Coastal Maine

From Acadia National Park, to rocky offshore islands, and deep forests.

Eagle Lake viewed from Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park.
In an impressive aerial display, these gull parents chase an adult Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) out of the nesting colony. Roughly 800 gull nests exist on the southern end of Great Duck Island, 12 miles off the coast of Maine. Monitored clos
Te 2015 super moon eclipse, clearly visible in the dark skies off of Acadia National Park . A “super moon” is when a full or new moon just about coincides with “perigee” (the point the moon is closest to the Earth during its orbit). This makes the mo
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An Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) gliding in front of a large wave. This adult is returning to its burrow after foraging. These auks nest in underground burrow, typically only raising one chick per year. Now one of the most populous birds in th
A Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) hunting for its hungry young. .
Great Duck Light at Alice Eno Research Station. 12 miles out to sea from Acadia National Park.
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A sleeping Barred Owl (Strix varia) resting near its nest.
Sunset over the pink granite cliffs off of Sand Beach in Acadia National Park. This granite is unique to the region, and is what drew the Hudson River Valley painters here originally. Being approximately 420 million years old, the beautiful rock is
Spray on the glasses and lens, grey clouds, 18 ft swells over an 8 second wave period, and soaring gulls marked the storm moving through Acadia today. Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) are quite adept in the air and at home on the sea. Common as they
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