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Curious what our scientists, researchers, and team have been up to recently? 🤔 Our monthly eNewsletter is your source for all Schoodic Institute updates, plus news from our partners and friends in the conservation science community.

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🍁 We can't be-leaf it's already that time of year... but the Welcome Center at Rockefeller Hall is open for just ONE more week this season. The last day is next Sunday, 10/25. Stop by this week to visit the exhibits and chat with our fabulous campus hosts!

We can't wait to open the doors again next spring. by @schoodicinst

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Are you excited for #SeaWatchSaturday? Join us at Schoodic Point 1-3 p.m. today for ornithological updates from Migration Monitor Conor. (We’ll be offering this outreach session every Saturday through 11/14!)

Here are his reflections from another successful week of Sea Watch: “This week was great! There was a very large movement of Scoters on 10/11 with thousands of individuals moving southwest past the point, notably 2618 Surf Scoters. Double crested Cormorants have also been in abundance with several days having over 1000 individuals. Red-throated Loons are starting to pick up, soon to be followed by some additional winter visitors. Common Eiders have been steady throughout the season and continue to be seen floating just offshore.

Our first Sea Watch Saturday was a big success, bringing over 30 visitors to the point to ask questions about seabirds and Acadia’s wildlife.”

The primary observation period is between sunrise and 10 AM Saturday-Wednesday at Schoodic Point. Stop by to ask questions and to hear any highlights from the morning!

📸 Common Eider floating at Schoodic Point

Another big thank you to this year's Schoodic Sea Watch sponsors: Downeast Audubon, @sabrewing_nature_tours, @barharborwhales, @kowasportingopticsus Close-up of common eider duck floating in gray seawater by @schoodicinst

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It may be a drizzly #FieldworkFriday, but the work goes on! Some days we’re in the lab sorting seeds or recording audio in makeshift studios. Other rainy days we’re right back out there, restoring summits, sifting through seaweed, or staffing outreach booths.

Restoration crew, Chris Nadeau, and NPS joined forces to plan for 2026 summit restoration on top of Sargent! Rain or shine, we are on it! - Isabel Parada

I’ve been tracking Sea to Trees podcast narration this week. It’s pretty comical- I’m just at home doing it. A comforter makes for great acoustics! - Tiegan Paulson

The restoration crew has been hard at work sorting seeds for their summit restoration seed mix! - Claire Wiley

Back in August we had quite the morning downpour during the Winter Harbor Lobster Fest. But Connor, Tiegan, Dakota, and I powered through and enjoyed some great conversations about Schoodic science. - Grace Upham

Sophia and Claire experience the happiness of rainy day fieldwork! - Hannah Webber A group of people in rain gear smile at the camera on a foggy summit by @schoodicinst

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Hear about how Schoodic Institute came to be! Our "Adapting to Change - With Science" series continues! ✨🌿

America Adapts - The Climate Change Podcast and its host, Doug Parsons, visited Schoodic Institute to learn more about our conservation science. Link below to listen to his reflections and hear from staff on generating the science behind climate adaptation with Schoodic Institute.

Over the next several months, we’ll be sharing with you excerpts from the podcast. We're continuing this month with Schoodic Institute Board of Directors Vice-Chair David Manski.

Follow along! Part SIX at our link in bio.

#SciencePodcast #AmericaAdapts #ClimateChangeAdaptation #SchoodicScience #ConservationScience @america_adapts @americaadapts

Photo: Aerial view from 2002, courtesy Friends of NSGA Winter Harbor Aerial view of Schoodic Institute campus in 2002. Various buildings and a water tower are nestled among trees in a coastal area. White text overlaid reads Adapting to Change with Science part 6 by @schoodicinst

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5 days ago

Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day! We are celebrating by appreciating the sunrise over Wabanaki Homeland, today and every day. The moment of sunrise, viewed from a rocky mountain summit, looking over forest, the sea, and a headland, with the sun and orange sky beyond by @schoodicinst

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From sediment cores to sunsets, we’re looking up, down, and all-around this #FieldworkFriday!

