U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service | H%. Hº /z M 7% /2 Moosehorn T= LIBRARIES - DEC 0 1 2009 DEPOSITED BY UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Introduction This goose, designed by J.N. "Ding" Darling, has become the symbol of the National Wildlife Refuge System. Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge is located in the easternmost portion of Maine. The refuge consists of two divisions. The Baring Division covers 20, 192 acres and is located south of US Route 1 near Calais. The 8,872-acre Edmunds Division borders the tidal waters of Cobscook Bay near Dennysville. The refuge is a highly glaciated eacpanse of rolling hills, large ledge outcrops, streams, lakes, bogs, and marshes. A diverse forest of aspen, maple, birch, spruce, and fir dominates the landscape and scattered stands of white pine are common. The Edmunds Division boasts 18 miles of rocky shoreline where 24-foot tidal fluctuations are a daily occurrence. ------ Moosehorn offers its visitors over 50 miles of gravel roads and foot trails that are closed to automobiles but open for hiking and cross country skiing. Additional information is available by visiting the refuge headquarters, located off the Charlotte Road (Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.). This brochure lists 223 bird species that have been identified on the refuge, and is in accordance with the American Ornithologists Union Checklist of North American Birds Qupdated in August 2004. Enjoy yourself. Whether you’re a seasoned birder or a beginner; we wish you a rewarding eacperience from this visit to the Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge. This list follows the Fiftieth Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Checklist of North American Birds. Most birds are migratory and their seasonal occurrence and relative abundance are coded as follows: Season Sp spring March – May S summer June – August F fall September – November W Winter December – February Relative Abundance Relative abundance indicates how frequently you might See a bird in its favored habitat. a abundant a species which is very numerous C COIONY1OIl likely to be seen or heard in suitable habitat u uncommon present, but not certain to be seen o occasional seen only a few times during a season F rare may be present but not every year • Birds known to nest on or near the refuge S p S F W Swans – Geese – Ducks Snow Goose Brant • Canada Goose • Wood Duck Gadwall American Wigeon _ • American Black Duck _ • Mallard __ " Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail • Green-winged Teal • Ring-necked Duck Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Common Eider Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Black Scoter Long-tailed Duck Bufflehead *-*. l] O <=-m- . O Common Goldeneye Barrow's Goldeneye • Hooded Merganser • Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Ruddy Duck Gallinaceous Birds Ring-necked Pheasant • Ruffed Grouse • Spruce Grouse Wild Turkey Loons _ Red-throated Loon _* Common Loon Grebes • Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Cormorants Double-crested Cormorant Great Cormorant Bitterns – Herons – Egrets • American Bittern Least Bittern Great Blue Heron Great Egret Snowy Egret Little Blue Heron Cattle Egret Green Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron al W : a. Sp S Ibises Glossy Ibis I' I' New World Vultures Turkey Vulture ll Ul Ospreys – Hawks – Eagles _* Osprey _* Bald Eagle • Northern Harrier _* Sharp-shinned Hawk • Cooper's Hawk _ " Northern Goshawk _* Red-shouldered Hawk • Broad-winged Hawk Ul Red-tailed Hawk O Rough-legged Hawk O Golden Eagle Falcons _ " American Kestrel • Merlin Peregrine Falcon Rails _ • Virginia Rail Ul Ul _ • Sora Ul Ul American Coot Plovers Black-bellied Plover O O American Golden-Plover _ Semipalmated Plover Ul Ul _ • Killdeer Ul Ul Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs C Ul Lesser Yellowlegs O Ul _ Solitary Sandpiper O O _ • Spotted Sandpiper C. C. Whimbrel I” _ Ruddy Turnstone 1' 1" Ul . Sanderling Western Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Dunlin White-rumped Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher • Wilson's Snipe T • American Woodcock Gulls – Terns Bonaparte's Gull Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull Caspian Tern Common Tern Arctic Tern Black Tern Pigeons - Doves Rock Pigeon • Mourning Dove Cuckoos • Black-billed Cuckoo Typical Owls _ • Great