When my boyfriend (now my husband) Brian and I first started dating, I made sure to bring him up to the Maine North Woods to see how he reacted to the area. Staying with in-laws is always a little nerve-wracking, so I couldn’t abandon him completely to my father while my mother and I went…
Category: Birding Maine
Birding Maine – Northern Parulas End the Morning
Continued from Trying to Spot an Ovenbird. The prime time for birding had passed, but that didn’t mean we were done for the morning. Passing a low tree just beside the office building, we heard a strange buzzing. “Is it a bird call?” I asked, and Mom nodded, approaching the tree with her binoculars. We…
Birding Maine – Searching for Ovenbirds
Continued from Spring Warblers in the Rangeley Lakes Region. The path we were following was an old loop trail that headed up the hill, merged onto a logging road that traversed a ridge line, then curved back to Grants Camps and the main road. The track was narrow, covered here and there with giant piles…
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