Maine birds And MOAC mountainbiking: October 2012

Wednesday, 31 October 2012

[Maine-birds] Cattle Egret at Sanford present afternoon of 10-31

The Cattle Egret found this morning at Sanford Sewer ponds was present this afternoon on the right center dike. Good diversity of birdlife: waterfowl, Herons, shorebirds, Pipits, Snow Buntings, Sparrows, etc. Dave Doubleday

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[Maine-birds] R-t Loons at Sears Island, Am. Coot in Morrill

Hi all -- traveling this afternoon from Ellsworth to Portland, I made two stops before dark.

Sears Island Causeway: W-w Scoter, Surf Scoter, 2 R-t Loons

Ruffingham Meadows, Morrill, Rte 3: Am. Coot 1

Cheers,
Craig K

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[Maine-birds] Seapoint pics, White-rumps, Longspurs, etc.

[Maine-birds] Cattle egrets in North Monmouth

I just received a report, and supporting photos, of a small flock of Cattle egrets off Blaisdell Hill Road in North Monmouth. The flock has been seen throughout the day.

Mike Windsor

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[Maine-birds] Semaphores Hummer

Still present in Hill's Beach.

Stella

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[Maine-birds] big flock of horned larks - Leeds

Looking at about 50 larks right now working through a cornfield on the north side of Church Hill Road in Leeds - just east of the powerline. Noisy group!

Richard Jordan

Boyle Associates

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[Maine-birds] Red-bellied Woodpecker- Town Hill/Mt Desert Is.

A nice surprise to see a Red-bellied woodpecker land on the deck mid-morning today.
Carol in Town Hill (Mt Desert Is.)

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[Maine-birds] RE: (Maine Birds) Mount Desert island Birds: Carolina Wren and Red-bellied Woodpecker

Mount Desert Island Birds: Carolina Wren and Red-bellied Woodpecker

Shore Path Bar Harbor , Hancock, US-ME
Oct 31, 2012 8:15 AM - 9:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments: Nico and I did a walk-about in Bar Harbor starting at the shore path to the end. Carolina Wren was my first surprise with its rich call note, in the bins and another male begins to "tea-kettle-tea-kettle-tea". I also came across a large flock of 65 White-winged Crossbill in the tall spruce at the end of the Shore path near the hospital.
19 species

Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) 147
Common Loon (Gavia immer) 9
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 3
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) 1 caused a little stir in the neighborhood
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 109
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) 5
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) 4
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 4
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 16
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 11
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 1
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 2 I heard the call note and got on one bird when a male started with one round of Tea-kettle.... good bird for Bar harbor
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 25
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 15
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 2
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 1
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 12
White-winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera) 65 this flock of birds was focused on the very tall spruce on the southern end of the Shore path and could be heard from the MDI Hospital

Bar Harbor , Hancock, US-ME
Oct 31, 2012 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
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Comments: Nico and I continued our walk towards Bill Townsend's house to say hello and see if he had any good birds at his feeder. As we walked through Glen Mary we found the local Red-bellied Woodpecker that has been frequenting Bills place. It did show up at the feeder as we talked briefly. These are the birds we had as we walked around BH.
15 species

Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 9
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 125 Ball Field feeding on ?
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) 1 foraging on the ball field with 100 gulls
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) 15
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 1 This bird has been frequenting Bill Townsands feeder but we found him at Glen Mary calling from a Oak tree. FOY for me I think
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 8
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 6
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 15
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 2
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 5
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 30
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) 10
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 5
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 10

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[Maine-birds] Cattle Egret at Sanford Sewage

Stella and I are viewing it now. 10:15am

Becky

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Tuesday, 30 October 2012

[Maine-birds] Purple Sandpipers, Clay Colored Sparrow Biddeford Pool

No storm blown rarities (somehow those Lapwings made it to Massachusetts unseen!), but the clay colored sparrow on Yates st in Biddeford Pool continues, and my FOS Purple Sandpipers flew by the East Point Sanctuary, pointed out by Doug Hitchcox. Spent a few hours scanning the ocean, but nothing besides the usual suspects.

David Rankin

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[Maine-birds] Sanford ponds

Checked the Sanford Sewage Ponds this morning. Spent about an hour.
Nothing as exciting as I had hoped, but did find...

