Nature Notes: A Maine Naturalist Afield
Host/Producer: Glen Mittelhauser
Concluding a conversation with Linda Welch, this episode examines the dramatic decline of Common Eider populations along the Maine coast and the many interacting factors that may be contributing to their collapse. The discussion also explores how advances in tracking technology are transforming seabird research, allowing biologists to follow species movements across vast oceanic distances.
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