Last night Maine Audubon staffers Doug Hitchcox and Nick Lund had the honor of sitting down with Portland Press Herald reporter Deirdre Fleming for an interview as part of the Press Herald's Maine Voices Live! event. In front of a sold out live audience at One Longfellow Square in Portland, Deirdre …
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Thinking about the State of the State Bird
In 1927, the legislatures of seven states -- Alabama, Florida, Missouri, Oregon, Texas, Wyoming, and, of course, Maine -- decided to designate official “state birds.” As it turns out, when Maine's legislators chose the bird to represent us, they weren't overly concerned with specificity. They …