Tuesday, June 11, 1996
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Thursday, June 6. T24 MD BPP (Map 25) Northern harrier hovering over blueberry barrens in vicinity of Pretty Pond. B.G.
Saturday, June 8. Machias (Map 26) Mosquitoes have hit Washington County. S.S.
Saturday, June 8. Garland (Map 32) First fireflies sighted. M.J.
Saturday, June 8. Otis (Map 24) Night hawks displaying. B.G.
Saturday, June 8. Hudson (Map 33) Large colony of purple martins building nests in purple martin houses, Rte. 221, Trask Used Furniture. B.G.
Saturday, June 8. Otis (Map 24) Grey tree frogs chorusing. B.G.
Sunday, June 9, 7 am. Brownville (Map 42) A sharply-defined weather front, visible by noting the edge where clouds broke to clear sky with sunlight apparent beyond, was visible just North of the Gulf Hagas Mtn.-White Cap Mtn. range. It was raining in Brownville. Clouds were running into the mountain summits . F.W.
Sunday, June 9, 9:30 am. Edinburg (Map 33) A rain-soaked coyote crossed I-95 in no apparent haste, and made no visible efforts to conceal himself once he reached the median strip. F.W.
Sunday, June 9, 10 am. Brownville (Map 42) The mountains were now in sunlight. The weather front had moved only a few miles South: very slow for the movement of a front, and an unusual direction for front movement. F.W.
Sunday, June 9, 2 pm. Orono (Map 23) The front had moved further South and its edge had become become more ragged. Judging from the above landmarks, I estimate the speed at about six miles an hour--very slow compared to what's usual for our area. F.W.
Sunday, June 9. T7 R9 TWP (Map 42) Moose and deer prints everywhere in the higher altitude forests of the Barren -Chairback Mountain range. Ponds full and streams flowing full. F.W.
Monday, June 10. Machias (Map 26) Black flies were at the #2 stage (#3 the weekend before) -the mosquitoes are now at the #3 stage though!! N.P.
Downeast Birdline -- transcript of current telephone message
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