Bird Conservation Region 14

Atlantic Northern Forest

Description: The nutrient-poor soils of northernmost New England and the Adirondack Mountains support spruce-fir forests on more northerly and higher sites and northern hardwoods elsewhere. Virtually all of the world's Bicknell's Thrush breed on mountaintops in this region. Other important forest birds include the Canada Warbler and Bay-breasted Warbler. Coastal wetlands are inhabited by Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow; rocky intertidal areas are important for wintering Purple Sandpipers; and muddy intertidal habitats are critical as Semipalmated Sandpiper staging sites. Common Eiders and Black Guillemots breed in coastal habitats, while Leach's Storm-Petrels, gulls, terns, and the southernmost populations of many breeding alcids nest on offshore islands. Beaver ponds and shores of undisturbed lakes and ponds provide excellent waterfowl breeding habitat, particularly for American Black Duck, Hooded and Common Mergansers, and Common Goldeneye. The Hudson and Connecticut River valleys are important corridors for Brant, Green-winged Teal, and other waterfowl migrating from New England and Quebec. Because inland wetlands freeze, coastal wetlands are used extensively by dabbling ducks, sea ducks, and geese during winter and migration.

Bird Conservation Plans:
Landbirds - Eastern Spruce-Hardwood Forest, Adirondack Mountains, Northern New England
Shorebirds - North Atlantic Region
Waterbirds - Mid Atlantic/New England/Maritimes Region
Waterfowl - Atlantic Coast Joint Venture Implementation Plan, Eastern Habitat JV Plan (CN)
All Birds - Atlantic Northern Forest BCR Blueprint

Joint Venture area: In U.S.: Atlantic Coast
Randy Dettmers, BCR Coordinator
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
300 Westgate Center Drive
Hadley, MA 01035-9589

Andrew Milliken, Joint Venture Coordinator
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
300 Westgate Center Drive
Hadley, MA 01035-9589

Joint Venture area: In Canada: Eastern Habitat
Patricia Edwards, Joint Venture Coordinator
Canadian Wildlife Service
17 Waterfowl Lane
Sackville, New Brunswick E4L 1G6
Canada

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