The Other Maine

The Other Maine

This Week's Haul, April 16: What is a diverging diamond, anyway?

And: Is the band Geese a 'psy-op'?

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Emily Burnham
Apr 16, 2026
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I best be getting some bird babies later on this spring.

Good morning from eastern Maine, where this week, I watched in delight as a pair of robins built a nest in the giant rhododendron (more of a tree, really) directly outside our kitchen window. This is not a particularly rare development, of course, but it’s very exciting to me. My bar for joy is qui…

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