A few borreal bird species are showing up in the village where food might be more plentiful this time of year

Normally a southerly species, tufted titmice have been expanding their range northward for several decades.

A spectacular sunrise and rainbow added to the drama of this year's annual sandhill crane trip

Now migration is at its peak. BirdCast estimated over 12 million birds passed over Oxford County this past week, including more than 5 million in a single night.

Remotely monitoring spring birds at in western Maine captures exciting species

Gino Ellison, a field technician, is conducting research as part of the American Goshawk Occupancy Survey.

ARUs record spring bird songs at different locations over the season, to help determine if the forest management practices being used are achieving their goal of improving forest habitat.

What is a varied thrush doing in Maine?

By James Reddoch I stepped out early to fill the feeders January 1, 2025. No sooner than I dumped fresh, shelled sunflower seeds into the...

By Sara Wright During the early autumn I search for the first native wild winterberry’s bittersweet orange to scarlet fruits....

By James Reddoch Sandhill cranes have been reported as occasional migrants in Maine going back to the early 1960s. The first confirmed...

This is a time for dark-eyed juncos, a type of sparrow. Flocks of 50 or more birds are common this time of year.

Fall migration is very different than the frantic days in mid-May when birds were pouring into our region from further south.