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Aroostook National Wildlife Refuge U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service PO Box 554 97 Refuge Road Limestone, ME 04750 207/328 4634 Aroostook 207/328 4660 Fax

The refuge is administered from Moosehorn National National Wildlife Wildlife Refuge Please contact the Refuge Manager Refuge Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge 103 Headquarters Road Baring, ME 04694 207/454 7161

Federal Relay Service for the deaf and hard-of-hearing 1 800/877 8339

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service 1 800/344 WILD http://www.fws.gov

September 2010

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Wood Dr. Thomas G. Barnes/USFWS Introduction Aroostook National Wildlife Refuge is This list follows the Fiftieth Supplement to the American located on part of the former Loring Ornithologists’ Union Checklist of North American Birds. Air Force Base in Limestone, Maine. The refuge is 5,252 acres and has Most birds are migratory and their seasonal occurrence 2,400 acres of conservation easements. and relative abundance are coded as follows: Aroostook NWR protects valuable This goose, designed wildlife habitat in northern Maine Season by J.N. "Ding" where the landscape is dominated Sp spring March – May Darling, has become by agricultural crops. Ponds and S summer June – August the symbol of the National Wildlife streams provide habitat for American F fall September – November Refuge System. Black Duck whose populations are W winter December – February decreasing. Wood , ring-necked ducks and hooded mergansers are Relative Abundance also common. Relative abundance indicates how frequently you might see a in its favored habitat. The majority of the refuge is forested uplands, offering nesting habitat for a abundant a species which is very numerous migratory of which many c common likely to be seen or heard in suitable habitat species breed on the refuge. Warblers, u uncommon present, but not certain to be seen such as the black-throated green, o occasional seen only a few times during a season , bay-breasted, Cape May and r rare may be present but not every year Blackburnian are common in spring and summer. These “neotropical * accidental less than five records migrants” breed here and winter in , the and Central and • Birds known to nest on or near the refuge . Habitat destruction throughout the Western Hemisphere threatens these species.

The refuge is removing military Sp S F W structures to reclaim wildlife habitat. Birds such as upland sandpipers, Swans – Geese – Ducks chestnut-sided warblers, American ___ Greater White-fronted Goose ______r r and ruffed require ___ ______o o open fields as habitat. Removing roads, ___ Barnacle Goose* ______r buildings and cement structures allows ___ Cackling Goose ______r r the fields to return and forests to grow. ___ • ______a c a r ___ Brant ______r Along the 8 miles of refuge trails birds ___ • Wood Duck ______u u u of the Northern Forest such as boreal ___ Eurasian Wigeon ______r chickadee, , three- ___ • American Wigeon ______u u u toed woodpecker and black-backed ___ • Gadwall______o o o woodpecker are occasionally seen. ___ • Green-winged Teal ______c c c ___ • ______a c a u The refuge property is located in three ___ • ______c c c u different areas. The areas are Loring, ___ • ______o r o Madawaska and Chapman. The refuge ___ • Blue-winged Teal ______u u u is open to visitors one-half hour before ___ • Northern Shoveler ______u u u sunrise to one-half hour after sunset. ___ • ______o o o Please stay out of closed areas. For ___ • Ring-necked Duck ______c c c more information call 207/328 4634 ___ ______r r or call Moosehorn National Wildlife ___ ______o o Refuge Headquarters at 207/454 7161. ___ Common Eider ______r r Sp S F W Sp S F W ___ Long-tailed Duck ______o o Ibises ___ Black Scoter ______r o ___ Glossy Ibis ______r ___ Surf Scoter ______r r ___ White-winged Scoter ______r r New World Vultures ___ • ______c u c o ___ • Turkey Vulture ______o o o ___ Barrow's Goldeneye ______o o r ___ Black Vulture* ______r ___ Bufflehead ______o o ___ • Hooded Merganser ______c c c r Osprey - Hawks – Eagles ___ • Red-breasted Merganser ______o o r ___ • Osprey ______c c u ___ • Common Merganser ______c c c u ___ Golden Eagle ______r r ___ • Ruddy Duck ______o o o ___ • Bald Eagle ______c c c c ___ • Northern Harrier ______c c c r Gallinaceous Birds ___ • Sharp-shinned Hawk ______u u u o ___ Ring-necked ______o o o o ___ Cooper's Hawk ______o o r ___ • ______u u u u ___ • ______u u u u ___ • Spruce Grouse ______o o o o ___ • Red-shouldered Hawk ______o r o ___ • ______c c c c ___ • Broad-winged Hawk ______c c c ___ Willow Ptarmigan* ______r ___ • Red-tailed Hawk ______u u u o ___ Rough-legged Hawk ______u u u Loons ___ Red-throated Loon ______r r ___ • Common Loon ______c c c ___ • American Kestrel ______c c c ___ • Merlin ______u u u o ___ • Peregrine ______o r o

