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National Wildlife Refuge | Maine
A Unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System
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  • Maine Fisheries Office, Craig Brook National Fish Hatchery 
  • U.S. Geological Survey – Orono, ME Field Office 
  • Maine Natural Areas Program 
  • Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife 
  • Maine Department of Marine Resources, Bureau of Sea Run Fish and Habitat 
  • Maine Department of Conservation: Maine Forest Service and Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands 
  • Ducks Unlimited 
  • Project SHARE (Salmon Habitat And River Enhancement) 
  • University of Maine-Machias and Orono 
  • Washington Community College 
  • Suffolk University Friedman Field Station 
  • Passamaquoddy Tribe – Indian Township 
  • Cobscook Community Learning Center 
  • Downeast Coastal Conservancy 
  • Downeast Lakes Land Trust 
  • The Nature Conservancy, Maine 
  • Maine Coast Heritage Trust 
  • Maine Audubon Society – Fundy Chapter 
  • Small Woodlot Owners of Maine 
  • Boy Scouts of America – Katahdin Area Council 

 

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American woodcock - Carlos Guindon/USFWS Contractor.

American Woodcock

American woodcock are studied and managed intensively at Moosehorn. Timberdoodle, mud-sucker, and mud bat are all local names for the woodcock. Unlike their relatives, these reclusive shorebirds have evolved to live in the forests of eastern North America.

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Last Updated: Jan 02, 2014
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