BREEDING BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, SOUTH LUBEC SAND BAR,COBSCOT BAY WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA,LUBEC,MAINE, 8/12/2019

HERRING GULL, SOUTH LUBEC SAND BAR,COBSCOT BAY WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA,LUBEC,MAINE, 8/12/2019

AMERICAN CROW, SOUTH LUBEC SAND BAR,COBSCOT BAY WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA,LUBEC,MAINE, 8/12/2019

GREAT EGRET, SOUTH LUBEC SAND BAR, COBSCOT BAY WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA, LUBEC,MAINE, 8/12/2019

THREE DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS ON DOCK, CUTLER HARBOR,CUTLER,MAINE, 8/12/2019

NONBREEDING COMMON LOON, CUTLER HARBOR,CUTLER,MAINE, 8/12/2019

BREEDING BLACK GUILLEMOT, CUTLER HARBOR,CUTLER,MAINE, 8/12/2019

   We can ID this Alcid as a Black Guillemot as follows:

• Black plumage with a large white patch on the wings
• Long and slender black bill

   The Black Guillemot is resident in much its range, but large populations from the high Arctic migrate southwards in winter.  Unlike other Alcids, the Black Guillemot prefers to forage in relatively shallow near-shore waters.
   The Black Guillemot is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 914.