Bird Ecology

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 […]

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

Acadia National Park has a rich history of science, perhaps the most extensive legacy of study among early national parks. […]

by Seth Benz 2020 marked the twenty-sixth year of the Hawk Watch atop Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park, and […]

by Seth Benz The 2020 autumn Sea Watch at Schoodic Point in Acadia National Park tallied 53,116 individual migrant waterbirds […]

Schoodic Point birds are featured in a new immersive audio experience of the planet’s protected places. Recorded by volunteer Laura […]

Our science continues, despite many challenges brought on by a global pandemic. Because so many campus events had to be […]