On Saturday I attended the Maine Butterfly Survey's workshop at Colby College in Waterville,Maine. The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, along with UMF and Colby College, and a few other agencies support and run this annual survey to establish what species of butterflies and where they are located in the state. Up until now we really don't know what we have and this project is helping to fill in the gaps.
Today, I spent some time to go over some maps and plan my survey spots. I have 7 stops, and a couple of other places I'll check when I can get to them. One I will be hitting is Bigelow Mt, which I will be able to do when I do the Mountain Birdwatch this June. I hope to make another trip there later in the summer. I also have the summit of Saddleback Mt , (just outside of Rangeley), on my list.
It should be very interesting, can't wait to get started.
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This is such a cool project. I sent an email to Herb Wilson yesterday. I'm going to be at Colby in about 3 weeks, and am interested in chatting more about this project with him. I'd enjoy posts about your findings while you are out monitoring.
It's pretty exciting, isn't it? I'm especially interested in some of the bogs and what is up on the mountains here. I will be posting how things are going on my end.
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