[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

www.statebirding.blogspot.com

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