Heron Watchers Needed
[caption id="attachment_545" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="In April 2009 at this colony in downeast Maine, ice-out is not yet complete and the herons have yet to return.
Sebasticook Valley Middle School Outdoors Club Adopts Great Blue Heron Colony
[caption id="attachment_463" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="Logan Labree, Dalton McCaughlin and Rachel Bates measure and record the diameter of a great blue heron nest tree while Skip Walsh (in background) searches for another nest."]
Nondirectional Wandering Brings Southern Birds North to Maine
[caption id="attachment_444" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Cattle egret observed feeding on grasshoppers on Bailey Island in Harpswell.
Heron Trash Can Be a Researcher's Treasure
[caption id="attachment_380" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Remains found beneath heron nests.
Nestlings Abound
[caption id="attachment_344" align="alignleft" width="241" caption="Five nestlings, all around 4-5 weeks old."][/caption] [Be sure to click on a photo for a larger view.] Can you imagine raising 5 children in a 1-room apartment? For great blue herons, it’s not all that uncommon. In g
Still on the Lookout for Wading Bird Colonies
[caption id="attachment_332" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="What we see from the air! There is an active great blue heron colony on this island.
Land Trust Sponsors Program on Damariscove's Sea Birds
[caption id="attachment_290" align="alignleft" width="295" caption="Two black-crowned night-herons on Damariscove Island."]
Keep Watch for Early Birds
It is March 2nd, and although I received 3 inches of snow 2 nights ago at my home, it was wet and heavy snow and had melted by noon. The wind is blowing, but it is relatively warm air, sending me a hint of spring with every gust. Birds are starting to move. Recent observations of FOY (that’s “first of year” in case you’re not a birder) osprey and turkey vultures remind me that great blue herons will return to Maine within a few weeks’ time. If my memory is correct, the first great blue heron that was reported on the Maine Birds List in 2009 was on March 12th in Brunswick. Two
Snowbirds: Volunteers Follow (and Help) Our Herons and Egrets South
[caption id="attachment_198" align="alignleft" width="275" caption="Snowy egret at Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge"][/caption] It’s now February, and winter has “set in” here in Maine for sure. Many of u
Burying Island, a Heronry of the Past
[caption id="attachment_176" align="alignleft" width="125" caption="Photo by Steve Perrin"][/caption] The following was written by Steve Perrin, a long-time observer of one of Maine's largest great blue heron colonies... Great blue herons maintaine
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