January 7, 2016. I’ve read many articles about the plastic floating and/or dumped into oceans around the world. Nat Geo published an article in Februaryabout the eight million tons of plastic that ends up in the oceans every year, Forbes reports that there are currently 5.25 trillion pieces of trash in the world’s oceans, and…

January 5, 2014 Happy New Year! I ended 2014 and began 2015 in Maine, where temperatures shifted from the warm mid-forties to the bitterly cold single digits. Regardless of the weather however, Maine is always beautiful, and I was lucky enough to spend some time on the rocky coastline. Biddeford Pool is a well-known birding…

December 8, 2014 Many people never visit Maine in the winter. “Too cold,” they say, “Too much snow.” While it may be cold and snowy, winter is one of my favorite times to explore. I recently took a walk around Back Cove in Portland, checking out the seabirds and waterfowl that congregate around the cove…