Following up on some of the recent posts from the area. Yesterday morning I was able to find the Snowy Owl at the Wells Beach north parking area--perched on a chimney and best seen from the path leading toward the beach. A Pacific Loon was one of the better finds of the day, seen from the Cliff House. Several Great Cormorants at Cape Neddick's Nubble Lighthouse. A few grebes here and there--one Red-Necked Grebe in the small marina at Perkins Cove, Horned Grebes at the Nubble Lighthouse, and a possible Eared that popped up and out of sight too quick to confirm. Both Lesser and Greater Scaup viewed along Marginal Way in Ogunquit (no King Eider, unfortunately), along with a single Razorbill. That was the only Alcid I saw all day. All three scoters, and Harlequin Ducks, seen from everywhere from the Nubble Lighthouse to Marginal Way--especially Black Scoters. All told, those two were the most numerous species I saw; I estimate around 200 Black Scoters and almost 100 Harlequins. No definite Barrow's Goldeneyes found, in fact only one Goldeneye period, and it was flying at a distance too far for me to ID. Red-Breasted Mergansers and Long-Tailed Ducks commonly spotted, and several Harbor Seals at both Marginal Way and Wells Beach. A singing Song Sparrow and temperatures around 40 made it easy to pretend it was mid-March. Wasn't paying terribly good attention to the gulls but there were plenty to sort through, especially at Wells Beach.
-- Kyle Te Poel
East Winthrop
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