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Alewives are an important forage fish for numerous other fish and wildlife species, and are expected to return to the river in the millions after the project is fully implemented. Photo by Margaret Pizer. The Penobscot River serves as an important staging area, meaning resting and feeding grounds, to waterbirds such as the merganser. Photo by Pam Wells. Riffles and pools created in re-opened stretches of free-moving water will provide a greater diversity and abundance of insects. Dragonfly photo by Ashley Hoskins. Restoring large, healthy populations of sea-run fish, including the eel, to the Penobscot River is believed to be key to sustaining eagle and other fish-eating birds in the watershed. Photo by Cheryl Daigle.
Endangered Atlantic salmon in the Veazie fish trap. Photo by Bill Curtsinger With a restored river habitat and more insects to feed on, the phoebe and other songbirds will greatly benefit from the natural river flow after the Penobscot River restoration. Photo by Jerry Smith. An abundant food source is tremendously significant to Great Blue Heron and other fish-eating birds while nesting and raising their young. Photo by Pam Wells. A return of sea-run fish in the free-flowing stretches of the Penobscot River will provide a source of food to Osprey that is less contaminated than the resident fish. Photo by Pam Wells.
A family of river otters on the Penobscot in Old Town, Maine. Photo by Cheryl Daigle. Endangered Atlantic salmon being measured at the Veazie fish trap. Sturgeon Jumping. Osprey feeding.
Song sparrows and other migratory birds use rivers as corridors, and feed on ermerging larval and adult insects. HI Hasey photo. Increasing populations of the many and varied insects, such as the damselfly, that rely on aquatic habitats for at least part of their life cycle will provide food sources for birds that feed on and around the Penobscot River. Photo by Heather Perry. During the early spring, when most lakes are frozen, the river serves as a food source and resting place during the day for waterbirds, such as black ducks, before moving onward. Photo by Jillian Allen. A stonefly on the shores of the Penobscot.
Bald Eagle. Restored floodplain wetlands will provide important vernal pool habitat for breeding amphibians such as wood frogs and spotted salamanders. Photo by Joe Dana. A female bald eagle watches over her two chicks in a nest on the Penobscot River, just after delivering an eel to the nest. Photo by Cheryl Daigle. A Dobson fly on the banks of the Penobscot River. Photo by Cheryl Daigle.
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