

Christmas Bird Count 2021
For purposes of the Christmas Bird Count, Peaks Island is a part of the Portland district. For the second year the ‘Portlanders’ hand over the count to Michael LaCombe and Sam Wainright. They must trust us. The day starts at 7:00 AM cloudy and cold, but no snow, not yet. The island is quiet, no wind and few bird sounds. Are the birds settling into cozy places before the snow? One might think that birds would be stocking-up before the snow? With impending snow we took no time