January 2008

As Saturday morning dawned, Sharon and I decided to take a break from packing our possessions for our mid-February move and head to the Scarborough Marsh for some birding. The marsh was mostly quiet as it is this time of the year, but the Dunstan River held good numbers of Hooded Mergansers, Common Goldeneyes, Canada Geese, [...]

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Maine Audubon Rare Bird Alert Reporting Period: January 12 – January 18, 2008 Area: State of Maine Compilers: Eric Hynes and Stella Walsh   Of Special Note  This winter appears to be taking a toll on the surplus of BARRED OWLS in the area as there were a number of fatalities reported this week, not [...]

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Moving to Bath

by John Briggs on January 12, 2008

in Blog, Site News

The time has come to move on. My wife and I will be taking up residence in Bath, Maine next month. The situation here in Biddeford is deplorable at best. Since moving here two years ago, we have had no fewer than 4 thefts of our property. Drunks and young thugs decide that 2:00 a.m. is the [...]

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Bird Feathers #4

by John Briggs on January 1, 2008

in Bird Feathers, Blog

The fourth in a series of occassional rundowns of what’s happening in the world of birds, birding and bird blogging. First pictures of the snowy New Year! The last day of the year didn’t go quietly | Bird TLC admits it’s 502nd bird of 2007 for treatment, a Red-Tailed Hawk. An outrage against hawks and [...]

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