[Maine-birds] Re: Mount Desert Island Birds: Bald Eagle activity

Mount Desert Island Birds:  Bald Eagle activity

Mount Desert Island , Hancock, US-ME
Mar 8, 2013 7:01 AM - 10:01 AM
Protocol: Traveling
25.0 mile(s)
Comments: On the way to school in Bar Harbor two Bald Eagle, male and female based on size, were seen swooping, diving and playing with each other as they flew over the water at the Bluffs. Crows and Gulls high above the eagle confirmed my suspicions and a nesting pair perhaps. These are most likely the Hulls Cove birds whose nest complex in a White Pine has produce numerous eaglets during its (apprx) 10 year activity. I have taken an interest in this nest having begun Eagle research on MDI in 1994 studying the Twinny Island nest intensely…..  We encountered a Juvi 2nd year just before Bar Harbor and everywhere the crows and Gulls were flying high and calling out to others in the eagle's path. Leaving Bar Harbor I had another adult bird.
Following on the recent increase in Eagle observations in other parts of the State of Maine, these observations confirm changes in weather and eagle activity along the Down East coast. . .
9 species (+1 other taxa)

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 15 Hamilton pond fly by
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) 4 Very active period for Bald Eagles around the island.
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 40
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) 7
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 5
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 25 chasing behind eagles several large groups of crows
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) 2 three pines
Sparrow sp. (Emberizidae sp. (sparrow sp.)) 1 Not sure who it was but a sparrow for sure crossed the road at Hamilton's pond. Possibly white-throated

Ellsworth YMCA, Hancock, US-ME
Mar 9, 2013 8:00 AM - 8:15 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: Matt Mceachern and I watched another Bald Eagle and 50 Ring-billed Gull do the dance. Always so much action around Bald Eagles.
5 species

Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) 1 adult Photo
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 50
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 5
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) 15
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 8

 

 

Basketball update:  MDI A Team playing in the semi-finales of the Sherriff's Cup in Ellsworth, where they are beating most teams from around the state of Maine most handedly and with precision.

An amazingly deep bench. They are coming to the understanding of Team Work.  Many good things come from working together.

 

Michael J. Good, MS
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14th Acadia Birding Festival, May 31-June 3, 2012
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