Every spring and fall I can count on daily phone calls from people who are under attack. The damage being done to their houses can cost them hundreds, even thousands of dollars. The noise, that constant tapping…all with no end in sight! Of course you know I'm talking about woodpeckers, …
Maine's Naturalist
Maine’s Struggling Bats – Part Three
With Halloween coming up in a few weeks, October is a great time to talk about bats. Our furry, flying friends are in trouble. Following is the third and final part of a series on bats we are featuring this month. Please read and share - fostering an appreciation for bats will do wonders to help …
Bats at Gilsland Farm
Hey everyone, Part three of the blog post series on bats is coming soon, but in the meantime, swing by Gilsland Farm Audubon Center to visit our Nature Store–this month it's the only place you can pick up a copy of our new collaboration with Islandport Press, "A Little Brown Bat Story." It's …
Maine’s Struggling Bats – Part Two
With Halloween coming up in a few weeks, October is a great time to talk about bats. Our furry, flying friends are in trouble. Following is part two of a series on bats we are featuring this month. Please read and share - fostering an appreciation for bats will do wonders to help make their …
Maine’s Struggling Bats – Part One
With Halloween coming up in a few weeks, October is a great time to talk about bats. Our furry, flying friends are in trouble. Following is part one of a series on bats we are featuring this month. Please read and share - fostering an appreciation for bats will do wonders to help make their …
World Shorebirds Day
It seems like every day has been designated for something lately: National Blueberry Popsicle Day is September 2nd, the 4th is Newspaper Carrier Day and who could forget about National Clean Your Virtual Desktop Day coming up on October 19th. But there is one big ‘day' coming up that I want to …
Taking Back the Farm: Purple Loosestrife
This is the first in a small series of blog posts I'm calling Taking Back the Farm. Each post will focus on an invasive species that is present at Gilsland Farm. I hope you can take some of the information from these posts to identify and eradicate any non-native and invasive species you find on …
How to see a Little Egret
Birding has many interesting aspects. Birds offer plenty of exciting opportunities for discovery – from learning to the basics of identification to exploring the migratory timing or even just admiring them from your window. One of the most exciting aspects for me, is finding a rare bird. On June 8, …
Fall is upon us…
Although the summer solstice – the “first day of summer” – was on June 21st, to some birds that may have been the first day of Fall. All of the shorebirds we see in Maine are migratory. Some of them migrate to Maine for the winter (Purple Sandpipers) while some come here just to breed (Piping …