Friday 31 August 2012

[Maine-birds] Re: (Maine Birds) Mount Desert Island Birds: Sand Beach to Otter Cove

Mount Desert Island Birds:  Sand Beach to Otter Cove

Sand Beach to Otter Cove 2012 , Hancock, US-ME
Aug 31, 2012 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 mile(s)
Comments: Maasdam cruise ship walks starting behind Sand Beach, over the beach to Otter Point. Today was overcast and windy but we still managed to pull a few birds out of the woods. Not many Warblers but great looks in the scope at a male Pileated Woodpecker.  Afternoon trip featured Francisco (8)  from Portugal a phishing birds and being amazed by Common Loons.  The Bar Harbor Cruise ship season is upon us for the next two months!!  Brushing up on my foreign languages.   
26 species

American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) 7 located in the upper marsh behind Sand Beach
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) 25
Common Loon (Gavia immer) 2
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) 15 off shore
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 65
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) 1 4th year
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 165
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) 40
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) 18
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) 1 Bar Harbor
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 1 mixed in a large guild behind Sand Beach
Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) 1  In the scope for the  AM trip
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) 1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 2
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 9
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 10
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 17
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) 12
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) 2
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 2
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 1
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 1
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 1

Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 2
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 4
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 2

Michael J. Good, MS
President Down East Nature Tours
Founder and Director Research and Development
14th Acadia Birding Festival, May 31-June 3, 2012
Co-founder Penobscot Watershed Eco Center
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