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Chickadees perch on the tips of spruce tree branches, silhouetted against a pale blue sky

A banditry of chickadees

October 17, 2022
  • Bird Ecology
  • Citizen Science

story + photos by Seth Benz A black-capped chickadee “irruption” is most noteworthy among the usual migrating birds counted at […]

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A seaweed-covered bedrock ledge juts out into a foamy green sea.

On solitude

October 12, 2022
  • Arts
  • Communication

story + photos by Joshua Miner, 2022 Intern from College of William & Mary To be alone in the woods: […]

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Sharp-shinned Rascals

September 30, 2022
  • Bird Ecology
  • Citizen Science
  • Landscape of Change

In the September nor-westers also fly Hawks, sometimes in veritable companies. Evil little sharp-shinned rascals flap and sail through the […]

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sunlight shines through dark red huckleberry shrubs in the foreground with jack pine forest and blue sky in the background

Fall is changing in Acadia

September 22, 2022
  • Climate Change
  • Landscape of Change
  • Schoodic Signals

story + photos by Catherine Schmitt Some day not too long ago, the chitter of swifts and the ring of […]

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Olivia is interviewing Maya Peletier with her headphones and shotgun mic. The two are standing in a grassy area at Frazer Point with Mosquito Harbor in the background.

Getting to know the sounds and stories of Acadia

September 20, 2022
  • Citizen Science
  • Communication
  • News

by Olivia Milloway Since coming to Acadia National Park at the beginning of the summer, my senses have yet to […]

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Visualizing citizen science data from national parks

September 20, 2022
  • Citizen Science
  • Communication
  • News
  • Science

by Kyle Lima Schoodic Institute is creating a new way to analyze and visualize citizen science data on biological diversity […]

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a group of about fifteen people sitting on rocky ledge looking through binoculars

Cadillac Mountain Hawk Watch has begun!

September 16, 2022
  • Bird Ecology
  • Citizen Science
  • News
  • Science

by Seth Benz Hawk Watch started in late August, and sharp-shinned hawks are on the move! We added 411 to […]

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two long-legged birds at the water's edge

Late summer shorebirds

August 31, 2022
  • Bird Ecology
  • Landscape of Change

by Catherine Schmitt, Kyle Lima, & Seth Benz Shorebird migration is upon us, as the plovers, sandpipers, and other sand- […]

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collage of images of researchers in the field, including two on a lake in an inflatable raft, one coring a tree, two sitting at the edge of a lake, and one collecting insects in the woods

Proposals requested for 2023 research fellowships

August 30, 2022
  • News
  • Science
  • Second Century Stewardship

The partners of Second Century Stewardship have announced the Request for Proposals for fellowships to support research in Acadia National […]

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Advice for pursuing an ecology career after graduation

August 24, 2022
  • Communication
  • Education
  • Marine Ecology

story + photos by Erica Roche, Summer 2022 Intern from University of Maine In the spring semester of my senior […]

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