In hopes of photographing a Ruddy Turnstone or Sandpiper, I discovered it was still too early in the Spring and settled with an image of a lobster boat moored in the mouth of the Scarborough River at the entrance of a great salt marsh.
Abenaki Indians called the area Owascoag, meaning “a place of much grass” after its large salt marshes.
Scarborough Marsh Wildlife Management Area, owned and managed by Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is well-known as one of Maine’s premier salt marshes. The 3,100 acre estuary is the largest salt marsh in the state, comprising tidal marsh, salt creeks, freshwater marsh and uplands.
Today, Scarborough Marsh is a livelihood for clam diggers, a classroom for schoolchildren, a laboratory for biologists, prime territory for fishermen and hunters and a fascinating, ever-changing world for naturalists, especially birders. Every spring and summer more than 10,000 people begin their journey into the marsh at Scarborough Marsh Audubon Center.
Click the link for a list of 242 birds discovered in this area:
