Mount Desert Island Birds: Peregrine Falcon at Valley Cove
A very slow day today with hot and humid weather dictating starting early.
Valley Cove Trail , Hancock, US-ME
Aug 8, 2012 8:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.3 mile(s)
Comments: Isabel Chiu and her two sons, 14 and 10 for a morning of birding and discussions about Sea Run Fish, the future of Maine inter-coastal fisheries and connection to the avian community of the Gulf of Maine. Today was a typical August day with high humidity, hot and sticky by 10 AM, 82 degrees F. One Peregrine Falcon adult was seen flying over Valley Cove.
8 species
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) 12 These are found in the pond just north of the road and mud flat
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) 2
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) 1 adult bird seen soaring over the Valley and St Saviors' mountain.
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 2
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 3
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 15
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 5
Cable-crossing Road 2012, Hancock, US-ME
Aug 8, 2012 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: Isable Chui and sons 14 and 11.
6 species
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 14
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 15
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) 1
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 5
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 8
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 3
Seawall Cove 2012 , Hancock, US-ME
Aug 8, 2012 10:55 AM - 11:25 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments: Isabel Chui and sons 14 and 10 checking out coastal sites..The birds were way off shore making it difficult to see many birds.
15 species
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) 5
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) 45
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 50
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) 4
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 24
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) 9
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 2
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 5
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 2
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) 3
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 1
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 10
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 1
Bass harbor Marsh Abner's Bridge Tremont Maine, Hancock, US-ME
Aug 8, 2012 11:00 AM - 11:25 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.6 mile(s)
Comments: Isabel Chui and sons 14 and 11 The mosquitoes were horrific so there was little effort put into the Marsh and it was already pretty quiet here.
8 species
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) 7
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 5
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 7
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 2
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 1
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 1
Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus) 2
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Mount Desert Island Birds: Species Totals August 8, 2012
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