Stokes Top Ten Bird Songs

John of A DC Birding Blog , who started the meme of the 10 Most Beautiful Birds , has now asked bloggers to come up with their list of the 1...

Mt. Desert Island, part 3, Asticou

Very close to Thuya Garden in Northeast Harbor, is Asticou Azalea Garden, done in the Japanese-style . Here, and in Thuya, we constantly h...

Mt. Desert Island, part 2, Thuya Garden

After visiting Acadia National Park on Mt. Desert Island, we next visited Thuya Garden , one of our favorite American gardens. Thuya was des...

Mt. Desert Island, part 1, Acadia

After the ABA convention, we went to one of our favorite places in Maine, Mt. Desert Island, renowned for its scenic beauty, especially whe...

ABA Convention

A lot of people attending the convention got to see Atlantic Puffins, who always seem to look a little improbable, flying with those short w...

Maine Birds: Greater Shearwater

If you go out on a boat from the coast of Maine, you will see "pelagic species" of birds, such as this Greater Shearwater. Photo ©...

Maine Birds: Common Eider

At the ABA convention people are seeing interesting birds on the rocky coastline. This is a female Common Eider. Eiders can dive in the sea...

Billable Hours

A new, male House Wren has moved into our yard and is taking advantage of the fact that the Great Blue Heron weathervane on our barn makes a...