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 



15-5 Estimated Number of Major Waterfowl Species in the 

 Waterfowl Inventory Units of Coastal Maine in 

 the Winters from 1975 to 1979 15-15 



15-6 The Percentage Composition of Breeding Waterfowl 



Species, Based on Brood Counts, in Each Wildlife 

 Management Unit (6 to 8), for the Units Combined, 

 and Their Percentage Contribution to State Totals 

 as Compiled from Maine Department of Inland Fisheries 

 and Wildlife data from 1956 to 1965 and 1966 to 1976 . . . 15-25 



15-7 Average Number of Broods of Ducks Per Acre Per Year 



in Different Wetland Types for Each Wildlife Management 



Unit (6 to 8) from 1956 to 1965 and 1966 to 1976 15-26 



15-8 Acres and Numbers (in parentheses) of Different Wetland 

 Types for Wildlife Management Units 6 to 8 and 

 Contribution to the State Total (adapted from Maine 

 Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildilife 

 Wetland Inventory Files) 15-27 



15-9 Comparison of the National Wetlands Inventory 



Classification and Circular 39 Wetland Types Used 



in the Maine State Wetland Inventory 15-29 



15-10 Average Annual Number of Pond and Diving Ducks 

 Killed by Hunters in the Coastal Counties 

 of Maine from 1966 to 1975 15-41 



16-1 Relative Abundance and Habitat Preferences 

 of Terrestrial Birds Found in Coastal Maine 

 Only During the Breeding Season 16-3 



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