Today was presumably my last visit to the Lubec mudflats this year. As
elsewhere, numbers are dwindling. Variety remains pretty good. I had equal
numbers of Black-bellied and American Golden Plovers – probably about 20
birds altogether. There were five Dunlin, one Red Knot, three dozen SemiP
Plovers and two dozen SemiP Sandpipers. I only notched one Least Sandpiper
and no dowitchers or turnstones. Five pipits were flighty along the beach.
One Peregrine was present but kept his distance. The most comical moment
was when a Sharp-shinned Hawk fluttered by, persuading one Dunlin to leave
but not the other four.
The Machias River behind the Machias Motor Inn remains lively, though the
number of Bonaparte's Gulls has fallen to about 100 and I didn't note any
terns today.
Bob Duchesne
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