An article on double-crested cormorants or "shags," which the Rockland-based gro
An article on double-crested cormorants or "shags," which the Rockland-based group Friends of Maine Seabird Islands is trying to make a little more popular. The birds' guano can remove a dock's paint and defoliate whole nesting islands. Some in Maine would like to lift restrictio...
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ftportllibrary:oai:digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com:news_downeast-7904 2023-05-15T15:31:30+02:00 An article on double-crested cormorants or "shags," which the Rockland-based gro Textor, Ken 2005-07-01T07:00:00Z https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/news_downeast/2885 unknown Portland Public Library Digital Commons https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/news_downeast/2885 Maine News Index - Down East Magazine Cormorants text 2005 ftportllibrary 2022-10-20T20:44:52Z An article on double-crested cormorants or "shags," which the Rockland-based group Friends of Maine Seabird Islands is trying to make a little more popular. The birds' guano can remove a dock's paint and defoliate whole nesting islands. Some in Maine would like to lift restrictions on cormorant hunting, as nearly a dozen other states have already done. Fishermen claim the birds eat hatchling fish, but studies show they eat mostly trash fish. Advocates for the locally endangered Atlantic salmon are the most vocal critics of cormorants. Details. Text Atlantic salmon Portland Public Library: Digital Commons Guano ENVELOPE(141.604,141.604,-66.775,-66.775) |
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