by Roland D. Hallee I recently received this update from the Maine Forest Service on the status of the browntail moth caterpillar. Browntail caterpillars will remain in their winter webs for now… Throughout the winter season in Maine, browntail caterpillars are nestled inside of their winter webs they created in late fall. These winter webs […]
by Roland D. Hallee It’s a new year! Boy, that was a news flash. Anyway, we’ve turned the calendar to a new year, the holidays have passed, and we are now settling into the reality of at least three months of winter. We are sure to suffer some aches and pains of moving the snow […]
by Roland D. Hallee With all of our Christmas chores wrapped up (pun intended) on Saturday and Sunday mornings, my wife and I binged watched various old, standard Christmas-related films in the evening. While watching these, the thought went through my mind about where did the myth of Santa Claus and his reindeer come from, […]
by Roland D. Hallee It’s become obvious that the warmer weather is behind us, and winter is patiently waiting in the wings. The other day, after doing some fall chores outside, I watched as squirrels scampered around, up and down trees, and were just plain busy. Last week on my security cameras around my house, […]
by Roland D. Hallee Earlier this summer, in a Facebook post, I saw where someone suggested there might be carp in Webber [Pond], based on a conversation with an angler. Carp have long been an important food fish to humans. Several species such as the various goldfish breeds and the domesticated common carp variety have […]
by Roland D. Hallee Sometime between 5 and 5:30 a.m., a few weeks ago, I was unceremoniously reminded the season on Canada geese had begun in Maine. It’s rather startling when you’re awakened from a sound sleep with the clapping of gun fire. For a second, I thought I was back in Vietnam. There was […]
by Roland D. Hallee Isn’t it amazing how when you begin a conversation with someone, inevitably, it always leads to the weather. What would we do if we didn’t have the weather to talk about. Maybe some of us would never speak. Whether you’re at the supermarket, church, or just bumping into a friend on […]
by Roland D. Hallee Former local resident Zach Glidden, along with two other biologists, has been presented with the 2024 award from the Maine Department of Fisheries and Wildlife for a rescue last year. On September 7, 2023, at approximately 3:30 p.m., retired fisheries biologist Nels Kramer took a direct phone call of a missing […]
by Roland D. Hallee A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about different colored squirrels and what was the cause. That prompted an email from a reader who wrote, “Might you consider writing about their various calls? A week ago Thursday, I heard something making noise in my far tree line. After listening for about […]
by Roland D. Hallee Well, my article on Woolly Bear caterpillars in the September 12, 2024, issue of The Town Line, generated some emails. One reader wrote: “According to your article in this week’s issue of The Town Line you haven’t been seeing any Woolly Bear caterpillars. Maybe it’s because they all migrated to my […]