The days are beginning to get shorter now that the first day of summer has passed. With the sun still rising a few minutes before 5 a.m. and the roads tourist-free, Sharon and I headed to Popham Beach for some bird watching. A fog bank played tag with the coast line, but the sun eventually [...]
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The fifth in a series of occassional rundowns of what’s happening in the world of birds, birding and bird blogging. An eye for the Maine chance | Maine Audubon has completed the initial stage of its Important Bird Areas (IBA) program, identifying 22 areas in Maine as critical to state and global bird populations. Birds [...]
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Streaming video has come to Birding In Maine! After many, many hours of finding a way to bring our visitors birding videos, I have found a solution. Great resolution, small file size and birds in all their glory! After making a video with our Sony High Definition camcorder, I convert the movie to Windows HD WMV format. [...]
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Name: Maine Audubon Bird Alert Date: 6 June 2008 Area: State of Maine Compilers: Eric Hynes, Luke Seitz, Kay Gammons Of Special Note A very compelling report was received of a KIRTLAND’S WARBLER at the Kennebunk Plains on June 2. Efforts to relocate the bird have been unsuccessful; however, birders are urged to keep [...]
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Over the next week, you will see some changes to the Birding In Maine site. This is necessary to keep ahead of spammers and hackers who continually try to hack this site without any luck. You may experience the maintenance page, which alerts you to come back at another time. You may also encounter a [...]
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Sharon and I visited Biddeford Pool this morning. We met with Bob Malbon at Granite Point around 6:30 a.m. and had great views of a Great Egret feeding on fish. The marsh was alive with Willets and Snowy Egrets, Tree Swallows swooped low over the pannes and Northern Mockingbirds sang their many songs. We left [...]
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