A hooded crane, normally seen only in Asia, has been spotted at Goose Pond Fish & Wildlife Area in Greene County, about 7,000 miles from its traditional home range.
Hooded cranes nest in southeastern Russian and northern China and winter in southern Japan.
The current administration in the State of Maine is proposing that the rules for building near waterfowl habitat in the state should be “relaxed” in order to streamline the process of obtaining a permit to build on or near sensitive waterfowl habitat.
