[Maine-birds] American Avocet, Machias-No

I went looking for the American avocet along the Downeast Sunrise Trail in Machias this morning and struck out.  I was there from 6:20 - 8:00 AM while the tide was high, which concentrated shorebirds among the pannes and tidal creeks. There's lots of available habitat along this stretch of the Machias River and shorebirds were still arriving when I left, so the avocet may still be around. Many thanks to John and Ilze for posting their observations from this area. Here's a list of the birds I saw.

Chris

Machias Dental-Machias,ME, Washington, US-ME
Aug 17, 2013 6:20 AM - 8:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
20 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  32
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)  2
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)  7
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)  2
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)  2
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)  37
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)  25
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)  2
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)  2
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)  11
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)  12
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)  45
peep sp. (Calidris sp. (peep sp.))  30
Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)  23
Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)  12
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)  1
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)  4
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)  3
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)  3
Nelson's Sparrow (Ammodramus nelsoni)  3
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)  2

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