BANGOR DAILY NEWS • August 24, 2023
Fall migration is underway. You can go somewhere to watch it, perhaps a mountaintop for hawks or a mudflat for sandpipers. Or you can just stay home and watch it. Some birds that nest farther north seem to be migrating early. Reports of bay-breasted warblers being seen in southern Maine started weeks ago. Since Maine set records for both heat and rainfall this summer, some birds may have simply given up prematurely. You know the old saying: “If you don’t like the weather in Maine, wait a month. Or two.” Some warblers may have left Canada early because much of their breeding territory caught fire. But enough about climate change. ~ Bob Duchesne