MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • December 12, 2021
The bar chart in “The Birder’s Guide to Maine” shows our bluebirds as uncommon beginning in late March, with a bump up to “fairly common” around September, before dwindling and becoming rare by December. Now we are seeing Eastern bluebirds as “abundant” through much of the year, and at least “fairly common” through the winter. So where is the best place to see this update? Look no further than the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s eBird database. ~ Maine Audubon Staff Naturalist Doug Hitchcox