[Maine-birds] Additional Highlights and Shorebird High Counts This Week, 8/25-8/31.

Hi all,

A few additional observations of note from me in the past seven days included:

-1 BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, 1 Cape May Warbler, 2 Philadelphia Vireos, and 1 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Old Town House Park, North Yarmouth, 8/25 (with Saturday Morning Birdwalk Group).

- 1 Cape May Warbler, Biddeford Pool neighborhood, 8/30 (with Steve Howell).

- 3 Red-necked Grebes and 1 White-winged Scoter, Biddeford Pool Beach, 8/30 (with Steve Howell).

- 1 Northern Shoveler, Eastern Road Trail, Scarborough Marsh, 8/30 (with Steve Howell).

 

And my shorebird high counts this week:

 

Black-bellied Plover: 59 adults, Wharton Point, Brunswick, 8/31.

Semipalmated Plover: 250+ (less than 5% juvenile), Popham Beach State Park, 8/28.

Piping Plover: 3 juveniles, Popham Beach State Park, 8/28.

Killdeer: 11, Pleasant Hill Road, Freeport, 8/31.

Greater Yellowlegs: 51, Eastern Road Trail, 8/30 (with Steve Howell).

Lesser Yellowlegs: 42, Eastern Road Trail, 8/30 (with Steve Howell).

Solitary Sandpiper: 1 juvenile, Eastern Road Trail, 8/30 (with Steve Howell).

"WESTERN" WILLET: 1 juvenile, Popham Beach State Park, 8/28.

Spotted Sandpiper: 2 juveniles, Ocean Avenue, Biddeford Pool, 8/30 (with Steve Howell).

Ruddy Turnstone: 2 juveniles, Wharton Point, Brunswick, 8/31.

Sanderling: 102, Biddeford Pool Beach, 8/30 (with Steve Howell).

Semipalmated Sandpiper: 950+ (about 50% juvenile), Popham Beach State Park, 8/28.

Least Sandpiper: 100+, Eastern Road Trail, 8/30, with Steve Howell.

White-rumped Sandpiper: 5 adults, Popham Beach State Park, 8/28.

Pectoral Sandpiper: 1, Popham Beach State Park, 8/28.

STILT SANDPIPER: 1 juvenile, Eastern Road Trail, 8/30 (with Steve Howell).

Short-billed Dowitcher: 9, Popham Beach State Park, 8/28.

-Derek

 

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