[Maine-birds] This Week's Highlights and migrants, 3/9-15

Hi all,

 

Jeannette and I were away for most of the week, but a few sightings of note while we were in town included:

- 1 RAZORBILL, Winslow Park, Freeport, 3/9 (With Saturday Morning Birdwalk group).  This was our second alcid (following a Thick-billed Murre earlier in the year) at this well-inshore location this winter.  Amazing!

- 1 Turkey Vulture (first of year) and 1 female Lesser Scaup, Winslow Park, Freeport, 3/9 (with Saturday Morning Birdwalk group).

- Numerous Common Grackles (first of year), around local area on 3/14. 

- 8 1st-year and 1 2nd-year Iceland Gull, Old Port, Portland, 3/15.

- first of spring Northern Goshawk and Red-shouldered hawks, Bradbury Mountain Hawkwatch, 3/15.

 

- at least 25 Common Redpolls continued in our Pownal yard through 3/9, but we have not seen any since our return.

 

Other migrants noted widely this week:

Canada Goose

Mallard

American Black Duck

Hooded Merganser

Common Merganser

Turkey Vulture

Bald Eagle

Red-tailed Hawk

American Crow

Red-winged Blackbird

American Tree Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco 

 

-Derek

 

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Jeannette and Derek Lovitch
Freeport Wild Bird Supply
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