Winter Atlas Season Begins!

December 17, 2019 at 1:58 pm

The Winter Atlas is here! December 14th launches the winter season so grab your binoculars and get out for some winter atlasing.

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When Fledglings Become Juveniles

August 15, 2018 at 1:10 pm

[caption id="attachment_769" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus Doug Hitchcox[/caption] July is a great month for atlasing Adults can easily be seen carrying food, baby birds are chasing their parents around begging for meals, there are even some birds working on a second (or third) brood already.

Birding for Bruce

July 11, 2018 at 3:21 pm

By Doug Hitchcox Fellow birders, I am asking you to participate in a very specialevent this week. As many of you mayalready know, Bruce Barker has beenfighting a tough battle against a rare and very aggressive cancer.Sadly, treatmentshave been unsuccessful and he is currently in home hospice and not able to havevisitors.

Atlasing in April

May 8, 2018 at 12:05 pm

By Doug Hithcox As we head through April the window opens for a new group of early nesting species in Maine. This post highlights most of the species that have safe dates beginning in April. Dont forget to keep looking for breeding activity from species that started breeding in March, including: Great Horned Owls, Bald Eagles, Rock Pigeons, House Sparrows, and Peregrine Falcons.