Putting researchers in the field, publishing field guides,
and managing historic specimen archives since 2003
NOVEMBER FUNDRAISER
Help install a Motus antenna in Hollis, Maine
to track Nightjar migration!
Your gift will make it possible to install this antenna before the return of our tagged Whip-poor-wills this spring se we can accurately track their migration path.
Send your gift by November 30th to help research Maine nightjars.
White-breasted Nuthatch: Audio
by Lance Benner and Logan Parker
The fall edition of the Observer has been published!
Crossbills, rare birds in Maine, dragonflies, and more!
Coastal Songbirds
Maine’s small islands—particularly those along the Downeast coast—may act as important refuge from climate change for boreal bird species…
News from the Petit Manan Owl Monitoring Station
We Caught a Boreal Owl!
5 November 2024 Week 5 here at Petit Manan Point’s Project Owlnet Banding Station, and we are going out with a bang! Well, we’re not all done yet – we’ve got another week to go – but this has been a very momentous week. And the reason for that is…we caught a Boreal Owl!!! In […]
We’ve officially surpassed last season’s numbers!
20 October 2024
MNHO will be at the Common Ground Fair from September 20-22!
17 September 2024 We’re excited about attending the upcoming Common Ground Country Fair from September 20-22! If you are going to be there, come and say hello to us in the Environmental Concerns tent. We’ll be offering a special Fair rate ($5 off) to folks becoming first-time MNHO members and we’ll be selling used books about all things natural history […]
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