Least Bittern Nesting Record in Maine

Paul U. Wilson; Jerry R. Longcore

doi:10.1656/045.018.0311

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Paul U. Wilson,^1,2,* Jerry R. Longcore³

¹1National Park Service, Acadia National Park, PO Box 177, Bar Harbor, ME 04609.
²2Current address - Antioch University New England, 40 Avon Street, Keene, NH 03431.
³3US Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, 5768 South Annex A, Orono, ME 04469-5768.

^*Corresponding author - pwilson1@antioch.edu.

Abstract

In June 2001, we located an active Ixobrychus exilis (Least Bittern) nest in Bass Harbor marsh on Mount Desert Island, Hancock County, ME. Only 2 other descriptions of Least Bittern nests exist for Maine, although based on other breeding evidence, the species is known to breed elsewhere in the state. We found the nest in a 0.7-ha Typha sp. (cattail)-dominated area within a larger (3.5 ha) freshwater wetland located ≈120 m from an 88-ha estuary. During the breeding season, most Least Bitterns in Maine and elsewhere are found in wetlands of greater size, usually >10 ha.

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Paul U. Wilson and Jerry R. Longcore "Least Bittern Nesting Record in Maine," Northeastern Naturalist 18(3), 382-385, (1 September 2011). https://doi.org/10.1656/045.018.0311

Published: 1 September 2011

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