The American Eider (Somateria mollissima dresseri) in Maine and its relevance to the Critical Areas Program of the State Planning Office

Fefer SI. 1977. The American Eider (Somateria mollissima dresseri) in Maine and its relevance to the Critical Areas Program of the State Planning Office. Planning Report Number 27. Maine State Planning Office, Critical Areas Program. Augusta, Maine

FIELD WORK: 1976, also some historical numbers. BIRDS: Indicates that the significant Eider nesting islands are Schoodic Island, Great Spoon Island (1965 - 40-50 pr; 1976 - 400 pr.), and Heron Island (1976 - 500 pr.). Other species nesting on these islands include: Great Spoon Island - Great Black-backed Gulls (1976), Herring Gulls (1976), Cormorants (1976), Common Terns (1918, 1920); Heron Island - Great Black-backed Gulls (Drury), Herring Gulls (Drury), Petrels (Drury), and Great Blue Herons and Black-crowned Night Herons nested in 1907 (Norton); Schoodic Island - Eiders (1976), Guillemots, Great Black-backed Gulls, Herring Gulls, and Cormorants /STUDY LOCATIONS:/ /ISLANDS/Heron Island/Great Spoon Island/Little Spoon Island/Schoodic Island/Little Duck Island GIS-CATEGORY 2 ; Birds: Lists the islands used by nesting Eider

Type
Published Report
Authors
Fefer, Stewart
Date of Issue
1977-03-01
Publisher
Maine State Planning Office, Critical Areas Program
Units
ACAD
Keywords
Birds (Aves), Checklist, Common Eider (Somateria mollissima), Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae), Distribution, ducks geese & swans (Anatidae), Great Spoon Island, Gulls & Terns (Laridae), Heron Island, Inventory (Baseline), Islands, leach's storm-petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa), Little Duck Island, Little Spoon Island, Nests & Nesting, Population Density, Schoodic Island, storm-petrels (Hydrobatidae), Threatened & Endangered Species

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