Stratton Island
“Described by Peter Vickery as “a festively-adorned treat in Maine’s southern coastal marshes,” this rare heron is known to sometimes breed on Stratton Island, just off our coastline.”
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All 8 passages, oldest first.
Additional noteworthy first sightings in April include - Chipping Sparrows starting on April 17 and on the 18 my wife and son spotted at least sixty Glossy Ibis flying over the house, perhaps in route to Stratton Island.
Of note, Stratton Island and Appledore Island both to our south are known to have an intermittent breeding pair.
Described by Peter Vickery as “a festively-adorned treat in Maine’s southern coastal marshes,” this rare heron is known to sometimes breed on Stratton Island, just off our coastline.
An uncommon migrant along the southern Maine coast in spring through summer, the Little Blue Heron is a rare breeder on Stratton Island in Casco Bay.
The first nesting pair was recorded in Maine on Stratton Island in 1974.
The first confirmed breeding in Maine of a Little Blue Heron was not until 1971 and yearly surveys taken on Stratton Island report having no more than three pairs breeding in most years.
An uncommon migrant along the southern Maine coast in spring through summer, the Little Blue Heron is a rare breeder on Stratton Island in Casco Bay.
An uncommon migrant during the summer months along the southern Maine coast in spring through summer, the Little Blue Heron is a rare breeder on Stratton Island just off of Cape in Casco Bay.