A year in the life of Acadia National Park’s birds [PBS NewsHour]
Catch up with College of the Atlantic ornithology instructor Rich MacDonald on his year-long challenge to identify as many birds by sight or sound as possible.
For a year, Rich MacDonald cataloged every bird he saw in his home county in Maine, including Acadia National Park. His “big year,” a year long challenge to identify as many birds by sight or sound as possible, is cataloged in his book, “Little Big Year, Chasing Acadia’s Birds.” MacDonald is now embarking on a new project to see as many birds as he can by foot or by bike, while describing how climate change is already changing the ecology of this iconic place.