For centuries, the waters of Passamaquoddy and Cobscook bays near Eastport and L

For centuries, the waters of Passamaquoddy and Cobscook bays near Eastport and Lubec have been fall migration stopover habitat for the red-necked phalaropes. Perhaps a quarter of the world population fed in the rich tidal waters until the mid-1980s, but today they have all but disappeared. A group o...

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Main Author: Moore, Bob
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Published: Portland Public Library Digital Commons 2008
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Online Access:https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/news_island/396
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Summary:For centuries, the waters of Passamaquoddy and Cobscook bays near Eastport and Lubec have been fall migration stopover habitat for the red-necked phalaropes. Perhaps a quarter of the world population fed in the rich tidal waters until the mid-1980s, but today they have all but disappeared. A group of experts has come together to analyze the population decline, which might be tied to a decrease in the bird's favored food. Another possibility is that the population of the Arctic-breeding bird, about which little is known, has collapsed.