Yesterday, I lead a birdathon team – Ed Hawkes, Chad Propst, Rob Packie, and last-minute addition William Nichols – on a day-long effort to find birds on Mount Desert Island (all proceeds benefit Downeast Audubon’s education program, sending local youths to summer camp). All day long, the birds came slow and with much effort. By the end of the day, we tallied 95 species! We do this Birdathon every year, so next year we will try to break last year’s MDI record of 112 species.
The following is our list of birds for the day:
Norway Drive fields, Hancock, US-ME
May 30, 2012 2:51 AM
Comments: This was our second stop on our day-long Mount Desert Island Birdathon, a fund-raiser for the Down-east Chapter of Maine Audubon. All funds raised send local, Hancock County, Maine, youths to summer camp. We started at 2:00 a.m., hoping to find owls. It took nearly an hour to find our first species.
1 species
1. Hermit Thrush X
Acadia NP--Sieur de Monts Spring, Hancock, US-ME May 30, 2012 4:10 AM
37 species
2. American Bittern 1
3. Herring Gull 1
4. Mourning Dove X
5. Barred Owl 1
6. Downy Woodpecker X
7. Pileated Woodpecker X
8. Eastern Wood-Pewee X
9. Alder Flycatcher X
10. Least Flycatcher X
11. Eastern Phoebe X
12. Great Crested Flycatcher X
13. Blue-headed Vireo X
14. Red-eyed Vireo X
15. Blue Jay X
16. American Crow X
17. Black-capped Chickadee X
18. White-breasted Nuthatch X
19. Brown Creeper X
20. Winter Wren X
21. Veery X
22. American Robin X
23. Gray Catbird X
24. European Starling X
25. Ovenbird X
26. Black-and-white Warbler X
27. Common Yellowthroat X
28. American Redstart X
29. Magnolia Warbler X
30. Yellow Warbler X
31. Chestnut-sided Warbler X
32. Pine Warbler X
33. Yellow-rumped Warbler X
34. Black-throated Green Warbler X
35. Song Sparrow X
36. Swamp Sparrow X
37. White-throated Sparrow X
38. American Goldfinch X
Bar Harbor neighborhoods, Hancock, US-ME May 30, 2012 6:18 AM
5 species
39. Hairy Woodpecker X
40. Northern Cardinal X
41. Red-winged Blackbird X
42. Purple Finch X
43. Pine Siskin X
Bar Harbor Town Pier, Hancock, US-ME May 30, 2012 6:32 AM
5 species
44. Double-crested Cormorant X
45. Laughing Gull X
46. Great Black-backed Gull X
47. Rock Pigeon X
48. House Sparrow X
College of the Atlantic campus, Hancock, US-ME May 30, 2012 6:49 AM
1 species
49. House Finch X
Hulls Cove, Hancock, US-ME May 30, 2012 7:24 AM
5 species
50. Mallard X
51. Common Eider X
52. White-winged Scoter X
53. Black-bellied Plover 14
54. Ring-billed Gull X
Hadley Point, Hancock, US-ME May 30, 2012 7:45 AM
2 species
55. Bonaparte's Gull 2
56. Black Guillemot X
Eden Village, Hancock, US-ME May 30, 2012 7:57 AM
1 species
57. Canada Goose 2
Northeast Creek, Hancock, US-ME May 30, 2012 8:01 AM
5 species
58. Common Merganser X
59. Tree Swallow X
60. Barn Swallow X
61. Chipping Sparrow X
62. Bobolink X
Acadia NP--Thompson Island, Hancock, US-ME May 30, 2012 8:19 AM
3 species
63. Common Loon X
64. Golden-crowned Kinglet X
65. Northern Parula X
County Road, Hancock, US-ME May 30, 2012 8:37 AM
3 species
66. Greater Yellowlegs X
67. Ruby-throated Hummingbird X
68. Red-breasted Nuthatch X
Knox Road, Hancock, US-ME May 30, 2012 9:08 AM
1 species
69. Wild Turkey X
Babson Brook Preserve, Hancock, US-ME May 30, 2012 9:18 AM
3 species
70. Eastern Bluebird X
71. Cedar Waxwing X
72. Dark-eyed Junco X
MDI High School, Hancock, US-ME May 30, 2012 10:09 AM
3 species
73. Northern Flicker X
74. Common Raven X
75. Ruby-crowned Kinglet X
Acadia NP--Eagle Lake, Hancock, US-ME May 30, 2012 11:09 AM
1 species
76. Spotted Sandpiper X
Bar Harbor neighborhoods, Hancock, US-ME May 30, 2012 11:27 AM
2 species
77. Turkey Vulture 13
78. Common Grackle X
Acadia National Park, Ocean Drive, Hancock, US-ME May 30, 2012 12:27 PM
4 species
79. American Black Duck X
80. Black Scoter X
81. Red-throated Loon X
82. Bald Eagle X
Little Long Pond, Hancock, US-ME May 30, 2012 1:40 PM
3 species
83. Great Blue Heron X
84. Osprey X
85. White-winged Crossbill X
Acadia NP--Echo Lake, Hancock, US-ME May 30, 2012 2:32 PM
2 species
86. Peregrine Falcon 2
87. Blackburnian Warbler X
Acadia NP--Ship Harbor Trail, Hancock, US-ME May 30, 2012 4:02 PM
1 species
88. Nashville Warbler X
Collage of the Atlantic campus, Hancock, US-ME May 30, 2012 6:05 PM
1 species
89. Merlin X
Acadia NP--Cadillac Mountain, Hancock, US-ME May 30, 2012 6:30 PM
2 species
90. Swainson's Thrush X
91. Eastern Towhee X
Bar Harbor Village Green, Hancock, US-ME May 30, 2012 7:31 PM
1 species
92. Chimney Swift X
Norway Drive fields, Hancock, US-ME May 30, 2012 8:06 PM
3 species
93. American Woodcock X
94. Common Nighthawk X
95. Savannah Sparrow X
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