A 2013 survey conducted in behalf of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife by a highly reputable polling organization sheds light on who does what in Maine when it comes to recreational hunting. Details of this survey are available to anyone on DIF&W’s official website, www.mefishwildlife.com. For starters, the survey indicates that in […]
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Are wind turbines dangerous to birds?
One of the things that makes wind power controversial is the assertion that migrating birds run into them — and don’t survive the encounter. We did a little bit of digging into the question and found a few statistics.
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New birds invade the pen as signs of spring emerge
The “dinosaurs” have invaded the goose pen. These wild turkeys help themselves to the cracked corn, bread crumbs and anything else I provide to my increasingly amorous flock. The turkeys — which I really like because they are just so different from any other bird, wild or domestic — seem to have found a home […]
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More bald eagles seen in Vermont, nesting, taking flight
MONTPELIER, Vt. — There have been more bald eagle sightings in Vermont and the state Department of Fish and Wildlife is considering reducing the bird’s state status from endangered to threatened. Last year 26 bald eagle nests were found in and around the state and 28 young eagles took flight within the state, department officials […]
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‘Tornado of birds’ visits downtown Bangor during migration
BANGOR — There is a group of visitors who come to town every May and create quite a spectacle when they bed down for the night. “They all kind of meet up for about an hour and they have like this social thing where they make this donut in the sky — it’s almost like […]