14-4 Seabirds Rare in Coastal Maine 14-7 



14-5 Seasonal Occurrence and Relative Abundance of Seabirds 

 Regularly Occurring in Various Habitats in the 

 Characterization Area 14-8 



14-6 Estimated Numbers (percentage contribution to the total 

 in parentheses) of Nesting Pairs of Seabirds (breeding 

 summer residents) in Each Region of the Characterization 

 Area in 1977 14-12 



14-7 Percentage of Total Nesting Pairs of Seabirds Breeding 



on 126 Major Islands in Coastal Maine During 1977 14-14 



14-8 Feeding Habits of Seabirds Regularly Occurring 



in the Characterization Area 14-19 



14-9 Food Types of Seabirds Regularly Occurring 



in the Characterization Area 14-22 



14-10 Resident Status and Relative Abundance of the 



Shorebirds of Coastal Maine 14-25 



14-11 Major Feeding Areas of Shorebirds of Coastal Maine 14-26 



14-12 Roosting Habitat Types of the Shorebirds of Coastal Maine . 14-27 



14-13 Major Fall Migration Periods of the 



Shorebirds of Coastal Maine 14-33 



14-14 Resident Status and Relative Abundance of Wading 



Birds in Coastal Maine for Regions 1 to 3 , and 4 to 6 ... 14-36 



14-15 Estimated Number of Pairs of Wading Birds (number of 

 colonies in parenthesis) Breeding in Each Region 

 of the Characterization Area in 1977 14-38 



14-16 Preferred Feeding Habitats of Wading 



Birds in Coastal Maine 14-39 



14-17 Preferred Food of Wading Birds of Coastal Maine 14-40 



15-1 Resident Waterfowl Species in the Characterization Area . . 15-2 



15-2 Breeding Waterfowl Species in the Characterization Area . . 15-3 



15-3 Wintering Waterfowl Species in the Characterization Area . . 15-4 



15-4 Migrant Waterfowl Species in the Characterization Area . . . 15-5 



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