I joined the Land-Sea Interaction Team from @coastalstudiesptown while they took sediment cores from the lagoon behind Sand Beach. Katie Castagno, Program Lead and a 2026 Acadia Science Fellow, is using this data to study the impact of storms over time. Layers of sand in the hundreds of years worth of sediment can reveal the distant history of storms washing over the beach into the lagoon. - Grace Upham

Sometimes adorable hitchhikers like this snail make it back into the lab on our Vertebrata lanosa samples. - Sophia Kuzminski

I found a HUGE clam while digging in the mudflat — a whole 99mm! - Claire Wiley

A beautiful ending to a successful day of field work! - Claire Wiley

We finally got the Science Communications Gero Fellow, Tiegan, out on a mudflat! - Claire Wiley Three people in orange high-vis vests stand around a metal pipe with straps hanging from it. This is a sediment core sampler. They are in a patch of long grass next to a lagoon, with woods in the background. by @schoodicinst

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Hawk Watch is in full swing! Each year, thousands of raptors and other types of birds migrate south for the winter, some even as far as South America! In this part of the world, migratory birds (and butterflies!) tend to follow the Atlantic Flyway, which acts as a highway following the east coast of North and South America. This path allows for easy travel, good food sources, and places to rest on their long journey south.

There are over 70 stations on the Atlantic Flyway that monitor and document the yearly migration numbers, including Cadillac Mountain! Every weekday starting at 9am, Schoodic Institute volunteers, Acadia's Raptor Intern (funded by Friends of Acadia), and National Park Service rangers scan the horizon for hawks, falcons, ospreys, eagles and more, documenting their daily numbers and uploading them to an international database. As only the second monitoring station along the Atlantic Flyway, all the stations south of Acadia watch the Cadillac Mountain data closely to anticipate and compare their own observations.

Hawk Watch is open to everyone! Any visitor interested in helping track this year's migration numbers is welcome to join, no sign-up required. Follow the Cadillac North Ridge trail down from the summit about 200 yards to find the monitoring station. Remember to get your vehicle reservation in advance! by @schoodicinst

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See you at Sea Watch! Join us for Sea Watch Saturdays at Schoodic Point: 1-3 p.m., 10/10-11/14. This headland is ideally situated for observing the thousands of birds that migrate in autumn. Migration Monitor Conor will be on hand to answer questions about the species you can spot and the science behind their journeys.

You're also welcome to drop-in during regular monitoring, Sat-Wed, sunrise-9:30 a.m.

This year's Schoodic Sea Watch program is sponsored by Downeast Audubon, @sabrewing_nature_tours, @barharborwhales, and @kowasportingopticsus Close-up of birds flying at sea by @schoodicinst

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Do you wonder why scientists “do what they do”? Are you looking to kick-start your own career in science? In September, a panel of early-career professionals shared inspiring stories from the realm of conservation.

Gero Fellow Connor Nordmann, who helped organize this event, reflects on a successful panel. Read his thoughts and view the recording at our link in bio. Three people wearing waders stand in the middle of a river. Two of them hold a monitoring device between them. by @schoodicinst

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12 days ago

🦅Fly away to Schoodic and beyond! 2027 birding excursions are open for registration. Enjoy leisurely tours designed to enhance your enjoyment of birds. Maine has a way of spoiling birders – and our tours are designed to do just that!

We open the season with Birds of Acadia, where you’ll be among the first to see and hear iconic bird species returning for the spring. May 18-21

Later in the summer, join us for Puffins, Loons, and Blueberry Barrens, your chance to see a loon chick or two! July 11-14

Besides immersion in the unbeatable birding that Schoodic has to offer, both tours include a puffin cruise to Petit Manan Island and a visit to the east coast’s largest blueberry barrens.

Register at our link in bio.

Photo by Chuck Whitney Close-up photo of two puffins floating on a gray sea by @schoodicinst

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