Monhegan Associates Inc.

10/18/2026

Fall colors on the Monhegan trails

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10/08/2026

Thousands of Yellow-rumped Warblers are passing through the island right now on their way south. Also called Myrtle Warbler, this is one of the few birds that can digest the wax coating of bayberries (aka myrtle), so it may linger in Maine a little longer than most migrant songbirds thanks to this winter food source. Some birders also refer to these guys as “butter butts”—look for that bright yellow rump to ID them!

09/25/2026

Fall Migration is underway! Here are a few of the birds we’re seeing on the island right now (before the Nor’easter hits—who knows what will turn up after that!):

-Yellow Warbler
-Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
-Peregrine Falcon near Lobster Cove
-White-crowned Sparrow (immature) in the community garden
-Rusty Blackbird at the Ice Pond
-Baltimore Oriole
-Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
-Scarlet Tanager (in its chartreuse fall plumage) by the community garden
-Dickcissel (yes, that’s a real bird name) by the community garden
-White-throated Sparrow in Cathedral Woods

09/03/2026

TODAY!

The Art & Ecology Lecture series continues with Kirk Gentalen, Regional Stewardship Manager at the Maine Coast Heritage Trust. Kirk will be giving a talk about mushrooms at the Monhegan Church this afternoon at 4:00pm and will also be leading a guided walk on tomorrow, September 4th, at 9:00am.

Registration for the walk is required: https://forms.gle/NAybUJ2u56AQrU836

This series is being co-presented by the Monhegan Museum and is being generously sponsored by the Monhegan House.

08/24/2026

Keep an eye out for this big bird—a Red-tailed Hawk has been seen hanging around Horns Hill (Trails 3, 5, or 6) the past few weeks! Because Red-tails prefer to soar on thermals of hot air rising from land (and not open ocean), they’re an island rarity. We can tell this is an immature bird by its light eye color and lack of red tail. Monhegan certainly has the rodent population to support a big hawk, so maybe it will stick around!

08/20/2026

Our Annual Meeting of the Membership is this Friday, August 21, at 7pm. Hope you can join us in person or virtually. Click on link for more details!

2026 Annual Meeting of Members 7:00 PM, August 21, 2026, School House & ZOOM The Annual Meeting of Monhegan Associates will be held at the schoolhouse and on ZOOM this year. The agenda for the meeting is below. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88177852086?pwd=VwoK9WGejfVqv1wqbyMAZgZaAhzYF...

08/16/2026

Take a breath. Gull Cove at day’s end, mid-August. (Take Trail 5)

-View toward White Head
-Atlantic Grey Seal
-Gulls, of course
-Seaside Goldenrod & Xanthoria lichen
-Goose Tongues & Xanthoria lichen

08/08/2026

Keep an eye out for Ghost Pipes (Monotropa uniflora) along the trails in Cathedral Woods! They’re ghostly white because they don’t contain chlorophyll, the green substance essential to photosynthesis. So instead of using sunlight to make food, these unusual plants tap into underground fungal networks in the forest.

07/23/2026

TONIGHT!

Join us for "Refuge on the Edge of the Sea: Monhegan Island Tide Pools"
with Jess Kusher: Biological Oceanographer.

7:30pm at the Monhegan Schoolhouse
Suggested Donation = $10

This series is being co-presented by the Monhegan Museum and is being generously sponsored by the Monhegan House.

07/20/2026

The Art and Ecology Event Series continues this Thursday July 23rd. Join us for
"Refuge on the Edge of the Sea: Monhegan Island Tide Pools"
with Jess Kusher: Biological Oceanographer.

7:30pm at the Monhegan Schoolhouse
Suggested Donation = $10

This series is being co-presented by the Monhegan Museum and is being generously sponsored by the Monhegan House.