Ducks: Ring-necked (115+), Ruddy (50+), Bufflehead (tens), C Goldeneye
(8), and more
White-rumped (1) and Semipalmated (2) Sandpipers
Snow Bunting, American Pipit, and Horned Lark (1 each, the last a flyover)
Tree Swallow (1)

Scott Richardson

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[Maine-birds] Dovekie - Kennebunk

Saw a Dovekie at Lord's Point in Kennebunk today.

Also saw saw a Red-throated Loon & Horned & Red-necked Grebes off
Parsons Beach, Kennebunk.

Turk Duddy
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[Maine-birds] RB Merg's in Kennebunk

Late afternoon, there were 40 Red-breasted Mergansers near the mouth of
the Mousam River, plus 4 Horned Grebes. Off of Middle Beach, there were
4 Common Loons. Bill

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[Maine-birds] AM Dyer Point Seawatch and a couple of other birds of note, 10/30.

Hi all,
Here's the complete scoresheet from our seawatching session at Dyer Point, Cape Elizabeth this morning.

8:35am to 11:45am.
Mod E becoming Lt-mod SE. Cloudy to mostly cloudy, intermittent rain or mist, seas 6-8ft and subsiding. Variable visibility.

All fly-bys tallied, with about 85% of the flight northbound.

402 Common Eiders
201 dark-winged scoter sp.
194 Black Scoters
137 Long-tailed Ducks
133 White-winged Scoters
94 Surf Scoters
88 Northern Gannets
88 Bonaparte's Gulls
73 Black-legged Kittiwakes
52 Red-necked Grebes
28 Red-throated Loons
26 Common Loons
13 large shearwater sp.
12 Green-winged Teal
8 Great Cormorants
5 loon sp.
3 Horned Grebes
3 Double-crested Cormorants
3 Great Shearwaters
2 Red-breasted Mergansers
2 Greater Scaup
2 LAUGHING GULLS
2 Black Guillemots
2 large alcid sp.
1 CORY'S SHEARWATER (late!)
1 sub-adult POMARINE JAEGER
1 DOVEKIE

Jeannette and I covered a lot of ground today but have little to show for it otherwise. There were some nice concentrations of gulls in fields, but the only additional sightings of note were:
1 1st W Iceland Gull, Thornhurst Farm.
1 Great Egret, Wolfe's Neck Farm.

-Derek
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[Maine-birds] Re: White-fronted Goose, Fryeburg, 10/39 Should have read.

Hi bob this is Joe Shaw ! I am coming up to Fryeburg tomorrow do you think I have a chance to see the cranes or perhaps the goose ?

On Tuesday, October 30, 2012 3:37:29 PM UTC-4, crbob wrote:

This morning while checking out the sod-field in Fryeburg, Doug Albert came by. He told me that the White fronted Goose and 3 Sandhill Cranes were on McNiel road. When we got there the White-fronted Goose was there along with a Snow Goose but the Cranes were gone. The Cranes are being seen daily though.

Bob Crowley

Chatham, NH

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Re: [Maine-birds] Selasphorus Hummingbird

Today I observed it several times from 12:30 to 1:30PM Fun watching it chase a chipmunk and a chickadee away from feeder
Nancy
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On Oct 30, 2012, at 7:07 AM, pat <pmmoynahan@maine.rr.com> wrote:

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[Maine-birds] White-fronted Goose, Fryeburg, 10/39 Should have read.

This morning while checking out the sod-field in Fryeburg, Doug Albert came by. He told me that the White fronted Goose and 3 Sandhill Cranes were on McNiel road. When we got there the White-fronted Goose was there along with a Snow Goose but the Cranes were gone. The Cranes are being seen daily though.

Bob Crowley

Chatham, NH

[Maine-birds] White-fron

This morning while checking out the sod-field in Fryeburg Geese were still there but the Cranes were gone. The Cranes are being seen daily

[Maine-birds] Black-thr Blue Cape Neddick, Selasphorus, Seabirds, 10/30

Started my day in Biddeford (133 Hills Beach Road) where the Selasphorus hummer appeared at 8:30 after a 20-minute wait. Many thanks to Pat Moynahan for hosting this great bird! I only saw it's tail while closed, but I did not see any orange on the tail feathers. Hmm...

A couple quick stops along Hills Beach Rd yielded >200 perched gulls, but nothing of interest.

