[Maine-birds] Fire Road 5, Ebeemee Twp

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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