Winter Waterfowl
The coast of Maine is
a great place to see winter ducks and other waterfowl. Many of these
birds breed in Canada or even the arctic, but spend their winters
along the coast. New Year's Day, 2005, was particularly balmy by
Maine standards, so it was a good day to see "winter ducks." A stop
along Route 1 at Sullivan Harbor yielded the first sightings of the
day, including common goldeneyes, buffleheads, common loons,
red-breasted mergansers, and guillemot.
Later at Petit Manan
Wildlife Refuge was saw many of the same birds and also black ducks
and horned grebes.
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