Next stop was at the Cliff House at Ogunquit. It was a pretty slow hour of seawatching -

Common Loon - 8

Red-throated Loon - 6 (all in one flock)

Red-necked Grebe - 4

Gannet - 5

Storm-Petrel Sp. - 1 - seen briefly before it disappeared behind a swell and I could never refind it

Harlequin Duck - 3

Black Scoter - 20

White-winged Scoter - 16

C Eider - 11

BL Kittiwake - 3

Laughing Gull - 1 (getting late)

Then on to the Cape Neddick thickets. The very first bird I saw was a really late male Black-throated Blue Warbler. Unfortunately nothing else of interest. I tried to go out to the lighthouse but the road to the parking lot was closed (due to storm damage?).

Mike Resch

Pepperell, MA

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[Maine-birds] White-fronted Goose, Fryeburg 10/30iel

This morning while checking out the sod-field in Fryeburg Geese were still there but the Cranes were gone. The Cranes are being seen daily

Bob Crowley

Chatham, NH

[Maine-birds] Pine Grosbeak - Greenville

First male pine grosbeak here on 10/29. At least seven evening grosbeaks. A cardinal showed up for two days - rarely seen here in Greenville.

Martha

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[Maine-birds] Black-headed Gull - Atkins Bay

A winter-plumaged Black-Headed Gull was loafing w/ 2 Bonies, 2 Herring Gulls and 6 Ringers this morning, on a shrinking piece of real estate off Green Point (Atkins Bay), or Wilbur Preserve, Phippsburg. Between thunderstorms, as the tide was rising.

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[Maine-birds] Lunchtime storm birding update

Hi all,
Jeannette and I have been out all morning. While our first round of checking Portland area gull roosts were not very productive, three hours spent seawatching from Dyer Point in Cape Elizabeth was very productive.

I'll post a complete list later, but highlights included single DOVEKIE, CORY'S SHEARWATER, and POMARINE JAEGER. A few GREAT SHEARWATERS, 2 LAUGHING GULLS, lots of BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, and a decent duck flight.

I've been in touch with a handful of birders who haven't had much to report, yet, but checking listserves to our south, some of the highlights include inland Leach's Storm-Petrels, tubenoses in Long Island Sound, THREE NORTHERN LAPWINGS in MA, and a ROSS'S GULL in upstate NY. Interesting to see such a northern "flavor" to the Megas from a tropical system!

I expect birding to be fairly productive in the coming days, so keep an eye out!

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[Maine-birds] Iceland Gull Sabattus Pond, Scaup, Ruddy Duck, Lake Auburn

Hello All,

Checking parts of the Androscoggin River, Lake Auburn and Sabattus Pond.

Peregrine Falcon in usual haunt downtown Lewiston.

Loon and grebe numbers are down from last week on Lake Auburn though a few Common Loon and a Horned Grebe were present. Also 3 Ruddy Ducks, 3 Bufflehead and 27 Scaup--all Lesser that I could ID.

Sabattus Pond was a bit of a challenge in downpours but a raft of Scaup at south end mostly Lesser but some Greater, hundreds of Mallards, hundreds of Canada Geese from Sawyer Road. Still many ducks probably Ruddies in north end of lake visible from height of land at a great distance. Black Ducks here and there. American Coot from Martin's Point boat launch.

Most unusual from Access Road on east shore--an immature Iceland Gull appearing very white flying north in the company of about 200 Ring-billed Gulls a dozen or so Herring Gulls and three Great Black-backed Gulls in advance of downpours accompanied by thunder.

Not many hazards out there today, happy to say.

Dan Nickerson
Freeport ME

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[Maine-birds] Selasphorus Hummingbird

At feeder at 0700. Pat
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[Maine-birds] Hummingbird

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Monday, 29 October 2012

[Maine-birds] Maine RBA - October 28, 2012

Name: Maine Audubon Rare Bird Alert
Reporting Period: October 22 – 28, 2012
Area: State of Maine
Compilers: Doug Hitchcox

Noteworthy Species Mentioned:
Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Northern Pintail
Ruddy Duck
Manx Shearwater
Golden Eagle
Rough-legged Hawk
American Coot
Little Gull
Iceland Gull
Forster's Tern
Parasitic Jaeger
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Selasphorus hummingbird
Black-backed Woodpecker
Northern Shrike
Cape May Warbler
Clay-colored Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Dickcissel
Baltimore Oriole
Pine Grosbeak
Evening Grosbeak

Seasonal Notes

The irruptions continue this week with EVENING GROSBEAKS being reported widely across the state, including in: Bangor, Waterville, Greenville, Unity, New Castle and Cherryfield. Other winter arrivals included an increase of NORTHERN SHRIKES, AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS, WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS and an apparent NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL movement in the early part of the week.

