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Maine Christmas Bird Counts - 2014
The 115th Christmas Bird Count is upon us! The count period runs from December 14 to January 5 every year and despite the meteorological challenges last year, the 114th CBC still produced record-breaking levels of participation: For the fifth season in a row, there were more counts and more observers included than ever before!
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Maine eBird's missing species
As of the beginning of August, eBird’s database has records for 424 species in the state of Maine. Compare that total with the official state list of 445 species accepted by the Maine Bird Records Committee.
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Blue-gray Gnatcatchers increasing in Maine
Among the southern (and western) rarities being reported in Maine this spring, there seemed to be a noticeable uptick in the number of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers being reported. This is a continuing trend that birders have noticed over the last couple years as this species is slowly expanding its range in the northeast.
Mountain Birdwatch needs Maine birders
Do you enjoy hiking, and would you like to use your birding skills to support conservation? Mountain Birdwatch is a long-term monitoring program for Bicknell’s Thrush and other high-elevation forest birds, and we seek volunteers to conduct a dawn survey in Maine’s montane fir-spruce forests this June.
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Evening Grosbeak Flight Call Types: How much overlap occurs?
Evening Grosbeaks (Coccothraustes vespertinus) are nomadic and understudied birds that have been declining across the continent for several decades. All three of these traits contributed to my decision to make this beautiful species the focus of my Ph.D.
Rusty Blackbird Spring Migration Blitz
The Rusty Blackbird Spring Migration Blitz is an effort to map the locations and numbers of Rusty Blackbirds during spring migration over the next three years. The Blitz encourages you to bird for conservation. You will support an initiative to identify conservation challenges and develop strategies to conserve a vulnerable songbird!
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2014 Great Backyard Bird Count
The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) starts Friday, 14 Feb and extends through Monday, 17 Feb. Last year marked the first year since its inception in 1998 that the GBBC was fully integrated in eBird, and the results were amazing.
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Thanks to eBirders, a New App for Beginners
We are excited to introduce you to Merlin Bird ID, an app that leverages the power of eBird observations to help beginners identify common birds. Merlin uses eBird data to create a short list of birds that match the user’s description and are likely to be found at the location and time of the sighting. If […]
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Project SNOWstorm
This winter’s Snowy Owl invasion has been called “one of the most dramatic natural history spectacles in the Northeast” and it continues to unfold. To take advantage of this irruption, Project SNOWstorm was launched with a goal to better understand, and ultimately conserve, this spectacular visitor from the north. Project SNOWstorm is a collaborative research effort […]
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Maine's Filters
Have you ever wondered why a bird shows up as likely or rare on a checklist? When submitting a checklist you are shown the list ‘likely’ species, created from filters that check the species, count, location, and date for every observation.
