A bit of Maine
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From top: Dorr Mountain; Poland; Casco Bay
Top heavy
/Least Tern chicks on Stratton Island, Maine pic.twitter.com/UCpGmucFY2
— Abby McBride (@sketchbiologist) July 13, 2016
I just kayaked out to Stratton Island for a one-night reunion tour, to relive my field work from this past May. Back then, the Least Tern adults had barely started to arrive for the season. Now there are already fledglings fluttering around. (These two chicks aren't quite at that stage yet...)
Of eiders and islands
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Dispatches from two weeks on a seabird nesting island off the coast of Maine.
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