Coastal Waterbird Colonies : Maine
Korschgen CE. 1979. Coastal Waterbird Colonies : Maine. FWS/OBS-79/09. United States. Fish & Wildlife Service, National Coastal Ecosystems Team, Office of Biological Services. Washington, D.C.
FIELD WORK: 1976-1977. 'Waterbird colonies along the coast of Maine were inventoried during the nesting seasons of 1976 and 1977. A total of 353 colony sites were found; they contained 100,813 pairs of birds. Nineteen species nested in the study area. A count of nests on adult birds made during on-site inspections was the best inventory technique. Species abundance and nesting locations are listed.' 'Population trends since 1900 are based on published and unpublished reports. Populations of most seabird species have increased whereas wading birds have probably decreased.' BIRDS: Nesting waterbirds were studied on many coastal islands off Maine. Lists island name, size, ownership, number of nests for each species, and inventory method. Species studied include Leach's Storm Petrel, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Black-crowned Night Heron, Common Eider, Great Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Laughing Gull, Common Tern, Arctic Tern, Roseate Tern, Black Guillemot, and Common Puffin. Also notes historic nesting information from 1900 as a microfilm appendix /STUDY LOCATIONS:/ /ISLANDS/Baker Island/Bald Porcupine Island/Bar Island/Heron Island/Little Moose Island/Schoodic Island/Sheep Porcupine Island/Drum Island/Egg Rock/Green Island/Green Island Ledge/Ship Island/Trumpet Island/Babbige Island/Babson Island/Bald Island/Barred Islands/Bean Island/Birch Island/Black Island/Buckle Island/Butter Island/Burnt Island/Chato Island/Duck Island/Dumpling Island/Eastern Mark Island/East Torrey Island/Great Spoon Island/Greening Island/Gooseberry Island/Hardwood Island/Hat Island/Heart Island/Hog Island/Johns Island/Jordan Island/Lamp Island/Little Duck Island/Little Babson Island/Little Spoon Island/Little Gott Island/Moose Island/Opechee Island/Orono Island/Pell Island/Pond Island/Preble Island/Round Island/Rolling Island/Scrag Island/Shabby Island/Sheep Island/Spruce Island/Sutton Island/The Ledges/The Hub/West sister Island/West Torrey Island GIS-CATEGORY 2 ; Birds: Contains nesting localities
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Korschgen, Carl
- Date of Issue
- 1979-09
- Publisher
- United States. Fish & Wildlife Service, National Coastal Ecosystems Team, Office of Biological Services
- Units
- ACAD
- Keywords
- arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea), auks, Babbige Island, Babson Island, Baker Island, Bald Island, Bald Porcupine Island, Bar Island, Barred Islands, Bean Island, Birch Island, Birds (Aves), Black Island, Buckle Island, Burnt Island, Butter Island, Chato Island, Checklist, Common Eider (Somateria mollissima), Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae), Distribution, Drum Island, Duck Island, Dumpling Island, East Torrey Island, Eastern Mark Island, Egg Rock, Gooseberry Island, Great Spoon Island, Green Island, Green Island Ledge, Greening Island, Gulls & Terns (Laridae), Hardwood Island, Hat Island, Heart Island, Heron Island, Herons & Bitterns (Ardeidae), Hog Island, Inventory (Baseline), Islands, Johns Island, Jordan Island, Lamp Island, leach's storm-petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa), Little Babson Island, Little Duck Island, Little Gott Island, Little Moose Island, Little Spoon Island, Moose Island, murres & puffins (Alcidae), Nests & Nesting, Opechee Island, Orono Island, Pell Island, Pond Island, Population Density, Preble Island, Rolling Island, roseate tern (Sterna dougallii), Round Island, Schoodic Island, Scrag Island, Shabby Island, Sheep Island, Sheep Porcupine Island, Ship Island, Spruce Island, storm-petrels (Hydrobatidae), Sutton Island, The Hub, The Ledges, Threatened & Endangered Species, Trumpet Island, West Sister Island, West Torrey Island