Mount Desert Island Birds: Thick-billed Murre Sand Beach
Hamilton Pond, Hancock, US-ME
Mar 14, 2013 12:40 PM
Protocol: Incidental
Comments: Driving down Rt 3 in Salsbury Cove when I looked out on Hamilton Pond and see three large bodied birds.... quickly stopped to find 2 2nd year and 1 1st year bird picking at something in the thawing ice. Ice is beginning to break apart with some openings. Colder today....
1 species
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) 3 two 2nd year and one 1st year on the ice eating something.
Sand Beach, Hancock, US-ME
Mar 14, 2013 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: Madison C, Madeleine G and myself took a day off to spend some time along the eastern shore of Mount Desert Island. Thick-billed Murre was the treat along with several other birds. 20 plus MPH Southeasterly wind making it an on-shore breeze and choppy.
10 species
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) 4 in the lagoon behind Sand Beach
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) 20
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) 2
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) 5
Common Loon (Gavia immer) 7
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 2
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 32
Thick-billed Murre (Uria lomvia) 1 seen easily for a while than the bird move farther out towards Old Soaker
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) 9
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 1
Otter Cove access Road , Hancock, US-ME
Mar 14, 2013 4:45 PM - 4:58 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: Madison C, Madeleine G, and myself searching for anything with wings!
7 species
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) 6
Common Loon (Gavia immer) 4
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) 6
Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) 1
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 1
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 7
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 6
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