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Summer 2020 was Cuckoo

The summer of 2020 was cuckoo in more ways than one . . . both Black- and Yellow-billed! There are two species of cuckoos (Cuculidae) that nest in Maine, Black-billed Cuckoo (pictured above) being more wide-spread while Yellow-billed Cuckoo (pictured below) is scarce with only a few known nesting …

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Set up your own Big Sit this weekend!

This year, Maine Audubon will not be able to have a team for the Big Sit, but you can do your own! I'll be setting up one at home and encourage you to do the same. What is a Big Sit? The event is "a semi-competitive birding event originated by the New Haven Bird Club in 1992." It's free and open …

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Birds and Buildings, Part 1: The Problem

The nation is waking up to the incredible threat that buildings pose to flying birds. Buildings are not a natural part of the environment, and humans have disguised our buildings in a number of ways to make them more deceiving, and deadly, to birds. The result is that billions of North American …

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