Rails ___ • Virginia Rail ______u u u ___ • Sora ______u u u ___ Yellow Rail ______r r ___ • Common Moorhen ______r r r Ruffed grouse ___ • American Coot______r r r Robert Savannah Plovers ___ Black-bellied Plover ______o Grebes ___ American Golden-Plover ______o ___ • Pied-billed Grebe ______u u u ___ Semipalmated Plover ______o o u ___ Horned Grebe ______o o ___ • Killdeer ______c c c ___ Red-necked Grebe ______o r o ___ Northern ______r

Cormorants Sandpipers ___ Double-crested Cormorant ______c c c ___ American Avocet* ______r ___ Great Cormorant ______r r ___ • ______u u u ___ • ______c c c ___ Short-billed Dowitcher ______o o o Bitterns – Herons – Egrets ___ • Upland Sandpiper ______u u u ___ • Great Blue Heron ______c c c r ___ Greater Yellowlegs ______u c c ___ Great Egret ______r r r ___ Lesser Yellowlegs ______c c c ___ Egret ______r ___ Solitary Sandpiper ______c u c ___ Green Heron ______o o ___ • Spotted Sandpiper ______c c c ___ • Black-crowned Night-Heron ______o o o ___ Whimbrel ______o ___ • American Bittern ______u u u ___ Semipalmated Sandpiper ______o u u Sp S F W Sp S F W ___ Least Sandpiper ______u u u ___ Boreal Owl ______r ___ White-rumped Sandpiper ______r u u ___ Long-eared Owl ______r r r r ___ Pectoral Sandpiper ______r u u ___ • Short-eared Owl ______r r r r ___ Dunlin ______r r u ___ Northern Hawk Owl ______r r ___ Wilson's Phalarope ______r Nightjars ___ • Common Nighthawk ______o u u ___ • Bonaparte's ______u u u ___ Whip-poor-will ______r r ___ • Ring-billed Gull ______a c a ___ Herring Gull ______a u a o Swifts ___ Glaucous Gull ______r r ___ • Chimney Swift ______u u u ___ Iceland Gull ______o o o ___ Lesser Black-backed Gull ______r r Hummingbirds ___ Great Black-backed Gull ______a u a o ___ • Ruby-throated Hummingbird ______c c c Kingfisher Terns ___ • Belted Kingfisher ______c c c r ___ Black Tern ______o o o ___ • Common Tern ______c c u Woodpeckers ___ • Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ______c c c ___ • ______c c c c ___ • Hairy Woodpecker ______c c c c ___ • Three-toed Woodpecker ______o o o o ___ • Black-backed Woodpecker ______u u u u ___ • Northern Flicker ______c c c r ___ • Pileated Woodpecker ______u u u u

Tyrant Flycatchers ___ • Olive-sided Flycatcher ______u u ___ • Eastern Wood-Pewee ______c c u ___ • Yellow-bellied Flycatcher ______u u ___ • Alder Flycatcher ______c c u ___ Willow Flycatcher ______o o ___ • Least Flycatcher ______c c u ___ • Eastern Phoebe ______c c c r Auks - Puffins ___ Dovekie* ______r

Pigeons - Doves ___ • Rock Pigeon ______a a a a Yellow-bellied sapsucker ___ • ______c c c c

Cuckoos ___ • Black-billed Cuckoo ______u u o

Typical Owls ___ • ______r r o ___ • Great Horned Owl ______u u u u ___ Great Grey Owl ______r ___ ______u u u u ___ Northern Saw-whet Owl ______u u u r Sp S F W Sp S F W ___ • Great Crested Flycatcher ______u u u Thrushes ___ • Eastern Kingbird ______c c u ___ • Eastern Bluebird ______u u u ___ • Veery ______c c u Shrikes ___ Swainson's ______c c u ___ Northern Shrike ______o o u ___ • Hermit Thrush ______c c c r ___ Gray-cheeked Thrush ______r r Vireos ___ • Bicknells Thrush______o o o ___ • Blue-headed Vireo ______c c c ___ • Wood Thrush ______u u u ___ • Warbling Vireo ______u u u ___ • American Robin ______a a a o ___ • Philadelphia Vireo ______u u u ___ • Red-eyed Vireo ______a a a Mimic Thrushes ___ • Gray Catbird ______c c u ___ • Brown Thrasher ______u u u Crows - Jays ___ Northern Mockingbird ______r r r ___ • Gray Jay ______u u u u ___ • Blue Jay ______a a a a ___ • American Crow ______a a a c Starlings ___ • Common Raven ______c c c c ___ • European Starling ______c c c c

