Carolyn Newbert, Leslie Gordon Curtis, Kathy Kahler, Tim Henderson, Boomer & Suzie (via email), Sandie “Bluebearee” Sabaka, Rick Seibel, Jeremy Perry, Ted Pearson, Dave McDonough, Carey Kish, Bill Bourgoine (via Twitter), @patclausclaus (via Twitter) and @FitMaine (via Twitter) won the “Where in the woods am I?” game for Mount Megunticook in Camden Hills State Park […]
About a week ago, I started to feed the birds at my house. The two bird feeders hanging on a post in my backyard had remained empty most of the summer, so I filled those up with sunflower seeds, peanuts, thistle and other goodies, and I added a third feeder on the balcony upstairs. I purchased the third […]
The Orono Bog Boardwalk reconstruction campaign has received a $30,000 grant from the Maine Timberlands Charitable Trust established by the late Barbara Wheatland, Boardwalk Director Jim Bird announced today. This grant, the result of a competitive proposal, constitutes sponsorship of an interpretive station and five boardwalk sections. It supports a major part of Phase 3A […]
Difficulty: Easy to moderate. The trail forms a 1.3-mile figure eight. The first loop is surfaced with gravel and designed to be wheelchair accessible; while the second loop is not surfaced with gravel, not wheelchair accessible and includes bog bridges, rocky sections and some exposed tree roots that can easily trip people not paying attention […]
John Shane, Carolyn Newbert, Jason Barnes, Ken and Cathy Hanscom, Sue Schneider, Brian Knowlton, Heidi L. Riggs (she and the rest via Facebook), Ted Preuss, Natalie Bischof, Victor Roth, Peter Madeira and Carey Kish won the “Where in the woods am I?” game for Ship Harbor Nature Trail in Acadia National Park in November 2015 […]
This winter, when food is in short supply on the Maine landscape, most of the state’s birds will do just fine. The chickadees and nuthatches, goldfinches and cardinals, bluejays and northern mockingbirds, woodpeckers and tufted titmice — they remain in Maine during the winter because they’ve adapted to survive the cold. Nevertheless, I enjoy helping them out just […]
About two weeks ago, I woke up to what sounded like a giant irate goose — a mix between a honk and a gag. Half-awake, I struggled to place the noise, and after a few moments of confusion, my vision adjusted to the dark and I could see that the noise was coming from my dog, Oreo. […]
Difficulty: Moderate. The hike is fairly short — between 1.5 and 2 miles round trip, depending on how far along the ridge you want to explore — but it’s extremely rocky and includes several steep sections. How to get there: The drive to Little Kineo Mountain can be a bit intimidating for those not […]
Charlie Dickinson and Bill Spach won the “Where in the woods am I?” game for Little Kineo Mountain near Moosehead Lake in November 2015 given the following clues and photo gallery: My dog Oreo may not have liked the long car ride yesterday, but he certainly enjoyed the hike at the end of it! Take […]
The sun filtered through the skeletal trees lining the road as I drove to work a few mornings ago. The peak of fall foliage had passed. Most of the leaves had fallen to the ground. But a few continued to cling, rattling in the wind. As I powered up the gravel road, a dark mass high in a tree […]
