Hi Folks,
I titled this 'Birds and plants' because I had more species of plants still in flower than bird species on Friday Oct 25. I went to Piggery Road next to the arboretum and birded the area behind the first building and ball field on the left, the boardwalk across the wetland and a brief walk to Piggery Pond.
Bird numbers and variety had really dropped from the previous weekend. I went looking for American robins which had been seen in numbers along the coast. None were present. Also absent (not detected) were gray catbirds and eastern bluebirds. Swamp sparrows, savannah sparrows and white-crowned sparrows appeared to have departed.
Highlights included 3 winter wrens, 3 palm warblers and a female hooded merganser. Plant highlights included 5 species of Aster and 4 species of goldenrod, all in flower. 13 other species of plants were still in flower, most with late flowers, usually on branches that had been previously broken resulting in late flower production.
Good birding,
Norm
Birds:
3 Winger wrens
3 Palm warblers
1 Hooded merganser - female
1 Ruby-crowned kinglet
1 Red-winged blackbird
16 Song sparrows
1 Swamp sparrow
1 White-crowned sparrow
1 White-throated sparrow
1 Herring gull
3 Blue jays
8 Black-capped chickadees
2 Common ravens
6 American crows
3 American goldfinches
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Norman Famous, Wetlands and Wildlife Ecologist
513 Eight Rod Road
Augusta, ME 04330
(207) 623 6072
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