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Now in its 5 th  year, our “Birds of Casco Bay” tour with our partners Seacoast Tours of Freeport once again headed out on an August...

See Scott Weidensaul’s informative statement below concerning the un-elected Elon Musk’s DOGE assault on the venerable Bird Banding Lab...

The 2025 Bradbury Mountain Hawkwatch season ended on May 15th, and what a season it was! We have not combed through the data yet, but we...

The Bradbury Mountain Hawkwatch has come to a close for another spring season. We wanted to share Zane's final daily report here for...

There was quite a bit of fog, cloudiness, and rain this week which made for some long days when we were up on the mountain. This was our...

The weather was really quite pleasant on the mountain for several days this week, with the exception of one total rainout on 4/26 and a...

There are not enough superlatives to describe this past week at the hawkwatch. On 4/19, 2712 hawks were counted, smashing the previous...

After the initial 2 days of complete shutout of the week, things finally started happening. Despite winds not always being ideal, birds...

We were dodging more rain and snow this week, with only 2 days completed for the full 8 hours. The pick of the week was 4/10 with 123...

After two Saturday evening postponements due to weather, we decided to give it one more try for the season, and found a brief window...

This was a pretty slow week for hawkwatching. Snow and rain kept us off the mountain for the majority of the last 3 days of March....

This was a roller coaster week with winds ranging from the southwest to northwest to east. We were able to get in a full count on all but...

The 19th Bradbury Mountain Spring Hawkcount was up and running on March 15th with Zane Baker returning as our official counter. The first...

Avian influenza, specifically the H5N1 strain, has been in the news a lot lately. Since it was first detected in the US in 2022, over 136...

These two molting juvenile Dunlin were waiting for the tide to roll out in Maquoit Bay, finding a floating oyster farm a perfect spot for...

Once again, the Birds of Casco Bay tour with Seacoast Tours and Freeport Wild Bird Supply, offered up a “Shorebird Special” for our...

Our tour report for the Bicknell's Thrush trip last weekend is now posted at Derek's blog here. It was a fantastic weekend!

Updated Second Edition Birdwatching in Maine: The Complete Site Guide   Edited by Derek J. Lovitch   In 2017, Derek Lovitch, co-owner of...

We are excited to announce that we now have our very own chocolate bar! Made by our friends at BOHO Chocolate of Florence, MA, our...