[Maine-birds] Re: (maine Birds) May 27, 2012 Mount Desert Island Birds Red-tailed Hawk

May 27, 2012  Mount Desert Island Birds    Red-tailed Hawk

Acadia National Park Great Meadow , Hancock, US-ME
May 27, 2012 7:40 AM - 9:40 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Comments: Jon and Margery Hollman from Massachusetts had a wonderful experience in Great Meadow. Swamp Sparrow sat 10 feet away calling, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Alder Flycatchers are here in mass and the Pileated Woodpecker is drumming loudly again this morning. No surprises.
15 species

Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 13 Over Dorr Mountain and around Great meadow
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) 1
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) 1
Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) 1 drumming
Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum) 2  FOY  in this location
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) 2
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 1
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 7
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 5
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) 1
Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) 3
Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) 1 calling on Dorr Mountain
Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus) 1
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 1

Hadley Point MDI , Hancock, US-ME
May 27, 2012 9:20 AM - 9:50 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: Jon and Margery Hollman from Massachusetts. A little time was spent near the water and a few good birds were found including an Immature light brown RED-TAILED HAWK sitting in the inter tidal zone being attacked by Crows.
12 species

Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) 150 large rafts around the Lamoine shoreline.
White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca) 6 A flock of 4 males and 2 females
Common Loon (Gavia immer) 1 calling
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 1 Immature light brown bird sitting in the tidal zone on the Lamoine side of the narrows.
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 250
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) 1
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 5
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 1
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) 1
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 1
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 1

Michael

 

Michael J. Good, MS
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14th Acadia Birding Festival, May 31-June 3, 2012
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