**MAINE**

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> Fig. 1. Bird monitoring regions in Maine.

**Bird monitoring region 81: Maine-Atlantic Northern Forest**

This region covers all of Maine. It is BCR 14, Atlantic Northern Forest,
plus a very small part of BCR 30, New England/Mid-Atlantic Coast.
Approximately 63 aquatic species occur at least commonly, at some time
of year, in the region (Table 1); 45 designated sites and *x* matrix
strata have been identified (Fig. 2, Table 2).

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Fig. 2*.* Designated sites and matrix strata in bird monitoring region
81.

> Table 1. Aquatic species that occur commonly in bird monitoring region
> 81 (M=migration, B=breeding season, W=winter).

  ------------------------- ------------- ---------------------------- -------------
  **Species**               **Seasons**   **Species**                  **Seasons**

  Common Loon               MBW           Black-bellied Plover         MB

  Horned Grebe              MW            Semipalmated Plover          MB

  Pied-billed Grebe         M             Killdeer                     MB

  Red-necked Grebe          MW            Willet                       MB

  Great Cormorant           MW            Greater Yellowlegs           MB

  Double-crested Cormorant  MB            Lesser Yellowlegs            MB

  American Bittern          MB            Solitary Sandpiper           M

  Black-crowned Night-Heron MB            Spotted Sandpiper            MB

  Green Heron               B             Ruddy Turnstone              MB

  Snowy Egret               MB            Purple Sandpiper             M

  Great Blue Heron          MB            Red Knot                     B

  Canada Goose              MB            Sanderling                   MB

  Brant                     M             Dunlin                       M

  Wood Duck                 MB            Semipalmated Sandpiper       MB

  Mallard                   MBW           Least Sandpiper              MB

  American Black Duck       MBW           White-rumped Sandpiper       MB

  Green-winged Teal         MB            Short-billed Dowitcher       MB

  Blue-winged Teal          MB            Common Snipe                 MB

  Ring-necked Duck          MB            American Woodcock            MB

  Common Eider              MBW           Laughing Gull                MB

  Black Scoter              M             Bonaparte\'s Gull            MB

  White-winged Scoter       M             Ring-billed Gull             MBW

  Surf Scoter               M             Herring Gull                 MBW

  Long-tailed Duck          MW            Great Black-backed Gull      MBW

  Common Goldeneye          MW            Common Tern                  MB

  Bufflehead                MW            Arctic Tern                  MB

  Common Merganser          MW            Black Guillemot              MB

  Red-breasted Merganser    MW            Tree Swallow                 MB

  Hooded Merganser          MB            Marsh Wren                   B

  Osprey                    MB            Swamp Sparrow                MB

  Northern Harrier          MB            Red-winged Blackbird         MB

  Virginia Rail             MB                                          
  ------------------------- ------------- ---------------------------- -------------

# Stratum 1: Designated Sites

Table 2*.* Designated sites in bird monitoring region 81.

