The state has seen a 95 percent decline in purple martins over the last 50 years, according to the Maine Department of Inland ...

Maine voted to have the chickadee as our state bird in 1927. Massachusetts voted to have the chickadee - and they specified the black-capped chickadee - in 1941. CORNISH: OK.

Other than Maine, Utah is the only other state that has an ambiguous official bird: a generic seagull. Most Utahns believe the designation is for the California seagull, which gobbled up swarms of ...

Starting in 1927, state birds began to be selected by states. The first states to adopt a state bird were Alabama, Florida, Maine, Missouri, Oregon, Texas and Wyoming. The last state to pick its ...

Maine lawmakers are split over which chickadee should be named the official state bird. The chickadee was designated as the state bird in 1927, but there are two types of chickadees found in Maine.

A northern cardinal, a glossy ibis, a bald eagle.. The primary goal is to lay the groundwork for future study. “I consider us working for the next generation of Maine biologists,” says naturalist Glen ...

On the evening of April 26, 1972, the 61-year-old ornithologist climbed into the back seat of a detective’s car at Bangor ...

Maine residents have recently been reporting sightings of an anhinga bird around the Pine Tree State. The Maine Audubon Society announced that some people on social media say they've seen an ...

BY THE NUMBERS 464: Number of documented bird species in Maine. 290: Number native to Maine or regular guests. 136: Number considered rare or accidental. 5: Number introduced and established. 4 ...

A debate is brewing in Maine over the state bird — the chickadee. There's more than one type of chickadee in Maine — and bird experts say the state should pick one.