Black bears are often near but a glimpse might be all we get or if we’re lucky, a track. They are adapted to survive and thrive throughout Maine.
Tracks or Tricks in Mud Season
March 16, 2014 By
Wild creatures are usually on the sly and the only way to know what creature was there is from the tracks, but really, who was there?
Tracks in the old log yard
March 9, 2014 By
March is my favorite month, the warm days hint of spring but the nights are still cold enough to hold the snow cover just a bit longer.
Winter Deer Yards
February 9, 2014 By
The stark beauty of winter often reveals the harsh existence of this gentle creature in its role in the food chain to transfer energy from the herbivores to the carnivores in winter deer yards.
Rockcap Fern
January 26, 2014 By
On a dead-cold day in January the Rockcap Fern gently waves its green finery.
Weekly Notes ~ Northern Flicker
January 12, 2014 By
These ant eating woodpeckers have had many alias’ beyond the common name of
Northern Flicker.
Weekly Notes ~ Winter Sky
January 5, 2014 By
January’s winter sky makes for interesting nature observation.
Weekly Notes ~ Snowy Owls
December 29, 2013 By
Noted for its southern sojourns in Mable Osgood Wright’s 1895 Birdcraft, the Snowy Owl is delighting nature observers across the State of Maine this year.
Weekly Notes ~ Tracks on Ice
December 22, 2013 By
A dusting of snow on a pond making ice provides a perfect opportunity to find tracks.
Weekly Notes – November 9, 2013 Common Merganser
November 10, 2013 By
Common Mergansers, mysteries and nature’s clues in this weeks notes.
