​Maine Nightjar

The Maine Nightjar Monitoring Project is a volunteer-powered citizen science effort. What started as a crew of just 2 volunteers in 2017...

An American Woodcock - one of Maine's most unusual "shorebirds", D. Ellis. Given that this project is titled the Maine Nightjar...

Common nighthawk in flight, D.S. Hall. It was just after 2 o'clock in the morning. I slowly drove the bumpy road under a moon which was...

J.J. Audubon, 1827. If you have read any of the previous articles on this site, the title of this latest piece of writing might leave you...

Years back, not long after hearing an Eastern Whip-poor-will for the first time, I stumbled upon a perplexing term. Seeking to learn more...

It was just before dusk when I ventured into the woods. The sky was veiled in clouds save for a few small breaks in the overcast which...

It's a calm, moonlit summer night in mid-June. You are standing along the edge of an old dirt road among the silhouettes of oaks and...