Maine Osprey Nesting Locations
Coverage Name and Path: /gis/me/mdifw/meosprey
Geographic Extent: Maine
Scale: 1:24,000
Automation Date: March 2000
Automation Agency: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), Gulf of Maine Program,
, 4R Fundy Road, Falmouth, ME 04105.
Phone: (207) 781-8364 Fax: (207) 781-8369
Primary Contact: Robert
Houston
Source of Data: Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW),
650 State St., Bangor, ME 04401
Incidental observations of osprey nests during eagle nest surveys
from mid-1970's through the 1999 nesting season. Most of the
coastal sites were marked on 1:24,000 topo maps; some coastal
sites and most of the northern inland sites had been marked on 1:62,500
scale topo maps before 1:24,000 maps were available.
Primary Contact: Rich Dressler
Data collected by: Charlie Todd
Description: This coverage includes the best available osprey nest location data for Maine through the 1999 nesting season. Data on eagle points and wading birds is incomplete and is maintained in separate databases by MDIFW. This coverage was created by on-screen digitizing using a background of NWI wetlands and digital images of current topographic maps (1:24000 scale). Map numbers used in coding are an internal MDIFW assigned number that was hand written on the maps.
| Item Name | Definition |
| ospreyid | Osprey nest ID as designated by map number and nest number (MMM-NN). Nests without assigned numbers were designated with map number and "osp" (131-osp). |
| eagleid | Eagle nest ID, designated by a territory number and an alpha designation for the nest (since eagle territories usually have several alternate nests). A few nests outside MDIFW jurisdiction were designated: 999eagle. |
| comments | Comments on the maps about the nest sites. A few heron rookeries were noted on the maps, and are designated with a "herons" entry in this field. Some map numbers are recorded here for eagle nests but due to time constraints this is incomplete. |
Data Restrictions: Transfer and use of this data is restricted. This data may not be
transferred or redistributed except by the Source Agency or the
Automation Agency. Written permission is required from the Source
Agency for this data to be distributed outside of the USFWS by
the Automation Agency. Forward all data requests to the
Automation Agency Primary Contact. For map products displayed for
other than Source and Automation Agency use, point data of eagles
may not be displayed as points but may be displayed with a ½
mile diameter circle. Credit should always be given to the Source
Agency and the Automation Agency when this data is displayed on
map products.
Status: Complete; may be updated on an annual basis
Projection: UTM Zone 19, meters, NAD83
File Type/Format: ArcInfo piont coverage