York County

A GOLDEN EAGLE was reported from Bauneg Beg Mountain on the 22nd.

Waterfowl diversity continues to increase at the Sanford Sewerage District highlighted by a report of over 100 RUDDY DUCKS on the 22nd, two NORTHERN PINTAILS on the 23rd, and up to three AMERICAN COOTS on the 24th. This site is at the end of Gavel Road, off Route 4 in Sanford. Visitation is limited to 6 a.m.-4:30 p.m. M-F and 7-8:30 a.m. only on the weekend.

A SELASPHORUS HUMMINGBIRD continues to visit feeders along Hills Beach in Biddeford since it was first seen on the 17th. The feeders are along Hills Beach Road and can be viewed from the road.

Up to nine FORSTER'S TERNS were seen on Hills Beach on the 26th.

On the 28th a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was reported from Yates Street in Biddeford Pool.

A late female BALTIMORE ORIOLE spent the 24th and 25th visiting feeders in Kennebunk.

Greater Portland

A second GOLDEN EAGLE report for the week came from Broadturn Road in Scarborough on the 23rd.

On the 27th a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was at the feeders of the Freeport Wild Bid Supply store off Route 1.

An adult GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was found at Thornhurst Farm off Route 115 in North Yarmouth on the 22nd and continued through at least the 27th.

Kennebec River Valley (Augusta-Waterville)

A LARK SPARROW was reported from Piggery Road at the Viles Arboretum on the 23rd. A lone PINE GROSBEAK was also reported from this road on the 26th.

Midcoast

A group of 50 AMERICAN PIPITS were in a field just south of Reed Rock Road in Dresden on the 23rd.

A late CAPE MAY WARBLER was photographed off Brown Point Road in Bowdoinham on the 23rd.

Two male PINE GROSBEAKS were reported from Totman Cove in Phippsburg on the 26th.

On the 27th a male BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was seen in Bouyun Preserve in Westport.

Penobscot Bay

Feeders of Kaler Street in Winterport hosted an immature male DICKCISSEL on the 27th. Three EVENING GROSBEAKS were also seen here that day.

Central Maine

PINE GROSBEAKS were reported in Hudson on the 24th, the Bangor City Forest on the 25th, and at the University of Maine on the 27th.

Continuing for a second week, a pair of SNOW GEESE was with about 200 CANADA GEESE in a pond in Jackson.

Unity Pond held 100 BLACK SCOTERS, three SURF SCOTERS, one WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, and an adult male COMMON EIDER on the 25th.

On the 26th a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was seen from the north end of Sebasticook Lake in Newport.

Downeast

Birds seen from a boat out of Eastport and cruising around Head Harbor Passage included: one LITTLE GULL, one PARASITIC JAEGER, and two MANX SHEARWATERS.

Western Mountains

On the morning of the 23rd, two groups comprising around 200 SNOW GEESE passed over Rangeley.

A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was reported off River Road in Fryeburg on the 27th.

Northern Maine

Rare this far north, a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER has been sporadically coming to a feeder in Presque Isle. The bird has been seen in the vicinity of Mantle Lake Park and Canterbury Street.

A light phase ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was reported from Chasse Road in St. Agatha on the 28th.

Collins Pond in Caribou hosted an AMERICAN COOT and an immature ICELAND GULL on the 23rd.

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[Maine-birds] Re: (Maine Birds) Mount Desert Island Birds: Pacific Loon TS Sandy

Mount Desert Island Birds: Pacific Loon

Sand Beach, Hancock, US-ME
Oct 29, 2012 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: Kristina and I worked around Sand Beach to Otter Cove during the heightening of the TS Sandy. Winds blowing hard from the East. Flying in those winds were Northern Gannets moving very fast over the water. Mostly adult birds and a few Juveniles. Many Red-necked Grebe where found along the coastal shore especially in Newport Cove and in the lee of Great Head. Numbers are going up for Sea duck in other locations but besides COEI, it is pretty quiet on the eastern shore. One Pacific Loon was found in a very choppy sea but we both located this bird several times and eliminated the two likely candidates, Common and Red-throated.
11 species