Horned Owl Northern Hawk Owl • Barred Owl Long-eared Owl Short-eared Owl Sp . . O I' Boreal Owl • Northern Saw-whet Owl Nightjars • Common Nighthawk _* Whip-poor-will Swifts • Chimney Swift Hummingbirds • Ruby-throated Hummingbird Kingfisher • Belted Kingfisher Woodpeckers _ Red-bellied Woodpecker _* Yellow-bellied Sapsucker • Downy Woodpecker _ • Hairy Woodpecker _ " Black-backed Woodpecker • Northern Flicker _ • Pileated Woodpecker Tyrant Flycatchers _ " Olive-sided Flycatcher _ • Eastern Wood-Pewee _ • Yellow-bellied Flycatcher • Alder Flycatcher _ " Willow Flycatcher • Least Flycatcher • Eastern Phoebe _ • Great Crested Flycatcher _* Eastern knºw White-breasted Nuthatch Sp w : Sp S Shrikes Northern Shrike O Wire0s White-eyed Vireo 1’ Yellow-throated Vireo I” I’ _* Blue-headed Vireo C. C. • Warbling Vireo O O • Philadelphia Vireo Ul Ul • Red-eyed Vireo C. C. Jays – Crows _* Gray Jay • Blue Jay • American Crow • Common Raven N §§ Nº Larks º Horned Lark O Swallows Purple Martin • Tree Swallow C C Northern Rough-winged Swallow _ • Bank Swallow Ul Cliff Swallow Ul Ul Barn Swallow Ul Ul Chickadees _ " Black-capped Chickadee C C • Boreal Chickadee Ul Nuthatches • Red-breasted Nuthatch C - C • White-breasted Nuthatch Creepers __ " Brown Creeper C C Sp S F Wrens _ House Wren • Winter Wren • Marsh Wren C C Kinglets _* Golden-crowned Kinglet C C C _ " Ruby-crowned Kinglet Thrushes • Eastern Bluebird _* Veery • Swainson's Thrush _ " Hermit Thrush _ " Wood Thrush _ • American Robin . : Mimic Thrushes _* Gray Catbird • Northern Mockingbird I' Brown Thrasher O O O . C Starlings _ " European Starling C C C Pipits American Pipit I' Waxwings _ Bohemian Waxwing _* Cedar Waxwing C C C Wood Warblers _ " Tennessee Warbler _ " Nashville Warbler • Northern Parula _ • Yellow Warbler _ • Chestnut-sided Warbler • Magnolia Warbler • Cape May Warbler • Black-throated Blue Warbler • Yellow-rumped Warbler – • Black-throated Green Warbler • Blackburnian Warbler – • Pine Warbler _ • Palm Warbler • Bay-breasted Warbler _ • Blackpoll Warbler • Black-and-white Warbler • American Redstart • Ovenbird • Northern Waterthrush – • Mourning Warbler • Common Yellowthroat _ • Wilson's Warbler • Canada Warbler Tanagers _ • Scarlet Tanager Sparrows American Tree Sparrow – • Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Vesper Sparrow • Savannah Sparrow • Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow Fox Sparrow • Song Sparrow • Lincoln's Sparrow • Swamp Sparrow _ • White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow _ • Dark-eyed Junco Lapland Longspur Snow Bunting Rosebeaks - Allies • Rose-beasted Grosbeak _* Indigo Bunting Blackbirds — Orioles _ • Bobolink • Red-winged Blackbird • Eastern Meadowlark Rusty Blackbird • Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird _ • Baltimore Oriole S p O . : : O . : Sp S F W Finches _ • Pine Grosbeak • Purple Finch _ • Red Crossbill • White-winged Crossbill _ Common Redpoll • Pine Siskin _ • American Goldfinch • Evening Grosbeak Old World Sparrows House Sparrow o o o o : o O NOTES Location Date Time Observers Weather U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Moosehorn is one of more than 550 refuges in the National Wildlife Refuge System administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The National Wildlife Refuge System is a network of lands and waters, totaling over 150 million acres, managed specifically for the protection of wildlife and wildlife habitat and represents the most comprehensive wildlife management program in the world. Units of the system stretch across the United States from northern Alaska to the Florida Keys and include small islands in the Caribbean and South Pacific. The character of the refuges is as diverse as the nation itself. - The Service also manages National Fish Hatcheries, and provides leadership in habitat protection, fish and wildlife research, technical assistance, and the conservation and protection of migratory birds, certain marine mammals, and threatened and endangered species. Refuge Manager Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge 103 Headquarters Road Baring, ME 04694 - 207/454 7161 www.fws.gov/northeastſmoosehorn/ Federal Relay Service or the deaf and hard-of-hearing 00/877 3339 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service 1800/344 WILD http://www.fws.gov September 2009 ſiliiliſillº 3 9015 08543 4598 - Wilson's snipe - Kevin Edwards, IAN Image Library (www.ian.umes.edu/imagelibrary) *