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Black-backed Gull Fledgling Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature Nature, Animals, Birds	Spiker, LaRue		Maine, MDI		Black-backed Gull Fledgling Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-10014 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Animals, Birds Creator: Spiker, LaRue Place: Maine, MDI Description: 4 X 4 black and white photograph taken from above of small nestling in leaves, may be on ground. Bird still has down on head and back and small dark stripes on wings. Paper attatched to back, “ The great black-backed gull fledglings remained motionless even when the burdock leaves under which they were hiding were turned back exposing them to view.”
Bird Feeding Young Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature Nature, Animals, Birds	Sullivan, Maurice	1960s	Maine, MDI		Bird Feeding Young Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-10016 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Animals, Birds Creator: Sullivan, Maurice Date: 1960s Place: Maine, MDI Description: 4 X 4 black and white closeup photograph of small bird perched in a pine tree, feeding three small baby birds in nest. Nest is in lower right corner of photo. Feeding bird has spoted breast and large black eye which is facing to left of photo. Writing on back,” Photo by Maurice Sullivan, Courtesy ANP.”
Cormorant Eggs in a Nest Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature Nature, Animals, Birds	Spiker, LaRue	1960s	Maine, MDI		Cormorant Eggs in a Nest Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-10019 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Animals, Birds Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1960s Place: Maine, MDI Description: 5 X 5 black and white close up photograph of a of nest with three Cormorant eggs in middle. Nest is made of twigs with a few feathers intertwined on the left side. Paper on back, “ The eggs are a dull grayish-green and encrusted with a coarse lime-like substance.”
Seagull Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature Nature, Animals, Birds	Spiker, LaRue		Maine, MDI		Seagull Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-10027 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Animals, Birds Creator: Spiker, LaRue Place: Maine, MDI Description: 5 X 7 black and white photograph of a white seagull in middle of picture standing on a granite rock. Horizontal format. Seagull is in profile facing right. Dark line of sea and horizon just bellow top of granite rock. Writting on back: “ Maine Native”
Cormorants Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature Nature, Animals, Birds	Spiker, LaRue	1960s	Maine		Cormorants Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-10032 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Animals, Birds Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1960s Place: Maine Description: 4 X 6 black and white photograph of many cormorant birds among twigs and branches. Large out of focus bird in foreground facing camera with puffed up throat. Many silhouettes of birds along horizon line and birds in air in upper left side of photo.
Young Cormorant Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature Nature, Animals, Birds	Spiker, LaRue	1960s	Maine		Young Cormorant Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-10033 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Animals, Birds Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1960s Place: Maine Description: 5 X 5.5 black and white close up photograph of a baby cormorant. Black bird with white throat. Bird is looking up and facing the camera, beak slightly open. Surrounded by twigs and branches. Paper on back, “ Even babies too small to retreat tried to protect themselves with a horrendous bluff. Swelling up the naked orangish colored pouch beneath the chin, they clicked their bills rapidly at the intruders.”
Nesting Cormorants Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature Nature, Animals, Birds	Spiker, LaRue	1960s	Maine		Nesting Cormorants Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-10035 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Animals, Birds Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1960s Place: Maine Description: 5 X 6 black and white photograph of a field of baby cormorant birds. Black birds dotted among nests of white twigs and grasses. Mountains of MDI in background. One bird in flight toward right hand side of mountain. Paper on back, “ the nests were so closely placed that from a distance it looked as if you couldn’t have laid a pencil between them.”
Gulls Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature, Animals Nature, Animals, Birds	Spiker, LaRue	1960s	Maine		Gulls Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-10043 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature, Animals Nature, Animals, Birds Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1960s Place: Maine Description: 4 X 4 black and white photograph. Two Birds in nest. Young, black, without feathers and white throats. First bird is looking up and straight at camera, second bird is in profile facing to the right of photo. They are in a nest of white twigs. Writing on back, “ May 5, Gulls, deB Croff, 1, reb LaRue Spiker, Southwest Harbor.” Paper attatched to back, “ When hatched the nestlings are naked but they soon develop a coarse black down over the rough ashy-black skin.” The LaRue Spiker Collection [show more]
Pelicans Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature, Animals Nature, Animals, Birds	Photo Courtesy Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commision.	1960s	Florida		Pelicans Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-10055 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature, Animals Nature, Animals, Birds Creator: Photo Courtesy Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commision. Date: 1960s Place: Florida Description: Pelican in upper center of photograph with two birds in fight on either side of Pelican. Bare tree trunks and branches along bottom half of photo with other birds perched among branches. Sky with some clouds in background. Paper attached to back, “Mike thought the pelican was an odd bird. It also looked sad. (Photo courtesy Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission.)”
