ORNITHOLOGIST 



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00L0GI8T 



A List of the Summer Resident Birds 



on the South-western Coast of 



Maine. 



The foUowinjif is a list of the birds observed 

 by me on the Maine coast between Bath and 

 Mt. Desert Island, inclusive. As I spent but 

 tlie two months of July and August on the 

 coast, my list is necessarily very incomprehen- 

 sive; but it may give a fair idea of the com- 

 mr ner summer birds. 



.rflie shore between these points is very 

 j;ocky, with but few sandy beaches. The low, 

 ibick woods of spruce and hemlock come al- 

 i'nost to tiie water's edge; and with the grasses 

 compose most of the vegetation. Almost 

 everywhere the shore is girt with small islands; 

 some of tliem covered with woods, and others 

 rocky and grassy. 



7. Loon. Saw one of this species near Seal 

 Harbor, Mt. Deseit. It seemed to be a young 

 birdi 



ala. American Herring Gull. Common sum- 

 mer resident. Usually seen away from the 

 mainland, near the rocky ledges and islands. 

 The dusky-colored young were nearly as com- 

 mon as the old birds. 



.")S. Laughing Gull. Noticed a few near 

 Tamden, in a flock of the preceding species. 



70. flommon Tern. Common out at sea, 

 ■ l)ut far less abundant than the following. 



71. Arctic Tern. On July 5th I visited a 

 Tern colony at Pumpkin Rock, near the month 

 of Boothbay Harbor. The island was a ledge 

 covered with grass, only two or three hundred 

 yards in length, but notwithstanding its size 

 there was a colony of about 500 terns upon 

 it. Owing to the rough sea I was unable to 

 land, but with a friend I managed to shoot ten 

 birds from the boat; eight of these were of 

 this species. 



72. Roseate Tern. Shot a 9' J"ly •"'t^'i on 

 Pumpkin Kock. I think the .specimen is a 

 young bird. 



10(). liCach's Petrel. Common out at sea. 

 A few come into Bootlibay Harbor. 



105. White-winged Scoter. Rather com- 

 mon out at sea, in flocks of about a dozen. 

 Especially numerous near Castine. I also saw 

 another species of Oidemia, which I was un- 

 able to identify. 



194. Great Blue Heron. Common. Saw 

 one at Boothbay. In Penobscot Bay on Long 

 Island, opi^osite Castine, there was a colony of 

 about eight. Shot an adidt 9 at North Haven. 



240. Semipalmated Sandpiper. Common. 

 Saw a flock of fifty on a small ledge near Bob- 

 son' s Island, Penobscot Bay, and secured sev- 

 eral specimens. At Nor' East Harboi-, Mt. 

 Desert, saw a flock of about twenty-five. Also 

 saw them at Squirrel Island, Boothbay Harbor. 



2();5. Spotted Sandpiper. Common on the 

 islands, and along the shore of the mainland. 



274. Semipalmated Plover. Common. Col- 

 lected specimens at Camden, Bobson's Island, 

 and North Haven. 



800. Rutted Grouse. Saw three or four at 

 Boothbay, in the thickets. 



;W2. Sharp-shinned Hawk. Shot an adult at 

 Boothbay, and an adult $ at North Haven. 



852. Bald Eagles. Saw a pair near Bath. 



;304. American Osprey. Common. At 

 North Haven, I found two empty nests, and we 

 secured two adult 9 and a young $ . 



388. Black-billed Cuckoo. Secured one 

 specimen, and saw several others at Booth- 

 bay. 



300. Belted Kingfisher. Saw a pair through- 

 out the summer at Boothbay. 



412. Flicker. This was the only Wood- 

 pecker I saw, and I noticed but four or five at 

 Boothbay. 



420. Nighthawk. Saw two at Boothbay, 

 two at Bar Harbor, and a flock of thirty or 

 forty at Squirrel Island, August 28th. 



423. Chimney Swift. Uncommon. There 

 were about four pairs at Boothbay. 



428. Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Uncom. 



Copyright, 1890, by Frank B. Webster. 



