Bird Ecology

2023 Sea Watch at Schoodic Point
Nathan Dubrow of Ipswich, Massachusetts is the Schoodic Point Sea Watch counter for the 2023 fall migration season. Graduating from […]

Wild turkeys on the rise
by Seth Benz + Kyle Lima If you’ve spent any time in Maine within the last decade, there’s a very […]

Volunteer Opportunity: Record Bird Sounds in Acadia!
Are you interested in recording bird sounds in Acadia National Park? Join Schoodic Notes: Bird Sounds of Acadia’s Laura Sebastianelli […]

Citizen science in the Great Meadow Wetland
by Catherine Schmitt and Seth Benz If you are rolling down the boardwalk of the Jesup Path this summer and […]

The subtle beauty of a winter sparrow
story by Kyle Lima It’s a sunny day, and after being cooped up all winter you decide to get outside […]

Can we continue to call the Common Eider common?
story by Seth Benz In the Spring of 1991, I was working as an Audubon warden on an island near […]

New research shows dramatic declines in Acadia National Park winter bird populations
WINTER HARBOR, MAINE – Acadia National Park’s winter bird populations have declined by nearly half since 1971, according to a […]

42 million birds and counting
by Seth Benz The migration of birds along the Downeast coast of Maine is spectacular. According to Birdcast, a collaborative […]

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

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