Bird Ecology

by Hannah Webber Summertime flies! Over the next few weeks, our interns will be wrapping up their projects and sharing […]

story + photos by Catherine Schmitt There is a long history of people watching and listening to birds on Mount […]

  This year, as part of the Landscape of Change project, we need everyone’s help documenting birds and pollinators (butterflies, […]

Here is a comparison of warbler arrival dates by week for Acadia National Park’s two districts (MDI and Schoodic). Today May 8 is designated as the Global Big Day. It would be a good day for you to go afield and see if the warblers comply with your expectations.

In the 1880s, the student naturalists of the Champlain Society surveyed the birds of Mount Desert Island during summer camping […]

story + photos by Seth Benz April harkens the return of the warbler vanguard. On the Schoodic Peninsula, records indicate […]

This year for Citizen Science Month, we are renewing our charge to residents and visitors in the Downeast & Acadia […]

by Seth Benz Reports of Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca), a relatively large and robust sparrow,  are new to Maine’s eBird […]

Schoodic Institute announces a full schedule of bird tours and workshops for 2021. All events and activities follow state and […]

WINTER HARBOR – Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park hosts the 7th annual Acadia Winter Festival, February 4-7, 2021. This […]