Re: [Maine-birds] Fire Road 5, Ebeemee Twp

Hey Bill and Susan,

 

They also still nest at Great Moose Lake in Harmony.

 

Good birding,

tom

 

 

On Sunday, July 20, 2014 8:28:07 PM UTC-4, Bill Sheehan wrote:

HI Susan,

I'm sure he meant Black Terns.  

Ebeemee has Maine's largest breeding colony according to ME Dept IF&W.  Though not uncommon breeders from Ontario westward, they are listed as Endangered in Maine.

Other than Messalonski and Carlton Pond, I don't know of other sizeable colonies.  There used to be breeding Black Terns at Douglas Pond near Pittsfield, Round and Plymouth Ponds in Plymouth, Lewy Lake at Princeton and Portage Lake up here in Aroostook county.  To my knowledge, all of these sites have faded out.  I bet someone out there knows the full story on these

Peter Vickery and I saw a Black Tern hanging around a Common Tern colony at Round Pond on the Allagash River in early June. 

Good birding,

Bill Sheehan

Woodland, Aroostook Co.

 

On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 5:59 PM, Susan Guare <susan...@gmail.com> wrote:

We just got back from an electronics-free week at a little camp on Pearl Pond, in Ebeemee Township, Piscataquis County.  While we were there, the owner took us on a nice boat ride around the chain of lakes.  He pointed out one marshy area and said that "black wrens" nested there, that they were endangered, and that they have only five known nesting sites in Maine.

Of course there's no such thing as a black wren, unless it's a local colloquialism.  This guy is not a birder, but he has knowledge of the local wildlife and its behavior, having lived in the area for decades, and he talks to everybody.  Now I'm wondering.  The area he pointed to has many Black TERNS, and they were active and in fact had tried to run me and my kids off when we kayaked to the edge of the reeds.  Could he have meant Black Terns?  Are they endangered?  Are their known nesting habits that restricted?

Or did he perhaps mean Sedge Wrens?  The habitat seemed right for them as well.

I collected a respectable list during the week, including a pair of Merlins, a pair of Eagles, a possible Red-Tailed Hawk, a Pied-Billed Grebe (first for me at this location), Loons with chicks, a Red-breasted Nuthatch, Pine Warblers, and Bob's feature of the Week, the Red-eyed Vireo.

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