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Common Atlantic Eiders, hen and drakes engaged in courting behaviors, Phippsburg, Maine spring seen, Totman Cove
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Common Atlantic Eiders, hen and drakes engaged in courting behaviors, Phippsburg, Maine spring seen, Totman Cove

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  • Surf Scoters are also called Skunkheads from the white stripe down the back of their heads and necks. Here, a pod of drakes is squiring around a single hen on the left. Phippsburg Maine, Totman Cove. These birds are most often seen in the fall, winter and spring months along the coast.
  • Belted Kingfishers, male top, female bottom. Note that the male does not have a russet breast where the female does. The way I remember which is which is that I think of the female as wearing a dirty apron. These birds are mostly migratory in Maine, though a few hang around for the winter along the coast where there is open water for fishing. Phippsburg Maine.
  • Red Breasted Merganser drake swimming in Totman Cove, Phippsburg Maine. Mergansers are also called Sawbills because they have sharp "teeth" along their bills to grip fish. These are a common seabird in the winter months.
  • Yellow Billed Loon, Gavia adamsii is also know as the White-billed Diver. It's the largest member of the loon family. It breeds in the Arctic and winters mainly at sea along the coasts of the northern Pacific Ocean and northwestern Norway; it also sometimes overwinters on large inland lakes. This one was on Casco Bay, Maine near Portland, October 29, 2010. This is a very rare bird to see in Maine.
  • Yellow Billed Loon, Gavia adamsii is also know as the White-billed Diver. It's the largest member of the loon family. It breeds in the Arctic and winters mainly at sea along the coasts of the northern Pacific Ocean and northwestern Norway; it also sometimes overwinters on large inland lakes. This one was on Casco Bay, Maine near Portland, October 29, 2010. This is a very rare bird to see in Maine.
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  • Common eider hens with chicks. The hens congregate in family groups clustering the chicks together as there is safety in numbers from flying predators, like gulls and eagles, Phippsburg Maine
  • The Jolly Breeze sailboat being passed by a migratory ribbon of Double Crested Cormorants, Bay Of Fundy. 72 foot gaff rigged square rigged cutter
  • Northern Gannet in flight, The Bay Of Fundy on Island Quest whale watch. We have Northern Gannets in Maine, I see a few in Totman Cove every year. They are enormous birds that dive for fish. They are oceanic birds.
  • The Jolly Breeze sailboat being passed by a migratory ribbon of Double Crested Cormorants, Bay Of Fundy. 72 foot gaff rigged square rigged cutter
  • Belted Kingfisher, male in flight, Long Cove, St George Maine, Knox County September
  • Belted Kingfisher, female in flight, Phippsburg Maine close up, March
  • The Common Loon or Great Northern Loon, Gavia immer on the Atlantic Ocean, Phippsburg, Maine
  • The Common Loon or Great Northern Loon, Gavia immer on the Atlantic Ocean, Phippsburg, Maine
  • The Common Loon or Great Northern Loon, Gavia immer on the Atlantic Ocean, Phippsburg, Maine
  • Green Heron, Butorides virescens in flight, Phippsburg Maine late July
  • . Pandion haliaetus, Osprey, also called a Fish Hawk, is a migratory raptor in Maine. For more on Cecropia moths' development and life cycle visit <a href="http://www.wormspit.com/cecropia.htm">http://www.wormspit.com/cecropia.htm</a>. Pandion haliaetus, Osprey are migratory, fish eating raptors in Maine.
  • Common Atlantic Eiders, hen and drakes engaged in courting behaviors, Phippsburg, Maine spring seen, Totman Cove
  • Horned Grebes in almost full breeding plumage, Phippsburg Maine ocean bird commonly seen in winter. They breed and nest around the arctic circle but winter on the Maine coast.
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