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Mainewinter wildlife
Where is migrating and wintering wildlife in season in Maine now?
No official report has come in for winter wildlife yet this season.
Checked Sep 30.
Plan from a town
Frost dates and what's in season nearby
Places by state
Maine
- Rachel Carson RefugeIn its usual window
Local timing: beginning in early July and continuing through early November
Official reports
Dated and linked
- Sep 30Park ServiceFall shorebird migration on the refuge's estuarine habitats and where it happens; piping plovers, saltmarsh sparrows and New England cottontailsSource (opens U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Rachel Carson NWR: Species in a new tab)
- Sep 28Park ServiceParking, best hours, petsSource (opens U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Rachel Carson NWR, Visit Us in a new tab)
- Sep 28Park ServiceCarson, Timber Point and Cutts Island trailsSource (opens U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Rachel Carson NWR, Trails in a new tab)
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- Sep 28Park ServiceSeasonal bird highlightsSource (opens U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Rachel Carson NWR, Birding in a new tab)
- Sep 28Park ServiceUsual peak by refuge: early October at Aroostook, Nulhegan Basin and Missisquoi; mid-October at Moosehorn, Rachel Carson and Great Bay (marsh)Source (opens U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, A fall foliage tour of the Northeast in a new tab)
How do you track winter wildlife? Each place moves through 4 stages: Birds arriving, Numbers building, Peak numbers and Birds departing. Every stage we show comes from a dated report with its source, and every forecast lists its sources.