+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| * | ##  Site Name          | ** | *  | **    | **    | **Comments**  |
| * |                        | La | *L | Impor | Impor |               |
| S |                        | t. | on | tance | tance |               |
| i |                        | ** | g. | to    | to    |               |
| t |                        |    | ** | secr  | migr  |               |
| e |                        |    |    | etive | ating |               |
| I |                        |    |    | ma    | sh    |               |
| D |                        |    |    | rshbi | orebi |               |
| * |                        |    |    | rds** | rds** |               |
| * |                        |    |    |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 1 | Acadia National Park   | 4  | -6 |       |       |               |
|   |                        | 4. | 8. |       |       |               |
|   |                        | 41 | 25 |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 2 | Appledore Island       | 4  | -7 | Not   |       |               |
|   |                        | 2. | 0. |       |       |               |
|   |                        | 98 | 63 |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 3 | Back Bay, Mill River,  | 4  | -6 |       | High  | PRISM, ISS    |
|   | and Flat Bay           | 4. | 7. |       |       | Site          |
|   |                        | 57 | 83 |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 4 | Biddeford Pool         | 4  | -7 |       | High  | PRISM, ISS    |
|   |                        | 3. | 0. |       |       | Site          |
|   |                        | 44 | 36 |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 5 | Big Libby Island       | 4  | -6 |       |       |               |
|   |                        | 4. | 7. |       |       |               |
|   |                        | 58 | 36 |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 6 | Big Nash Island        | 4  | -6 |       |       |               |
|   |                        | 4. | 7. |       |       |               |
|   |                        | 47 | 74 |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 7 | Bluff and Stratton     | 4  | -7 |       | High  | PRISM, ISS    |
|   | Islands                | 3. | 0. |       |       | Site          |
|   |                        | 51 | 31 |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 8 | Brownfield Bog         | 4  | -7 | High  |       |               |
|   |                        | 3. | 0. |       |       |               |
|   |                        | 97 | 89 |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 9 | Burying Island         | 4  | -6 |       |       |               |
|   |                        | 4. | 8. |       |       |               |
|   |                        | 55 | 28 |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 1 | Carrying Place Cove    | 4  | -6 |       | High  | PRISM, ISS    |
| 0 |                        | 4. | 7. |       |       | Site          |
|   |                        | 92 | 02 |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 1 | Cross Island NWR       | 4  | -6 |       |       |               |
| 1 |                        | 4. | 7. |       |       |               |
|   |                        | 61 | 30 |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 1 | Crowley Island         | 4  | -6 |       |       | PRISM, ISS    |
| 2 |                        | 4. | 7. |       |       | Site          |
|   |                        | 56 | 65 |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 1 | Eastern Egg Rock       | 4  | -6 | Not   |       |               |
| 3 |                        | 3. | 9. |       |       |               |
|   |                        | 87 | 40 |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 1 | Franklin Island NWR    | 4  | -6 |       |       |               |
| 4 |                        | 3. | 9. |       |       |               |
|   |                        | 89 | 37 |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 1 | Graffam Island         | 4  | -6 |       |       |               |
| 5 |                        | 3. | 9. |       |       |               |
|   |                        | 98 | 10 |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 1 | Gray Meadow            | 4  | -7 | M     |       |               |
| 6 |                        | 3. | 0. | edium |       |               |
|   |                        | 87 | 31 |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 1 | Great Duck Island      | 4  | -6 |       |       |               |
| 7 |                        | 4. | 8. |       |       |               |
|   |                        | 15 | 25 |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 1 | Little Duck Island     | 4  | -6 |       |       |               |
| 8 |                        | 4. | 8. |       |       |               |
|   |                        | 17 | 25 |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 1 | Little Whaleboat       | 4  | -7 |       |       |               |
| 9 | Island                 | 3. | 0. |       |       |               |
|   |                        | 77 | 06 |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 2 | Lower Wass Cove, Upper | 4  | -6 |       | High  | PRISM, ISS    |
| 0 | Wass Cove,             | 4. | 7. |       |       | Site          |
|   |                        | 59 | 75 |       |       |               |
|   | and Pleasant R.        |    |    |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 2 | Lubec: Gravel Bar,     | 4  | -6 |       | High  | PRISM, ISS    |
| 1 | Flats, Center, and     | 4. | 6. |       |       | Site          |
|   |                        | 83 | 99 |       |       |               |
|   | Medical Center         |    |    |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 2 | Machias Seal Island    | 4  | -6 | Not   |       |               |
| 2 |                        | 4. | 7. |       |       |               |
