Bird Ecology

2020 Hawk Watch in Acadia National Park
The 26th year of observing migrating raptors as they fly over Acadia National Park has begun! Volunteer observers will be […]

Cadillac Mountain Hawk Watch: After 25 years, some trends emerge
by Seth Benz 2019 marked the 25th year of the Hawk Watch atop Cadillac Mountain at Acadia National Park, carried […]

A Quarantine Bird Checklist
by Seth Benz For the past four years, Laura Sebastianelli has been coming to Schoodic Institute during the month of […]

The 2020 field season is underway
The field season has begun! The Schoodic Institute Science & Education team welcomed two ecology technicians who started work on […]

Birds are here. You can be, too!
Book some quality bird time and stay in historic Rockefeller Hall on the Schoodic Institute campus this special summer! Discover […]

Living on warbler time
Comparing 2020 warbler arrivals with historic spring arrival dates on the Schoodic Peninsula gleaned from eBird checklists by Seth Benz, […]

Small Reflections on World Bee Day
by Catherine Schmitt; photo by David Manski Natural stories are for everyone, and we need everyone to help create them. […]
Schedule Updates for the Acadia Winter Festival
Surprise! We’re getting some ice and snow. Weather-related cancellations will be noted on the event page and individual events. Schoodic […]

Gratitude at Year’s Beginning
At the the start of the new year, we look back on the work of our ecology technicians and interns, […]

Schoodic Institute hosts annual Christmas Bird Count
Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park invites birdwatchers to participate in the longest-running community science survey, the annual Audubon Christmas […]