NPSpecies

Present March - April and August - December (Witt 1997).

Native to North America (Long 1981) and Maine (Palmer 1949).

Common migrant, accidental in winter (Witt 1997).

Park Species Detail: Sharp (1997) Recorded during the Breeding Bird Survey conducted June 1996; not sure if species was observed within park boundaries. Long (1987): Occurs regularly during the breeding season on MDI. Russell (1984?) Common spring through fall, accidental in winter. An extremely early date was a record of 1 bird at Schooner Head on 26 February 1965 (A. Hathaway) and a winter record is of 1 observed at Sand Beach on 30 December 1972 (R. Dengler, N. Famous). A number of nests have been found, particularly in the Hulls Cove area (Bond 1971). Bond (1969) rare summer resident on MDI, occurs in meadows of the Emery District, and on numerous occasions has been seen on the stony beach at Hull's Cove; several nests have been found at or near Hull's Cove, one of these on the lawn of a motel. Bond (19??) very rare transient on MDI; said to have nested at Cape Rosier on the mainland in 1933. Sullivan (1937): one observed on a mud flat between Tremont and Southwest Harbor by V. Lunt and A. Stupka on 31 March 1935., Park Species Data Source: Witt (1997); Russell (1984?) Legacy NPSpecies information may no longer be applicable, please remove if it is not applicable. In legacy NPSpecies Residency was Unknown with comment: Breeding occurs on many areas on MDI (Witt 1997; Long 1987), but no records of breeding within park boundaries to date. Adamus (1983) breeding throughout Maine..