Tuesday, 10 July 2012

[Maine-birds] Popham Beach-Piping Plovers-Least Terns-few migrant shorebirds


I birded Popham Beach SP this morning at low tide.  Very few migrant shorebirds (5 Least and 3 Semipalmated Sandpipers) but at least 16 Piping Plovers (including 5 young) and 11 Least Terns, including a "portlandica" Least Tern, meaning it's a first year, non-breeding bird in first basic plumage (white crown, dark carpal bar, black bill).

Otherwise quiet.

Best, Peter





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