping Plover chicks on the beach!
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (477+ words) Birds, News & Notes, Plovers & Terns · June 1, 2026 These chicks are precocial, meaning that within hours of hatching, they are already moving around the beach and feeding themselves. Chicks are often found foraging more than a mile from their nest site, a…...
Spreading our wings: Let’s explore a new Downeast area together
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (635+ words) Birding, Maine's Naturalist, News & Notes · May 29, 2026 Earlier this year, FBC reached out to Maine Audubon to organize a limited series of naturalist walks on the Jordan River Preserve this summer as a first step toward developing future public education, interpretation,…...
Become an (i)Naturalist
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (494+ words) Community Science, Maine's Naturalist, News & Notes · April 30, 2026 You can contribute via the web or the iNaturalist app, where you note what you saw, when, and where. One unique aspect of iNaturalist is that there is community involvement to verify submissions,…...
Your observations matter!
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (372+ words) Birding, Community Science, Fields Pond, Forestry for Maine Birds, Maine's Naturalist, News & Notes · April 30, 2026 At the end of the day, it really does come back to the World Migratory Bird Day theme: every observation matters. Whether you’re spotting birds at…...
Optimism in the Face of Development: Birds & Cities
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (480+ words) Birding, Birds, Fields Pond, Maine's Naturalist, News & Notes · April 30, 2026 Join me for an Urban Bird Ecology Walk on Saturday, May 2, 2 pm Meet at the Bangor Waterfront, South end parking lot Come celebrate World Migratory Bird Day with us at Fields…...
Become a Phenology Observer with Signs of the Season
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (324+ words) Community Science, Habitat Connectivity, Insects, Maine's Naturalist, News & Notes · April 23, 2026 With spring comes melting snow, rainy days and nights, and amphibians making the journey to vernal pools that come alive with this spring weather. Vernal pools are ephemeral, meaning that…...
From Camp to Community
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (544+ words) Environmental Education, Fields Pond, News & Notes · April 7, 2026 This activity, first launched during February Vacation Camp, has now grown beyond camp itself. We’ve since run it with our Homeschool Naturalists program, afterschool program students, and visiting school field trips—expanding its…...