Difficulty: Easy. The trails travel over fairly even terrain. Watch for tree roots and rocks. How to get there: In Orono, the Jeremiah Colburn Natural Area can be accessed by several trailheads. A very small parking area (fits one or two vehicles) is located at the end of Forest Hills Terrace, which is off Forest […]
I saw my first pileated woodpecker, in person, on Feb. 22 while hiking through Kingdom Woods in Blue Hill. And on my next hike on March 3, I saw three pileated woodpeckers. A coincidence? I think not. Pileated woodpeckers have a distinctive call; and once you can match the call with the bird, the bird […]
Ben Moore won the “Where in the Woods Am I?” game for Jeremiah Colburn Natural Area in March 2013 given these verbal clues and the following gallery of photos: “For the past few days in the Bangor area, weather hasn’t been ideal for hiking.. or snowshoeing… or skiing. Everything seems to be melting. Mud, muck and slush […]
