Boiler-up! for Wildlife - warts on deer?
Archery season for white-tailed deer opened yesterday, we are between moose hunting weeks -- many of you have trail cameras in the woods. I frequently get trail cameras pictures sent to me to help identify unknown growths on deer and moose. Tune into this week's Boiler-up!
Collared Moose One Of Several To Travel From New Hampshire Into Maine
[caption id="attachment_983" align="alignright" width="311"] Ear tags such as this one help indentify GPS-collared moose.[/caption] By IFW Education Coordinator Lisa Kane On May 8, 2015 a cow moose wearing a radio collar and ear tag #33 was hit and killed by a car on Route 25 in Gorha
New England Cottontails Benefit From Regenerating Forest At Mt. Agamenticus WMA
[caption id="attachment_960" align="alignright" width="528"] The New England Cottontail is Maine's only native rabbit. Active forest management provides ideal habitat for New England Cottontails. (Photo/Tom Barnes)[/caption] by Eric Hoar, IFW Lands Management Biologist The Mt.
Boiler Up! For Wildlife – Podcast series
If you have read any of my previous blog posts, you know that I am Purdue University Alumnus, and as such, I have participated in several projects with the University in the past, including a podcast about trail cameras on the Got Nature? Podcast series.
Golden Eagle Workshop Attracts International Array of Eagle Biologists by Erynn Call
[caption id="attachment_921" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Evening colors over Rangeley Lake[/caption] Recently, Maine hosted the 4th meeting of the Eastern Golden Eagle Working Group (EGEWG) group in Rangeley July 9-11. This is an international collaboration of scientists
Banding Birds Of Prey Provides Hands-On Experience by Amy Meehan
[caption id="attachment_848" align="alignright" width="300"] IFW Biologist and occasional IFW blogger Amy Meehan with a red-shouldered hawk.[/caption] Raptors, or birds of prey, are some of the most fascinating and beautiful birds in the world. This group includes Eagles, Vultures, Hawks, Kites, Osprey, Falcons and Owls. I recently had the
Grouse and Woodcock Management at Jamie’s Pond WMA
Text and photo by Leigh (Eric) Hoar, Assistant Regional Biologist/Lands Management Jamie’s Pond Wildlife Management Area (WMA) is an 800 acre upland parcel surrounding a 100 acre cold water fishery in the towns of Farmingdale, Hallowell and Manchester which the Department be
Purple Sandpipers Enjoy Warmth of Maine Winters
Can you imagine wintering in Maine just so you can enjoy a milder winter? Seems somewhat misguided, but for purple sandpipers whose summers are spent on the arctic tundra, Maine must seem balmy. [caption id="attachment_796" align="alignright" width="300"]
WHEP in Maine?
I have been asked to serve as a wildlife biologist representing state agencies for the National Committee for the Wildlife Habitat Education Program (WHEP), a 4H-based program to inform high school students about wildlife species, habitats, and management practices. No doubt that I was nominated to this committee because
Ruffed Grouse Targeted In IFW-UMaine Research Project
[caption id="attachment_754" align="alignright" width="500"] IFW Biologist Kelsey Sullivan peers into the holding area of the trap.[/caption] IFW wildlife biologists Kelsey Sullivan and Brad Allen, in conjunction with Dr.
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