The Wrack

Summarizing reports received by the reserve on formal bird-monitoring efforts during 2022.

The Webhannet marsh attracts a flock of white ibises. A flock of birders follows.

A big predator proves to be patient as people pass it by.

You can find more than one kind of "hummingbird moth" probing flowers at the reserve.

The Maine Bird Atlas has begun. Anyone can take part and we have some tips to share.

Remembering Tony Amos, who dedicated nearly 40 years to understanding, protecting, and kindling appreciation for marine life along the Gulf Coast.

Piping plovers start four nests on Laudholm Beach in 2017, but only one is successful.

A walk in the woods and a chance encounter lead to a path of discovery.

Uncommon goose makes a brief visit to the Little River marsh and becomes the latest addition to the Wells Reserve bird list.

Yesterday, the picnic table under the copper beech was covered with clipboards, bird books, and banding supplies for the first time since last summer. Around the table, a bird-banding team kept busy with catbirds, veeries, waxwings, and other species brought up from the nets. This long-term monitoring and research project has entered its 29th year (28th on the Laudholm campus) — but it's got a new look for 2016.