American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) 1 behind sand beach
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) 65
Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica) 1 Clearly seen in the scope for an extended period as the conditions diminished. The first detail that caught my eye was the small size and the clearly small and straight bill. It has been a few years since we last had a Pacific at this location. More observations of this bird will be attempted tomorrow. The seas were very choppy and it was last seen just west of Old Soaker and Northeast of Thunder Hole.
Common Loon (Gavia immer) 2
Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) 14
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) 25+ moving very fast past us with strong 45-50 knot winds
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 5
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 35 Everyone was hunckered down on the Eastern MDI granite, surprisingly in the lee of strong gusting easterly wind from Sandy.
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) 6
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 1
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 4

Thunder Hole , Hancock, US-ME
Oct 29, 2012 11:10 AM - 11:50 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: Kristina and I worked along the eastern shore spending some time focused on the Great Cormorant continuing on Old Soaker
11 species

Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) 150
Common Loon (Gavia immer) 3
Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) 15
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) 30
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 7
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) 2 continuing now for several weeks
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 2
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 65
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) 5
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) 3
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 5 foraging in the intertidal zone

Otter Cove access Road , Hancock, US-ME
Oct 29, 2012 12:10 PM - 12:40 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: Otter Cover was in the Lee of TS Sandy as the outer edges of the storm continues to blow out of the east.
5 species

Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) 43
Common Loon (Gavia immer) 3
Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) 22
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) 20
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 3

Hadley Point MDI , Hancock, US-ME
Oct 29, 2012 1:09 PM - 1:34 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: Here we encountered increasing winds and deteriorating conditions. no surprises and also not many birds because of the winds.
9 species

Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) 300
White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca) 15
Common Loon (Gavia immer) 2
Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) 10
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 2
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 3
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 25
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) 4
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) 1

Northeast Creek Outlet, Hancock, US-ME
Oct 29, 2012 1:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: Cruising the northern route we stopped by Northeast Creek outlet and found a few birds in this protected location. A Hooded Merganser flock and a couple of Bufflehead were actively catching fish while a Great Blue Heron hunkered down along the tidal stream.
9 species

American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) 3
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) 200 In the protected shallows west of Thomas Island
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) 3
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) 9
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 2
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 1
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 10
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 5
Common Raven (Corvus corax) 1

Alley Island overlook, Hancock, US-ME
Oct 29, 2012 1:55 PM - 2:20 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: This side of the island was loaded with birds especially Horned Grebe,, with several hundred found. Intermixed with these were a large number of Long-tailed Duck and one Surf Scoter. Six Bonaparte's were foraging along the Indian Point shoreline.
16 species

American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) 15
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) 15
Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) 1 clearly seen in the scope for K, who had little experience with these northern nesters.
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) 75
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) 23 all femals scattered around Blue Hill Bay
Common Loon (Gavia immer) 1
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) 500 These were counted birds.. One very large flock and many birds spread out through the Bay.
Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) 25
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 2
Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) 6 foraging along the Indian point shoreline towards Clark Cove.
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 65
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) 2
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 2
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 3
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 2
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 10 on Old County Road

Mount Desert island Birds: Species Totals

Report Details

Date range:	Oct 29, 2012 - Nov 4, 2012	Total # of Species:	29
		Total # of Checklists:	7
Location(s): Alley Island overlook; Hadley Point MDI ; Mount Desert Island High School; Northeast Creek Outlet ; Otter Cove access Road ; Sand Beach; Thunder Hole

Summary
	Oct 29
Number of Species	29
Number of Individuals	1,930
Number of Checklists	7

Total Number of Birds (sample size)
Species Name	Oct 29
American Wigeon (Anas americana)	1 (1)
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)	19 (3)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)	34 (1)
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)	773 (6)
Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)	1 (1)
White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca)	15 (1)
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)	75 (1)
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)	3 (1)
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)	10 (2)
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)	23 (1)
Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica)	1 (1)
Common Loon (Gavia immer)	11 (5)
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)	500 (1)
Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)	86 (5)
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus)	75 (3)
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)	18 (5)
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)	2 (1)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)	1 (1)
Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)	6 (1)
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)	5 (2)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)	201 (6)
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)	17 (4)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)	4 (2)
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)	14 (5)
Common Raven (Corvus corax)	1 (1)
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)	7 (2)
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)	14 (2)
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)	10 (1)
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)	3 (1)