UMaine Signs of the Seasons

03/22/2023

Yesterday's Maine Calling radio call-in show on MPBN was focused on phenology and the coming of spring! Signs of the Seasons and the USA National Phenology Network were featured on the show. Listen here!

How studying phenology reveals the impacts of climate change on nature's cycles

03/20/2023

Signs of the Seasons featured in the Maine Monitor! Take a look:

Climate scientists need help from people on the ground to record real-time observations of seasonal change.

03/17/2023

Happy (almost) Spring! Our 2023 Signs of the Seasons Volunteer Training Registrations are open! Please join us:
https://extension.umaine.edu/signs-of-the-seasons/training/

11/24/2021

02/27/2020

Overwintering of Amazing Monarchs in El Rosario are just starting to move Northward!

Marvelous Monarchs in Mexico February 27, 2020 by Team Journey North We may be at the end of the overwintering monarch season in Mexico. Monarchs are showing signs of leaving the El Rosario Sanctuary. Monarchs moving to river canyon just outside El Rosario Sanctuary. Photo by: Estela Romero (02/24/...

02/26/2020

How Warming Winters Are Affecting Everything (NPR)

Winters are warming faster than summers in many places, and colder parts of the U.S. are warming faster than hotter ones. The warming winter climate has year-round consequences across the country.

12/16/2019

Loons are thriving in New England, with record numbers documented this year because of increased protections for the iconic bird known for its black head

11/23/2019

You will probably find this fungi video fascinating!

11/04/2019

UMaine news article featuring recently published research by Dr. Caitlin McDonough Mackenzie:

An Aroostook County man’s nature-based journal notes written in the mid-1900s are shedding light on ecological effects of climate change in understudied northern Maine.  L.S. Quackenbush’s daily entries provide evidence that migratory birds’ arrival dates in Oxbow, Maine may not be shifting f...

09/13/2019

Are you starting to feel fall in the air? The Washington Post has released a foliage map that predicts when the peak is expected to occur throughout the country this season. Your observations one changing leaf color help by adding greater resolution to visualization tools, similar to this one!

It's time to plan a seasonal getaway. An interactive map on a Smoky Mountains tourism site is actually incredibly useful.

08/29/2019

This summer, monarch caterpillars and butterflies have enveloped Slater Farm in Washington, Maine. “There must be thousands.

08/23/2019

An excellent (and entertaining) article by the National Park Service about the monarch butterfly: https://www.nps.gov/articles/netn-species-spotlight-monarch.htm?cs_forceReadMode=1