ReidState Park
Description: Reid State Park is managed by the MaineDOC.Park habitats include sand beach and dunes, tidal river, lagoon, salt marshes, rocky headlands, and woodland. The park is located at the end of Seguinland Road.
MDIFW surveys observed shorebirds at five separate areas (A-E). There are two very large sand beach communities, a small sand/gravel beach, a salt hay marsh, and a brackish pool. Site A is located along both sides of the road leading to Todd’s Point. This site is a roosting and feeding area with some shallow pools and mud flats. Least Sandpipers and Semipalmated Sandpipers were seen feeding and roosting in a small pool
when the tide was two-thirds high and rising. Todd’s Point, Site B, is a large sand beach with an adjacent marsh that is used for roosting and feeding. When beachgoer disturbance is high, most of the shorebirds congregate at the very tip of the point. At other times, many shorebirds were seen roosting and feeding at the water’s edge around seaweed and other beach debris on the upper slope, and on exposed mud flats in the adjacent marsh. Shorebirds observed included: Ruddy Turnstones, Semipalmated Plovers, Least Sandpipers, Sanderling, Semipalmated Sandpipers and one Whimbrel (feeding in the salt marsh). Griffith’s Beach, Site C, is the larger sand beach in the park, which usually has higher levels of human disturbance than Todd’s Point. At the northern end of the beach, the shoreline changes to a feeding area and one White-rumped Sandpiper was seen roosting the rocks. A brackish pool and salt marsh, Site D, is located directly behind the northern end of Griffith’s Beach. Black-bellied Plovers and one Least Sandpiper were observed feeding and roosting in the brackish pool and in the marsh. Site E is located at the northern-most end of the park and consists of a small sand/gravel beach and some rock islands just offshore. Black-bellied Plovers and Ruddy Turnstones were seen roosting on the offshore rock islands.
The most numerous species from ISS maximum count data are: BBPL (347), LESA (41), RUTU (43), SAND (443), SEPL (266) and SESA (193).
Survey Method: Ground surveys should be conducted at high tide.
Selection Bias: None.
Measurement Error: *
Measurement Bias: *
Pilot Studies: None needed.
Local Contacts: Ted Allen, ISS Cooperator