Monday 24 June 2013

[Maine-birds] Red Knot, etc.-Popham Beach SP, 6.23.13

Spurred on by my husband's desire to see a Least Tern, we drove to Popham Beach SP last yesterday afternoon. The tide was very low thanks to the full moon. 

Highlights of our hour-long visit:

LEAST TERN-18  standing around on beach and feeding, several seen carrying little fish from water's edge back to nest
Common Tern-1
PIPING PLOVER-6 standing around on beach,1 sitting on nest
Black-bellied Plover-8 in varying plumages
RED KNOT-1  feeding with Black-bellied Plovers, very pretty in "red" breeding plumage
Semi-palmated Sandpiper-1
Snowy Egret-1
Osprey-1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird-1 in parking lot
Pine Warbler-1 in pines around parking lot

Need to spend more time next visit.

Kristen

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Kristen Lindquist
12 Mount Battie St.
Camden, ME 04843
www.klindquist.blogspot.com

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