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October eBirder of the Month Challenge
This month’s eBirder of the Month challenge, sponsored by Carl Zeiss Sports Optics, will keep get you snapping photos and recording bird sounds. Every time you take a photo or hold out a microphone, you're creating an incredibly powerful piece of data.
Red Crossbills - a call to record calls
There is a good push of Red Crossbills into the northeast right now and we want to encourage everyone to make an effort to record the flight calls of any birds observed. One spiffy way to visualize the recent increase is through eBird’s line graphs, plotting frequency (percentage of total checklists reporting Red Crossbills) over […]
Global Big Day—13 May 2017
It’s that time of year again! We are less than two weeks away from the Global Big Day.
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Introducing the Maine Young Birders Club
Calling young birders for the Maine Young Birders Club! Do you know of young birders or naturalists (ages 11-18) who live in southern Maine?
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Understanding How "stakeout" Hotspots Work
You may have noticed a recent increase in the number of hotspots that are being created for individual rare birds. This is an effort to help collect all sightings of a single rare bird into one location rather than having lots of individual personal locations dotted all over the species maps.
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Birding the Cliff House in Cape Neddick
The Cliff House, located in Cape Neddick (York County), is a true destination location. The tall, picturesque cliffs are a major attraction for tourists visiting the resort but have become known as a prime birding location in the off-season.
GYBOB 2016 Summary
Thank you to everyone who took part in the inaugural GYBOB (Get Your Butt Out Birding)! The weekend had mixed weather, sometimes unfavorable for birding, but many of you still got your butts outside and found some great birds.
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Swainson's Hawk - Millinocket, Penobscot County - Sep/Oct 2016
On 29 September 2016, Anita Mueller found a juvenile Swainson’s Hawk at the Millinocket Municipal Airport. This stunning vagrant has been frequenting the area around the western side of the airport and is often seen hunting grasshoppers from the ground.
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2015 Maine Birder Bands now available!
The 2015 Maine Birder Band is now available! Maine’s Birder band is instrumental in helping protect birds, conserve habitat and provide access for birders throughout the state.
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Mountain Bluebird - Lincoln, Penobscot Co. - 23 Nov 2014
On the morning of November 23rd, Ty Oliver noticed an “odd colored bird on one of the trees” on his way to work and later returned to photograph what is only Maine’s second record for Mountain Bluebird. After submitting the record to eBird (S20724145), he shared the photos with the state reviewers and has allowed […]
