NPSpecies

Present November through May (Witt 1997).

Native to North America (Palmer 1976) and Maine (Palmer 1949).

Common fall through spring, very rare in summer in the MDI region (Witt 1997).

Park Species Detail: Mittelhauser (1991) 3 observed from Great Head to Hunter's Beach on 20 January 1991; 8 observed from Seawall Point to Ship Harbor area on 20 January 1991. Long (1987): summer resident of lakes and streams of inland Maine; nested at Graham Lake near Ellsworth. Russell (1984?) Very common fall through spring, accidental in summer. Reports a maximum count of 150+ in Seawall area on 19 March 1957 (W. Mann and R. Ernst), also 11 at the Trenton Bridge on 1 May 1970 (M. Leach). Bond (1948): Female observed at Somesville in summer. Bond (19??) transient and winter visitant; common; said to have once nested on MDI; currently nests on the mainland in Hancock County (at Graham Lake). Tyson and Bond (1941): "said to have once nested on Mt. Desert Island". Sullivan (1937): abundant in fall and winter., Park Species Data Source: Witt (1997);