Corn Crake
(Crex crex)
Accepted:
5 Oct 2014 Monhegan, Lincoln Co. 2014-016 D. Hitchcox
Unaccepted:
None
Not yet reviewed (pending historical records and unsubmitted reports):
14 Oct 1889 Falmouth, Cumberland Co. 1889-xxx Brock 1896 two birds, one preserved*
* Many of Brock's specimens became part of the Portland Society on Natural History, which subsequently was dispersed. A mount of Corn Crake at the Maine State Museum that came from the Stanton Bird Club might be Brock's bird.
Corn Crake on Monhegan Island, Lincoln Co., 5 Oct 2014 (photo by Doug Hitchcox).