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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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.
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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.

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  • Killdeer are migratory shorebirds in Maine. This is the first of year for me in Phippsburg. I always look for them on a local golf course where they are predictable in the spring before the greens open to golfers. There were three birds on this day.
  • Killdeer are migratory shorebirds in Maine. This is the first of year for me in Phippsburg. I always look for them on a local golf course where they are predictable in the spring before the greens open to golfers. There were three birds on this day.
  • Woodcock, there were 11 that I could count in the spring flooded pasture, The Buffalo Ranch, North Bsth, Maine, Aprile 9, 2014
  • Woodcock, there were 11 that I could count in the spring flooded pasture, The Buffalo Ranch, North Bsth, Maine, Aprile 9, 2014
  • Woodcock, there were 11 that I could count in the spring flooded pasture, The Buffalo Ranch, North Bsth, Maine, Aprile 9, 2014
  • Woodcock, there were 11 that I could count in the spring flooded pasture, The Buffalo Ranch, North Bsth, Maine, Aprile 9, 2014
  • Woodcock, there were 11 that I could count in the spring flooded pasture, The Buffalo Ranch, North Bsth, Maine, Aprile 9, 2014
  • Wilsons Snipe, there were 11 that I could count in the spring flooded pasture, The Buffalo Ranch, North Bsth, Maine, Aprile 9, 2014
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  • Lesser Yellowlegs are migratory shorebirds in Maine. These are fishing and one has a litttle crustacean. Lucky bird! Phippsburg, Maine
  • Migrating shorebirds, mixed flock of Semipalmated Sandpipers and Semipalmated Plovers, Phippsburg, Maine, Seawall Beach late July
  • Sanderling, migratory shorebird, Phippsburg, Maine Seawall Beach
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  • Western Cattle Egrets, Bubulcus ibis were introduced into Hawaii in 1959. They are often seen riding the backs of livestock. They pick ticks and other insect predators from the backs of cattle and they eat insects and small invertebates and reptiles kicked up where the livestock walk. They have few predators. This, combined with the somewhat beneficial relationship with livestock has facilitated the rapid spread of these birds virtually across the planet. They were originally believed to have come from Spain and Africa.
  • Western Cattle Egrets, Bubulcus ibis were introduced into Hawaii in 1959. They are often seen riding the backs of livestock. They pick ticks and other insect predators from the backs of cattle and they eat insects and small invertebates and reptiles kicked up where the livestock walk. They have few predators. This, combined with the somewhat beneficial relationship with livestock has facilitated the rapid spread of these birds virtually across the planet. They were originally believed to have come from Spain and Africa.
  • Piilani Highway, looking east in south Maui on "the backside" of the Road To Hanna. Cattle egrets are plentiful on Maui. In this cattle land, we saw thousands of them.
  • 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.
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