Migratory birds arriving earlier, but they’re not keeping pace with flowering, leaf-out – C. 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 fast enough to keep up with advancing leaf-out and flowering life cycles, says read more Migratory birds arriving earlier, but they’re not keeping pace with flowering, leaf-out – C. McDonough MacKenzie