Broadcast live streaming video on Ustream Earlier this week, web camera viewers from across the country demanded that Maine biologists intervene on behalf of an eaglet that they said was in distress. The Biodiversity Research Institute, which manages the camera, and the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife said they would not […]
Earlier this week, Lindsay Powers of Old Town passed along a photo that she thought BDN readers might enjoy. She was right: The cool shot of a fawn nursing as its mother peers in the direction of the photographer is a keeper. Powers said she often has the chance to witness wildlife up close at […]
BDN readers have been rooting for the bald eagle that’s been called “Bangor Mom” ever since she fell ill on a city street back in May. The eagle had ingested a toxin, and was taken to Avian Haven, a bird rehabilitation facility in Freedom. Hours after she fell ill, her mate, also apparently having ingested […]
A year ago, Atlantic salmon returns to the Penobscot river were dismal — just 372 fish, the lowest in the 36-year history of the fish lift at the Veazie Dam. Salmon returns were low on many other Atlantic salmon rivers, and anglers and conservationists hoped for a better 2014 season. That hasn’t happened thus far […]
Among the things that make a Maine outdoors editor’s heart beat faster: When another editor sends a link to a clear photo of a mountain lion … and the caption says, “On a game cam in Harmony, Maine.” That was the case on Thursday, and as the newsroom bustled around me, I started checking out […]
When 3,095 moose permits were awarded to lucky applicants in Presque Isle on Saturday afternoon, Maine game warden Kris MacCabe was among the hopeful prospective hunters in attendance. If you’re a fan of “North Woods Law,” the Animal Planet TV show that focuses on the Maine Warden Service, you’re likely familiar with MacCabe. You might […]
After two years of effort, students and faculty members working on the Unity College bear study project have successfully fitted a captured bear with a video collar. According to a Unity press release, a 180-pound male bear was captured and fitted with the collar on June 12. The bear is already being tracked by GPS, […]
Looking for something fun to do with your pop to celebrate Father’s Day on Sunday? Why not “treat” him to a day at one of Maine’s many state parks. It’s the cool thing — for you and your wallet, as admission will be free. There are a couple of catches: You need to be riding […]
Over the past two decades, Maine’s moose-permit lottery — an unlikely tourist attraction that involves the recitation of a few thousand names in a sometimes overheated meeting hall — has hop-scotched its way across the state. It’s been in Old Town and Rumford, Phippsburg and Freeport, Kittery and Fort Kent (among others). On Saturday, prospective […]
Dr. Doolittle he’s not. There’s no evidence that Bangor City Councilor Josh Plourde can actually talk to the animals, after all. But find ’em? Plourde’s proving to be pretty good at that. It turns out that in three of the BDN’s most well-read critter stories over the past year and a half, Plourde has been […]
