Saturday 30 March 2013

[Maine-birds] Hawk Watch, Golden Eagle, Mt. Agamenticus, Mar 30, 2013

The top of the mountain has been cleared of trees so there is great
viewing in all directions. spent about 3.5 hours hawk watching, got
distracted by digiscoping snow buntings, photo and video :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22247688@N04/



Mt. Agamenticus, York, US-ME
Mar 30, 2013 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: partly cloudy, slight west wind
20 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose 180
American Black Duck 2
Turkey Vulture 28
Golden Eagle 1 white base of primaries, white tail with black terminal
band was clearly seen, watched for about 3 minutes.
Northern Harrier 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Bald Eagle 2 first year birds
Red-shouldered Hawk (Eastern) 2 narrow white bands in dark tail,
'windows' in the primaries was clearly seen on both birds
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Buteo sp. 4
Northern Shrike 1 stayed around for about an hour
American Crow 23
Common Raven 2
Black-capped Chickadee 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Eastern Bluebird 10
American Robin 4
European Starling 36
Snow Bunting 3 <a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22247688@N04/8603055919/" title="Snow
Buntings, WR 191 copy by Andrew Aldrich, on Flickr"><img
src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8546/8603055919_b74052cdf4.jpg" alt="Snow
Buntings, WR 191 copy" /></a>
Song Sparrow 1
Common Grackle 29

View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S13571197

Map:
https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=43.2248173,-70.691185&ll=43.2248173,-70.691185

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)

Happy birding
Andy Aldrich
North Berwick

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