|   |                        | 50 | 09 |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 2 | Mark Island            | 4  | -6 |       |       |               |
| 3 |                        | 3. | 9. |       |       |               |
|   |                        | 72 | 91 |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 2 | Matinicus Rock         | 4  | -6 | Not   |       |               |
| 4 |                        | 3. | 8. |       |       |               |
|   |                        | 78 | 86 |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 2 | Messalonskee Lake      | 4  | -6 |       |       |               |
| 5 |                        | 4. | 9. |       |       |               |
|   |                        | 44 | 82 |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 2 | Moosehorn NWR          | 4  | -6 |       |       |               |
| 6 |                        | 5. | 7. |       |       |               |
|   |                        | 03 | 30 |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 2 | Over Point and Cove    | 4  | -6 |       | M     | PRISM, ISS    |
| 7 |                        | 4. | 7. |       | edium | Site          |
|   |                        | 43 | 91 |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 2 | Ox Cart Lane, Rachel   | 4  | -7 |       | High  | PRISM, ISS    |
| 8 | Carson NWR             | 3. | 0. |       |       | Site          |
|   |                        | 31 | 57 |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 2 | Petit Manan NWR        | 4  | -6 |       |       |               |
| 9 |                        | 4. | 7. |       |       |               |
|   |                        | 37 | 86 |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 3 | Pond Island NWR        | 4  | -6 |       |       |               |
| 0 |                        | 3. | 9. |       |       |               |
|   |                        | 74 | 77 |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 3 | Portland Waterfront    | 4  | -7 |       |       |               |
| 1 | and Back Cove          | 3. | 0. |       |       |               |
|   |                        | 67 | 26 |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 3 | Presumpscot River and  | 4  | -7 |       |       | PRISM, ISS    |
| 2 | Mackworth Flats        | 3. | 0. |       |       | Site          |
|   |                        | 70 | 24 |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 3 | Ram Island             | 4  | -7 |       |       |               |
| 3 |                        | 3. | 0. |       |       |               |
|   |                        | 63 | 19 |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 3 | Reid State Park        | 4  | -6 |       | High  | PRISM, ISS    |
| 4 |                        | 3. | 9. |       |       | Site          |
|   |                        | 78 | 73 |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 3 | Ripley Neck            | 4  | -6 |       |       |               |
| 5 |                        | 4. | 7. |       |       |               |
|   |                        | 57 | 82 |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 3 | Sampson Cove, Rachel   | 4  | -7 |       | High  | PRISM, ISS    |
| 6 | Carson NWR             | 3. | 0. |       |       | Site          |
|   |                        | 38 | 43 |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 3 | Scarborough Marsh      | 4  | -7 | High  | High  | PRISM, ISS    |
| 7 |                        | 3. | 0. |       |       | Site          |
|   |                        | 57 | 33 |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 3 | Seal Island NWR        | 4  | -6 |       |       |               |
| 8 |                        | 3. | 8. |       |       |               |
|   |                        | 88 | 75 |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 3 | Seawall Beach and      | 4  | -6 | High  | High  | PRISM, ISS    |
| 9 | Popham Beach State     | 3. | 9. |       |       | Site          |
|   |                        | 76 | 81 |       |       |               |
|   | Park                   |    |    |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 4 | Sprague Neck, Cutler   | 4  | -6 |       | High  | PRISM, ISS    |
| 0 | (Naval Computer        | 4. | 7. |       |       | Site          |
|   |                        | 67 | 32 |       |       |               |
|   | and Telecommunications |    |    |       |       |               |
|   | Station)               |    |    |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 4 | Stone Island           | 4  | -6 |       |       |               |
| 1 |                        | 4. | 7. |       |       |               |
|   |                        | 60 | 38 |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 4 | Sunkhaze Meadows NWR + | 4  | -6 |       |       |               |
| 2 | I44                    | 4. | 8. |       |       |               |
|   |                        | 98 | 58 |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 4 | Trafton Island         | 4  | -6 |       |       |               |
| 3 |                        | 4. | 7. |       |       |               |
|   |                        | 48 | 84 |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 4 | Weskeag Marsh          | 4  | -6 |       | High  | PRISM, ISS    |
| 4 |                        | 4. | 9. |       |       | Site          |
|   |                        | 10 | 20 |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+
| 4 | Wreck Island           | 4  | -6 |       |       |               |
| 5 |                        | 3. | 9. |       |       |               |
|   |                        | 90 | 42 |       |       |               |
+---+------------------------+----+----+-------+-------+---------------+

*Stratum 2: name (matrix stratum)*

*Stratum x: name (matrix stratum)*

Matrix strata have yet to be identified. Any help you can provide would
be greatly appreciated.

***Source***: The species list was based on checklists from 4 sites with
revisions by x.