Nelson, A.L. to Spiker, LaRue Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Nature, Animals Nature, Animals, Birds Other, Environment		7/16/1959			Nelson, A.L. to Spiker, LaRue Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-17374 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Nature, Animals Nature, Animals, Birds Other, Environment Date: 7/16/1959 Description: Letter to LaRue Spiker from A.L. Nelson, director of the Patuxent Wildlife Refuge in reference to Spiker’s article on the Refuge.
Dale, Fred H. to Spiker, LaRue Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Nature, Animals Nature, Animals, Birds Other, Environment		6/24/1959			Dale, Fred H. to Spiker, LaRue Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-17372 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Nature, Animals Nature, Animals, Birds Other, Environment Date: 6/24/1959 Description: Letter to LaRue Spiker from Fred H. Dale in reference to his approval of her article on Patuxent Wildlife Reefuge. With Spiker’s letter to Dr. John L. Buckley in refernece to article on Patuxent Wildlife Refuge.
Birds of Mt. Desert Island Acadia National Park. Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Book	Nature, Animals, Birds Other, Acadia National Park Other, Mount Desert Island Other, Natural History	Tyson, Carroll S. and James Bond.	1941.			Birds of Mt. Desert Island Acadia National Park. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-17121 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Other, Acadia National Park Other, Mount Desert Island Other, Natural History Creator: Tyson, Carroll S. and James Bond. Publisher: Waverly Press Date: 1941.
Native Birds of Mount Desert Island Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Book	Nature, Animals, Birds Other, Mount Desert Island Other, Natural History	Bond, James	1969			Native Birds of Mount Desert Island Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-14655 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Other, Mount Desert Island Other, Natural History Creator: Bond, James Publisher: Livingston Publishing Co. Date: 1969 Description: Indicate the habitats of all the birds that breed on or near MDI during the past fifty years. Ian Fleming named his James Bond after the well known ornithologist who summered in Pretty Marsh. (description added by AC 2011)
Bird Stories for Little People Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Book	Nature, Animals, Birds Other, Children Other, Fiction	N/A				Bird Stories for Little People Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-13697 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Other, Children Other, Fiction Creator: N/A Publisher: A.L. Burt Co. Description: Stories and poems with many illustrations Edward C. Remick written on 1st page
Native Birds of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Book	Nature Nature, Animals, Birds Other, Acadia National Park Other, Mount Desert Island	Long, Ralph H.	1987			Native Birds of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-12889 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Nature Nature, Animals, Birds Other, Acadia National Park Other, Mount Desert Island Creator: Long, Ralph H. Publisher: Beech Hill Pub. Co. Date: 1987 Description: Almost 150 native species of birds reside on Mount Desert and surrounding Islands; this book is a guide to those birds here from June to August of the year. It indicates good places to view these birds
Cordelia Stanwood Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Literary, Article	Nature, Animals Nature, Animals, Birds People	Spiker, LaRue				Cordelia Stanwood Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-4166 Type: Publication, Literary, Article Subject: Nature, Animals Nature, Animals, Birds People Creator: Spiker, LaRue Description: Cordelia Stanwood by LaRue Spiker. 4 pages.
