Derek Lovitch is featured in an article this week on the front page of the Portland (Maine) Press Herald.

One of Maine’s best and best-known guides, Derek also writes the Maine Outdoor Journal’s “Field Notes,” a regular must-read for anyone interested in natural Maine. Derek’s latest entry is a thoughtful exploration of the care, concern, and ethical behavior required to minimize disturbance to breeding and migratory birds in coastal marshes–an issue near and dear to the heart of everyone here at WINGS.

You can bird with Derek on Monhegan Island next May and in Maine and New Hampshire in June. As the article notes, there are in fact “more and more people who are interested in wildlife observation and engaging in the natural world in general,” and it’s leaders like Derek who provide the inspiration.