Tuesday, April 30, 1996
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Additional natural history correspondents sought, especially from Western, Northern, and
coastal Maine. Please send your reports to menature@maine.maine.edu
at any time.
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This week's reports
Tuesday, April 23. (Map 23) Palm warblers are back, Orono and Edinburgh. B.G.
Wednesday, April 24. West Falmouth (Map 5) Towhee at feeder. B.G.
Thursday, April 25. Orono (Map 23) I went out with flashlight at 8:30 pm and saw wood frogs, 2 spotted salamanders, and heard spring peepers singing in Orono. The vernal pools were still ice-rimmed. The herp season is late this year, presumably due to the open winter and still-frozen state of the ground in many places. J.K.M.
Saturday, April 27. Hudson (Map 33) Hirundo Wildlife Refuge - Finally, no snow, but very wet trails. Frogs and their eggs everywhere. Heard a barred owl deep in the forest: "Who-cooks-for-you-Who-cooks-for-you-all?". Witnessed two muskrats copulating, five feet in front of me and completely oblivious (or preoccupied)! Lots of beaver and deer sign. Several ravens. No people and not a single piece of trash anywhere! B.D.
Sunday, April 28. Otis (Map 24) Leatherleaf is in flower.
Winter wren singing.
Have observed ravens carrying nesting material for past several days.
Observed wood frog and salamander eggs in vernal pool. B.G.
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