A chill in the air greeted Sharon and I on Granite Point near [tag]Biddeford Pool[/tag], [tag]Maine[/tag] Saturday morning. Temperatures were in the upper 40′s under crystal clear skies and calm winds. Sunday morning was a little milder, but still picture perfect. The [tag]birdwatching[/tag] was spectacular! Passerine migration seems to be beginning as Tree, Cliff and Barn [...]
A spectacular day in southern [tag]Maine[/tag], as the humidity and heat are gone and sea breezes and much cooler temperatures greeted our morning birding trip to Goose Rocks Beach. I never tire of the [tag]shorebirds[/tag] we have been enjoying and hope that visitors to our site don’t get bored with them either. I will keep [...]
Another week of hazy, hot and humid weather in [tag]Maine[/tag]. The only relief from the heat was a line of severe thunderstorms in the northern part of the state which produced very heavy rain, golfball sized hail and a report of a funnel cloud. Here in [tag]Biddeford[/tag], not a drop of rain fell. The [tag]birding[/tag] [...]
The first in a series of weekly rundowns of what’s happening in the world of [tag]birds[/tag], [tag]birding[/tag] and bird blogging. Hummingbird Orphan: Tiny, Cute and Helpless Julie Zickefoose has a story with photos about a baby hummingbird found floundering in a puddle at a park. Piping Plover earns mainstream coverage Amy Hooper has a story about how [...]