New
England/Mid-Atlantic Coast
Description: This area has the densest human population
of any region in the country. Much of what was formerly cleared for
agriculture is now either in forest or in residential use. The highest
priority birds are in coastal wetland and beach habitats, including
the Saltmarsh Sharptailed Sparrow and Nelsons Sharp-tailed Sparrow,
Seaside Sparrow, Piping Plover, American Oystercatcher, American Black
Duck, and Black Rail. The region includes critical migration sites for
Red Knot, Ruddy Turnstone, Sanderling, Semipalmated Sandpiper, and Dunlin.
Most of the continental population of the endangered Roseate Tern nests
on islands off the southern New England states. Other terns and gulls
nest in large numbers, and large mixed colonies of herons, egrets, and
ibis may form on islands in the Delaware and Chesapeake Bay regions.
Estuarine complexes and embayments created behind barrier beaches in
this region are extremely important to wintering and migrating waterfowl,
including approximately 65 percent of the total wintering American Black
Duck population, along with large numbers of Greater Scaup, Tundra Swan,
Gadwall, Brant, and Canvasback. Exploitation and pollution of Chesapeake
Bay and other coastal zones, and the accompanying loss of submerged
aquatic vegetation, have significantly reduced their value to waterfowl.
Bird
Conservation Plans
Landbirds
- Mid-Atlantic
Coastal Plains, Southern
New England
Shorebirds - Northern
Atlantic
Waterbirds - Mid
Atlantic/New England/Maritimes
Waterfowl - Atlantic
Coast Joint Venture Waterfowl Implementation Plan
All Birds -
Joint
Venture area: Atlantic Coast
In New England:
Mitch Hartley, Assistant
JV Coordinator - North
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
52 Avenue A
Turners Falls, MA 01376
South of New England:
Melanie Steinkamp,
Assistant JV Coordinator - Mid Atlantic
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
11510 American Holly Drive, Room 206C
Laurel, Maryland 20708
Andrew Milliken,
JV Coordinator
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
300 Westgate Center Drive
Hadley, MA 01035-9589
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