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May 5, 2012

Deirdre Fleming: Call of the wild birds, decoded

OGUNQUIT – Dan Hansche turned from his makeshift drawing board in the barn at Hilton-Winn Farm and posed the most basic question of the day to the adult students: “What caused the bird to move from the dangerosity?” Hansche asked with early morning zest. “He likes to make up words,” colleague Dan Gardoqui quipped. Be […]
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May 5, 2012

John Christie: The lowdown on enjoying the high points of Mount Desert’s ‘quiet side’

Mount Desert Island is always a great place to spend some outdoor time, and no time, as far as I’m concerned, is better than before the vacationing hordes turn the roads headed that way into something less than the private thoroughfares we natives enjoy for a good part of the year. And my favorite part […]
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May 5, 2012

Michael Perry: East Pond offers a wonderful paddling day

Bald eagles, ospreys and mountains are among the views on this majestic ride in the Belgrade Lakes chain.
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May 5, 2012

Allen Afield: Studying insects leads to fishing success

Each May, predictable mayfly hatches explode across Maine’s bottom third, and in the subimago stage, the bugs float on the surface and bring salmonids topside, extremely visible rises that excite fly rodders. This column has occasionally mentioned a basic tactic that helps folks catch trout, salmon and even bass during insect emergences. Fly fishers match […]
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May 5, 2012

Hunting: Gobblers oblige on Nebraska hunting trip

Thunder clapped in the distance, eliciting a chorus of gobbles that rolled from left to right across 100 yards of tall pines. There were so many birds it was impossible to tell their number; two, three a dozen? I chuckled to myself thinking about what our guide, Doug Stults of Table Mountain Outfitters, had told […]

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May 5, 2012

Carey Kish: Kennebago Divide is next on list of region’s top 100

The north peak of Kennebago Divide rises to 3,775 feet in remote Seven Ponds Township in northwestern Maine, a couple of miles shy of the Canadian border. A check of the DeLorme Atlas confirms what I’d suspected: It’s going to take some work to navigate the maze of logging roads just to get to the […]
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May 5, 2012

Freshwater Fishing Report

Spring fishing doesn’t get any better than right now. And reports pouring in from state biologists in the seven regions across Maine echo the same message: Fast action. SOUTHERN MAINE While smelt runs are slowing down in most places, the trout and salmon fishing is picking up everywhere, including the southern region. Thompson Lake is […]
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May 5, 2012

Best Bets

TUESDAY Lewiston Bird Walks/6 a.m. in Lewiston The Stanton Bird Club of Lewiston/Auburn is hosting a series of Tuesday morning bird walks. The walks start at 6 a.m. and go from Bates College to Riverside Cemetery. Tom Hayward is the leader for the spring event. Meet at Hathorn Hall on Campus Avenue. No cost. All […]
Published
April 29, 2012

What’s Up in May: Looks like a stellar time to gaze

The month of May is named after Maia, the goddess of growth. The heavens above are constantly offering us new sights, some of which repeat in predictable patterns but never in exactly the same way. This gives us infinite variations within a knowable framework of motions at different scales. The nights are already getting shorter […]
Published
April 28, 2012

Talking turkey in Canada

As turkeys make their way across the Maine-New Brunswick border, some Canadians are pushing for turkey hunting.

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