Nearly 30 years ago, a team of bird researchers came to conduct the first large-scale study of the impact of commercial forestry on bird populations. Now they’re back.
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Amy Calder: Why is the robin behaving like that?
It’s amazing what we can learn about birds if we just take the time to watch and listen, Amy Calder writes.
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Posted inNation & World, Outdoors
Trump policy that weakened wild bird protections is revoked
The Biden administration’s Interior Department says the agency plans to come up with new standards ‘that can protect migratory birds and provide certainty to industry.’
Posted inNation & World, Outdoors
Trump administration moves ahead on gutting protections for birds
The wildlife service acknowledges that the rollback would have a ‘negative’ effect on the many bird species covered by the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act, which range from hawks and eagles to seabirds, storks, songbirds and sparrows.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Birding: From log-cock to high-hole, names come with charming backstories
A 1957 list of standard common names, which is periodically updated, keeps them all straight.
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Sounds of extinct species call to listeners
Musician and sound artist Steve Norton brings his sound installation to Maine Audubon. Tragically, it’s the only way you will ever hear these vanished birds and amphibians.
Posted inLocal & State, Outdoors
Maine loon population appears strong despite slight drop in numbers
The Audubon Society says the number of adult loons is more than twice the count from the mid-1980s.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Home is where the parrots are for Harmony couple
Marg and Fritz Buschmann started Siesta Sanctuary in harmony in 2006 to provide a home for parrots, which can live 80 years or more.
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Waterville couple takes part in 120th annual Christmas Bird Count
Bird lovers and longtime watchers Jose and Lea Ramirez help to document populations and habitats, which helps wildlife organizations develop conservation strategies.
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Birding: Scientists fed city crows a concentrated diet of cheeseburgers
Their research question: What’s the best address for a crow for optimal health? The city or the countryside?