10000 Birds – Morning on Weeks Bay

Mornings are very important to us Southerners, especially New England transplants like me. During sweltering summers, where my dashboard hits 98 degrees F every damn day, mornings have become my oasis. I can explore outside without sweat dripping from my nose, or wear a T-shirt without worrying that my forearms will scorch in the noon-day…

Birding Maine – Tiny Songbirds at Great Salt Bay

Our next road-trip stop was at a local nature area, the Great Salt Bay Farm &Heritage Center, with trails that wound though a field and led straight to the bay. Mom had to take a business call in the car, so Dad and I re-bundled up and took to the deserted trailways. Read more at…

Birding Maine – Are you a Birder? A Glossy Ibis in Weskeag Marsh

If you’re not from Maine, you assume that April means spring. Flowers, green leaf buds, birds singing, the works, right? HAH. Some years, yes, a thaw will begin early and April will be lovely, but most of the time the ground is still frozen and the temperature hovers somewhere in the forties. That was the…