2. BIRDS OF MAINE Showcasing beautiful, Maine birds

BIRDS THAT WADE

Wading birds that a feed on shorelines are migratory in Maine. It is rare to see a wading bird in Maine in the winter. They are dependent on open water for fishing of crabs, mollusks and fish. Herons will capture frogs and snakes in fields, which are not available in the winter, either. Great and Snowy egrets were once endangered. Their plumage was highly sought after for making ladies' hats. They are now protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act; their populations have successfully rebounded.
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American Bittern, November 29, 2013 Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Preserve, Ocean City New Jersey. This bird flew into the salt marsh as I watched then assumed a very bitternish posture. They hold thier heads up like this to mimic the marsh vegetation and so hide themselves from predators. I was surprised to see this bird so late in the year, though they are apparently not unucommon there in late November. I have only seen a few of them in Maine. They are not rare here in the summer months, but they are hard to spot. Like this bird, they are well camouflaged.
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American Bittern, November 29, 2013 Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Preserve, Ocean City New Jersey. This bird flew into the salt marsh as I watched then assumed a very bitternish posture. They hold thier heads up like this to mimic the marsh vegetation and so hide themselves from predators. I was surprised to see this bird so late in the year, though they are apparently not unucommon there in late November. I have only seen a few of them in Maine. They are not rare here in the summer months, but they are hard to spot. Like this bird, they are well camouflaged.

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  • The Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva) is a medium-sized plover. It breeds in the Arctic. This wader is highly migratory and winters in south Asia and Australasia. A few winter in California and Hawaii, USA. In Hawaii, the bird is known as the kolea. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe. Until 1993, the Pacific Golden-Plover and the American Golden-Plover were considered one species. However, despite the very similar appearance between the two species, breeding habitat, breeding calls, and migration patterns are different, and it is thought the two species rarely, if ever, interbreed, despite being found in the same general region of western Alaska in the summer.
  • The Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva) is a medium-sized plover. It breeds in the Arctic. This wader is highly migratory and winters in south Asia and Australasia. A few winter in California and Hawaii, USA. In Hawaii, the bird is known as the kolea. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe. Until 1993, the Pacific Golden-Plover and the American Golden-Plover were considered one species. However, despite the very similar appearance between the two species, breeding habitat, breeding calls, and migration patterns are different, and it is thought the two species rarely, if ever, interbreed, despite being found in the same general region of western Alaska in the summer.
  • Whimbrel in the marsh grass, Hermit Island, Phippsburg, Maine . Whimbrels are migratory shorebirds in Maine.
  • Willet in flight, migratory shorebirds in Maine, Phippsburg Maine near Popham Beach State Park
  • Pair of Willets in flight, male and female migratory shorebirds in Maine, Phippsburg Maine near Popham Beach State Park
  • Thousands of Dunlins in flight above salt marsh habitat, some of which has been overtaken by invasive Phragmites.
  • Thousands of Dunlins in flight above salt marsh habitat, some of which has been overtaken by invasive Phragmites.
  • . Dunlins are migratory in Maine, though in 2013, they continued to be seen into December in Phippsburg, Maine
  • Dunlins in flight. Dunlins are migratory in Maine, though in 2013, they continued to be seen into December in Phippsburg, Maine
  • American Bittern, November 29, 2013 Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Preserve, Ocean City New Jersey. This bird flew into the salt marsh as I watched then assumed a very bitternish posture. They hold thier heads up like this to mimic the marsh vegetation and so hide themselves from predators. I was surprised to see this bird so late in the year, though they are apparently not unucommon there in late November. I have only seen a few of them in Maine. They are not rare here in the summer months, but they are hard to spot. Like this bird, they are well camouflaged.
  • Black Crowned Night Heron, immature, lurking in saltmarsh
  • Black Crowned Night Heron, immature, lurking in saltmarsh
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  • Great Egret in flight, Hermit Island, The Branch, Phippsburg Maine early September,
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