Blown Off Course

January 26, 2017 at 11:25 am

By Sarah Spencer, Region C Wildlife Biologist [caption id="attachment_2133" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo from Maine Coastal Island NWR[/caption] Recently in Region C, we became aware of several dovekies which showed up on land in a period of 48 hours.  If you aren’t familiar with what a dovekie is, think about their larger relatives the Atlantic puffin, razorbill, common murre, or bl

IFW Biologists Track New England Cottontails In The Snow

January 4, 2017 at 2:53 pm

[caption id="attachment_2111" align="aligncenter" width="796"] A New England cottontail.  One of the major differences in appearance between New England Cottontails and snowshoe hares is that cottontails remain brown in color during the winter, and snowshoe hares turn white. If you see a brown bunny this winter, let us know![/caption]   By IFW Wildlife Biologist Cory Stearns Have you seen this rabbit?