Hi all,
I had the pleasure of leading our annual "York County Rarity Roundup" Field Trip for York County Audubon today. With no rarities to "round up," we set out to find our own, birding from Kittery through Wells.
The bird of the day was obviously the "AUDUBON'S" YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER at Fort Foster in Kittery. A very dull, probably 1st-year female, we were able to study it exhaustively. Noah Gibb and I photographed it, and I stole Marian Zimmerman's phone in order to voice record it. I'll post photos tomorrow, but Noah is welcome to beat me to it (I think he got the best shots).
If anyone wants to look for it, the bird was flycatching and occasionally eating Red Cedar berries along the west edge of the park. Follow the entrance road into the park, until the large gravel parking lot opens up on the left. The bird was loyal to the right (west) edge here, especially around the big cedars in the mowed lawn.
Here and elsewhere, we had a very birdy day amassing a preliminary total of 63 spp of birds (9 spp sparrows, 5 spp shorebirds, 4 species warblers, etc) along with 5 spp butterflies, 3 spp mammals, 2 spp of dragonflies, 1 reptile, and 1 amphibian.
Other highlights included:
- 1 pair Wood Ducks, Legion Pond, Kittery.
- Fort Foster: 1 "Western" Palm Warbler, 2 "Eastern" Palm Warblers, 6 Brant, 15 Hermit Thrushes, 1 Brown Thrasher, 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker, 2 Carolina Wrens, 32 Great Cormorants...
- Seapoint Beach, Kittery: 1 "INTERIOR" NELSON'S SPARROW (photos by me and Noah), 1 Common Yellowthroat, 1 Eastern Towhee, 2 Long-tailed Ducks (FOF)...
- 1 Gray Catbird, Rte 103, Kittery.
- 1 NASHVILLE WARBLER, 1 INDIGO BUNTING, 2 Carolina Wrens, etc, Beach Plum Farm, Kittery.
- 24 Pectoral Sandpipers, 1 White-rumped Sandpiper, 3 Dunlin, 10+ Greater Yellowlegs, Harbor Road, Wells.
- 4 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, Community Park, Wells.
-Derek
Sent from my iPhone
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