Dennysville Wildlife Refuge Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Literary, Article	Nature, Animals, Birds Other, Environment Other, Women's History	Spiker, LaRue				Dennysville Wildlife Refuge Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-4163 Type: Publication, Literary, Article Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Other, Environment Other, Women's History Creator: Spiker, LaRue Description: Draft of article by LaRue Spiker for unknown publication. No Date. Dennysville Wildlife Refuge by LaRue Spiker. 4 page. Previously accessioned as 1178, Object Id 1178, 013.FIC.30.26
Warbler Sightings on MDI from 1993-2011 College of the Atlantic	Map	Nature, Animals, Birds	Anna Stunkel	2012	Mount Desert Island	In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted	Warbler Sightings on MDI from 1993-2011 College of the Atlantic Identifier: coa-2156 Type: Map Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Creator: Anna Stunkel Date: 2012 Place: Mount Desert Island Description: Warbler Sightings on MDI from 1993-2011. Source data from Michael Good via EBird
Coastal Marine Life History of Mount Desert Island 1903-2021 College of the Atlantic	Map	Nature, Animals, Birds	Reese Armstrong	2021	Mount Desert Island	In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted	Coastal Marine Life History of Mount Desert Island 1903-2021 College of the Atlantic Identifier: coa-2143 Type: Map Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Creator: Reese Armstrong Date: 2021 Place: Mount Desert Island Description: Mount Desert Island, located off the east coast of Maine, is completely surrounded by intertidal environments. Throughout the 1900s, data was collected and recorded in notebooks regarding intertidal life by numerous researchers, followed by entry into a spreadsheet by Michael Hays, a citizen scientist who worked with the MDIBL (Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory). In present day, these data can be put into a map thanks to ArcGIS Pro. These data includes large amounts of information regarding marine life around the coastal environments of MDI, such as species common and Latin names, locations observed (where on the island along with Lat. and Long.), observation year, along with some brief notes about each observation. [show more]
Landscape of Change College of the Atlantic	Map	Nature, Animals, Birds	Mount Desert Island Historical Society	2021	Mount Desert Island	In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted	Landscape of Change College of the Atlantic Identifier: coa-2082 Type: Map Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Creator: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: 2021 Place: Mount Desert Island Description: Exploring the Past to Build a Resilient Future To understand how climate change is affecting Mount Desert Island we need to look to the past. Our ancestors documented the natural world around them in stories, reports, journals, diaries, and letters, which are cared for in the collections of history museums and libraries. Increasingly, scientists are pulling observations and data from historic records to get a clearer picture of the natural world of the past to understand how the present is changing. [show more]
Maine Oyster Trail Pilot Project, Damariscotta River College of the Atlantic	Map	Nature, Animals, Birds	COA GIS Laboratory	2016	Maine	In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted	Maine Oyster Trail Pilot Project, Damariscotta River College of the Atlantic Identifier: coa-2081 Type: Map Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Creator: COA GIS Laboratory Date: 2016 Place: Maine Description: A Map showing land use, waterfront access, and other factors important to Oyster aquiculture.
A Predictive Model for Common Loon Productivity on Mount Desert Island College of the Atlantic	Map	Nature, Animals, Birds	Karen Hussey	2006	Mount Desert Island		A Predictive Model for Common Loon Productivity on Mount Desert Island College of the Atlantic Identifier: coa-2079 Type: Map Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Creator: Karen Hussey Date: 2006 Place: Mount Desert Island Description: Based on Aquatic Parameters, Nest Site Suitability, Nursery Cove Availability, and Human Use.
Distribution of Four Ground-Dwelling Arthropod Families College of the Atlantic	Map	Nature, Animals, Birds	Jillian Gall	2012	Maine	In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted	Distribution of Four Ground-Dwelling Arthropod Families College of the Atlantic Identifier: coa-2072 Type: Map Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Creator: Jillian Gall Date: 2012 Place: Maine Description: Distribution of Four Ground-Dwelling Arthropod Families in Traps Across Pine Hill and Settlement Quarry, Deer Isle, Maine
Finding Travel Distances of Snakes to Islands on the Coast of Maine College of the Atlantic	Map	Nature, Animals, Birds	Robin Van Dyke	2010	Maine	In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted	Finding Travel Distances of Snakes to Islands on the Coast of Maine College of the Atlantic Identifier: coa-2064 Type: Map Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Creator: Robin Van Dyke Date: 2010 Place: Maine Description: These maps show attempts to find the shortest distances across the water makes would have to travel from the mainland to various islands.
Nest Site Selection of the Black Guillemot on Great Duck island College of the Atlantic	Map	Nature, Animals, Birds	Meaghan Lyon	2013	Maine	In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted	Nest Site Selection of the Black Guillemot on Great Duck island College of the Atlantic Identifier: coa-2062 Type: Map Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Creator: Meaghan Lyon Date: 2013 Place: Maine Description: Nesting sites along the rocky berm of Great Duck Island.

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