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Category Archives: Maine Nature
Coyote~America’s Songdog – Stanton Bird Club
CONTACT Kathleen Demers, Stanton Bird Club, 783-1904 Is it possible for human beings to coexist with carnivores—with coyotes in particular? Conservation Biologist, Geri Vistein, whose work in Maine focuses on carnivores and our relationship with them, plans to offer a … Continue reading
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Love in the Wild
In honor of Valentine’s Day, Nature Gone Wild! Little Brown bats live here in Maine. Nature Gone Wild! The Nature Conservancy ranks the top 10 strangest ways nature finds love. So you think you’ve had some strange dates? This … Continue reading
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Lisbon Falls (Map 6)
February 1. 2012 Lisbon Falls Map 6 Well the den site that had fox tracks near it one day and on another day fishers tracks proved to be that of a skunk. Very odd to see a skunk active this … Continue reading
What’s Eating The Pumpkins?
Last fall’s cornstalks, pumpkins and squash were loaded into the tractor’s bucket and hauled off to the edge of the woods. I’ve been waiting to see what might grow this summer. Yesterday afternoon I discovered this 2.5″ hole through the … Continue reading
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Red Fox, Lisbon Falls (Map 6)
January 27 Lisbon Falls Map 6 This red fox passed by the trail camera the other day. I think I have found its den and have moved the trail camera to that location which is not far from where this … Continue reading
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Oriole? Windsor (Map 14)
Windsor, January 30 Could this be possible? Yesterday, while working in the woodpile in the late afternoon the call of an oriole rang out. Clear, consistent and numerous times I heard this bird, and then again this morning. The orioles … Continue reading
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Ice Fishing on East Musquash, Topsfield (Map 45)
It was windy but it looked like a nice day to ice fish. There are only two shacks on East Musquash Lake today.
Quoddy Nature News – Foxes
The Red fox has the widest range of any terrestrial carnivore, and, with over 50 recognized subspecies, it is found on most continents except South America, Antarctica and most of Africa. Continue reading
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Snowy Morning in Windsor (Map 14)
Meanwhile, with the consistently warming storms I am often feeling ominous about the potential for heavy ice; we still have trees standing with damage from the ice storm of 1998 and they are a reminder of how damaging ice can be. Continue reading
Maine’s Black Bears – live video
The Wildlife Research Foundation has live video of Lugnut, an adult black bear, and her two newborn cubs online now. The cubs were born on January 16. This is an opportunity to learn a lot about Maine’s bears. I made … Continue reading