Northeast Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Blackpoll warblers are among thousands of songbirds traveling a popular flyway over Maine's coastal island refuges. USFWS photo	Researchers find migratory bird thoroughfare across Gulf of Maine Researchers believe they may have discovered a previously unknown, but potentially very important, flyway that songbirds are using as a short cut across the Gulf of Maine during fall migration. During a recent bird banding study on several Maine coastal national wildlife refuge islands, more than 5,500 songbirds representing 75 species were captured, far exceeding the numbers of birds captured at long-running banding stations elsewhere. News Release Learn More

Photo courtesy George Davis, Tri-City Florist	Owl seeks Service assistance An injured great-horned owl turned up on the doorstep of the Richmond, Va., U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service office. The bird could not fly and is now in the care of a rehabilitator, who expects a complete recovery. Learn More Learn More

Elk River. Photo courtesy of R. Tom Sizemore, III, MD	West Virginia fish now a candidate for ESA protection The Service has added the diamond darter, a small fish found only in the Elk River in West Virginia, to its list of candidates for Endangered Species Act protection with a priority of 2 on a 12-point scale for ESA protection. Other candidates in the Northeast Region and their priorities are: bog asphodel (8), Hirsts' panic grass (5), New England cottontail (2), and red knot (3) Priorities are based on threats to the species' continued survival and their taxonomy. Although the Service has enough information on these species to propose protecting them, higher priorities preclude that action. News Release Learn More

This immature bald eagle was shot in late October in northern New Hampshire. The characteristic white feathers on its head will appear at about age 5.Allen Cahill	Bald eagle shot in New Hampshire A $2,500 reward is being offered for information about the shooting of a young bald eagle in northern New Hampshire around Oct. 22. A wildlife rehabilitator is caring for the eagle, which has a broken wing and other injuries. Information can be reported to New Hampshire's Operation Game Thief hotline 1-800-344-4262 or online http://www.HuntNH.com/OGT. Local sportsmen discovered the injured eagle. Moose and small game hunting seasons were open at the time. News Release Learn More

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Rehabilitation of Monomoy Lighthouse
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Where: Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, Massachusetts

What's Happening: We will use Recovery Act funding to repair a lighthouse and its outbuildings on Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge on Cape Cod. The project will restore the historic integrity and structural soundness of the lighthouse, its living quarters and oil shed, all of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The improvements will provide a base of operations for conducting wildlife surveys and management activities on the refuge, as well as public access to the lighthouse for educational and scientific programs.

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