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Backyards and Birds Need Bugs, Lots of Bugs

July 10, 2023 by aliciamacleay

Dragonflies, spiders, beetles, grasshoppers, arthropods. Bluebirds eat a lot of insects, especially growing baby birds. We occasionally have ...

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Hop Brook Lake: Navigating Memory Lane

June 7, 2023 by aliciamacleay

Memory is not a navigation tool. Back in February, while in my home state of Connecticut, I had a few free hours and decided to spend them at Hop ...

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Savannah Sparrow

February 28, 2023 by aliciamacleay

Savannah Sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis) are one of the most numerous and widespread songbirds in North America. Having seen one on a Maine ...

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Anna’s Hummingbirds

February 3, 2023 by aliciamacleay

Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte Anna) | October 2022 (San Mateo County, California) Anna's Hummingbirds are among the most common hummingbirds along ...

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Wild Turkeys: An American Success Story

January 27, 2023 by aliciamacleay

The Wild Turkey doesn't get a lot of love outside of November, despite being one of the largest and most distinctive birds in North America. Often ...

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Spotted Sandpiper

September 20, 2022 by aliciamacleay

#157 bird spotted was the Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) First seen: September 6, 2022 (Kennebec County, Maine) I felt lucky to spot ...

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Save Our Moose

August 10, 2022 by aliciamacleay

Millie the Moose (2021-July 2022) Millie the moose died last month, just two weeks after I shared her picture on Instagram as a Belgrade Lakes ...

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In Gratitude to Muskrat for His Sacrifice (or Happy Earth Day)

April 22, 2022 by aliciamacleay

It's Earth Day, but I'm thinking of it as Thank a Muskrat Day. I recently was introduced to Muskrat, or rather a muskrat, who lives down the road ...

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Black-capped Chickadee: Backyard Birb

January 25, 2022 by aliciamacleay

Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Total birb. Among the cutest and most common backyard birds is the Black-capped Chickadee. This ...

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Seeing Steller’s

January 21, 2022 by aliciamacleay

Thirty-three hours. Five days. One bird. That's how long I spent, over two weeks, trying to see a single bird here in Maine, a Steller's Sea ...

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