Somes Meynell Wildlife Sanctuary
The Somes-Meynell Wildlife Sanctuary is dedicated to conservation, research, and education in the Somes Pond-Long Pond watershed and beyond
Winter scenes near and far around sunset on Beech Mt, before our last thaw last, air temp ten degrees (1/4/26).
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The recent single digit cold has not kept local wildlife from being out and about to make a living. Deeper dry snow would provide better insulation for small mammals and birds, but it would also increase the cost of movement for some larger mammals like fox, coyote, and deer. Snow melted to an ice coating by our frequent, short duration, warmups and rain is not a beneficial condition. Kind of strange that MDI coastal temperatures this morning, at close to zero, were about as cold as very northern Maine and Mt. Washington - that doesn't happen very often.
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