Larks Pipits ___ • Horned Lark ______u u u o ___ • American Pipit ______u r c

Swallows Waxwings ___ • Tree Swallow ______c c u ___ Bohemian Waxwing ______o o u ___ • Bank Swallow ______u u r ___ • Cedar Waxwing ______c c a o ___ • Cliff Swallow ______c c u ___ • Barn Swallow ______c c u Wood Warblers ___ Purple Martin ______r r r ___ Brewster'sWarbler Hybrid* ______r ___ • Tennessee Warbler ______u u r Chickadees ___ • Nashville Warbler ______c c c ___ • Black-capped Chickadee ______a a a a ___ • Northern Parula ______c c c ___ • Boreal Chickadee ______u u u u ___ • Yellow Warbler ______c c c ___ • Chestnut-sided Warbler ______c c c Nuthatches ___ • Magnolia Warbler ______c c c ___ • Red-breasted Nuthatch ______c c c c ___ • Cape May Warbler ______u u o ___ • White-breasted Nuthatch ______u u u u ___ • Black-throated Blue Warbler ______u u u ___ • Yellow-rumped Warbler ______a c a ___ • Black-throated Green Warbler ______c c c Creepers ___ • Blackburnian Warbler ______u u u ___ • Brown Creeper ______o o o r ___ • Palm Warbler ______u u u ___ Pine Warbler ______o o o r Wrens ___ • Winter Wren ______c c u ___ House Wren ______r r ___ Sedge Wren ______r r ___ • Marsh Wren ______u u r ___ Carolina Wren* ______r

Kinglets Chickadee ___ • Golden-crowned Kinglet ______c c c u ___ • Ruby-crowned Kinglet ______c c c Sp S F W Sp S F W ___ • Bay-breasted Warbler ______u u o ___ • White-winged Crossbill ______c u c c ___ • Blackpoll Warbler ______u r u ___ • Pine Siskin ______c c c c ___ • Black-and-white Warbler ______c c c ___ • American Goldfinch ______c c c c ___ • American Redstart ______c c c ___ Common Redpoll______u u c ___ • ______c c c ___ Hoary Redpoll ______r r r ___ • Northern ______c c c ___ • Evening Grosbeak ______u u u u ___ • Mourning Warbler ______u u ___ • Common Yellowthroat ______c c c Old World Sparrows ___ • Wilson's Warbler ______u u o ___ • House Sparrow ______c c c c ___ • Canada Warbler ______u u u Tanagers ___ • Scarlet Tanager ______u u u NOTES Sparrows Location ______Eastern Towhee ______r r r ___ American Tree Sparrow ______c c c Date ______Time______Field Sparrow ______r r r Observers______• Chipping Sparrow ______c c c ___ Clay-colored Sparrow* ______r r Weather ______• Savannah Sparrow ______a a a ___ • Vesper Sparrow ______o o o ______• Sparrow ______u u u r ______• Song Sparrow ______a a a r ___ • Lincoln's Sparrow ______u u u ______• Swamp Sparrow ______c c c ___ White-crowned Sparrow ______c c ______• White-throated Sparrow ______a a a r ______• Dark-eyed Junco ______c c c u ___ Lapland Longspur ______r o r ______Snow Bunting ______u u c Cardinals - Grosbeaks - Allies U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ___ • Northern Cardinal ______o o o o Moosehorn is one of more than 550 refuges in the ___ • Rose-breasted Grosbeak ______c c c r National Wildlife Refuge System administered by the ___ Indigo Bunting ______o o o U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The National Wildlife Refuge System is a network of lands and waters, totaling Blackbirds – Orioles over 150 million acres, managed specifically for the ___ • Bobolink ______c c c protection of wildlife and wildlife habitat and represents ___ • Red-winged Blackbird ______a a a the most comprehensive wildlife management program in ___ Eastern Meadowlark ______r r the world. Units of the system stretch across the United ___ • Rusty Blackbird ______o o o States from northern to the Keys and ___ • Common Grackle ______a a a o include small islands in the Caribbean and South Pacific. ___ • Brown-headed Cowbird ______c u u r The character of the refuges is as diverse as the nation ___ • Baltimore Oriole ______u u u itself.

Finches The Service also manages National Fish Hatcheries, and ___ • Pine Grosbeak ______o r o u provides leadership in habitat protection, fish and wildlife ___ • Purple Finch ______c c c c research, technical assistance, and the conservation and ___ House Finch ______r r r r protection of migratory birds, certain marine mammals, ___ • Red Crossbill ______o o o o and threatened and endangered species.