Tuesday, 4 February 2014

Re: [Maine-birds] Digest for maine-birds@googlegroups.com - 12 Messages in 12 Topics


On Feb 2, 2014, at 3:46 PM, maine-birds@googlegroups.com wrote:

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    Don and Sherry Reimer <sherreal@hotmail.com> Feb 02 08:42PM  

    At of this date, I am aware of 1-2 SNOWs at Clarry Hill in Union, singles at Samoset Resort golf course in Rockport and the Owls Head airport (one perched on link fencing mid-way down runway at RTE 73 end of airstrip this morning.)
    Don
     
    "M. Calien Lewis" <silberose@gmail.com> Feb 02 11:53AM -0800  

    Three lovely brants sitting on the grassy point to the right of the parking
    area at Kettle Cove, 2PM Sunday. Calien
     
    Noah Gibb <voodoochitlins@yahoo.com> Feb 02 10:14AM -0800  

    I photographed probably the same bird that Bill Bunn photographed today around noon at Mill Creek in South Portland. I will post photos later. I did get several flight shots and the bird appears to have brown outer webs on the outer primaries and pale underneath. Secondaries are darkish. The bird flew towards downtown Portland at about 12:45.
     
    Also 6 Glaucous Gulls present and 2 Kumlien's Gulls.
     
    Bird haahd,
    Noah Gibb-Portland
     
    Craig Kesselheim <ckesselheim@gmail.com> Feb 02 12:52PM -0500  

    Hi all -- pleasant walk this morning along the stretch of Ocean Drive b/w
    Fabbri Picnic Area and the Sand Beach overlook. Nothing too dramatic, and
    fairly low numbers. But there was one cooperative Great Cormorant on Old
    Soaker, and one Razorbill out behind that same ledge. Scope was necessary.
    Scattered Black Scoters along the shore.
     
    Best,
    Craig K
     
    Bill Bunn <moosetrunks51@gmail.com> Feb 02 09:25AM -0800  

    The Thayer's Gull was at the Portland Fish Pier around 10 this morning,
    feeding near a half dozen Iceland Gulls, flew off after approx. 15 minutes
    headed towards So. Portland, I posted a couple of more shots on the Flicker
    Maine Bird list, I didn't get a flight shot but when he/she took off you
    could see the dark tail and the dark secondary bars
     
    "Dave Tucker" <dhtucker@comcast.net> Feb 02 11:55AM -0500  

    Greetings, I have an adult Pine Warbler coming to a suet block of late.
    Hoping to get a postable photo.
     

     
    Dave Tucker, Kittery Pt.
     
    jessica Therrien <jtherrien72@gmail.com> Feb 01 06:18PM -0800  

    Today at around 1pm only spotted 1 Snowy Owl on a Roof top.
     
    Scott Richardson <scott.xot@gmail.com> Feb 01 09:55PM -0500  

    Heard my first cardinal song of the year today.
     
    Scott Richardson
    Berwick
     
    Louis Bevier <lrbevier@colby.edu> Feb 01 08:41PM -0500  

    I haven’t seen any replies about this bird and wanted to add some thoughts. The dusky head like a hood extending down through the cheeks, the dark spots in the back, and orange in the breast all seem to indicate Baltimore Oriole. Some of these gray-bellied birds that are ALSO more yellowish looking might be intergrades if there were other characters indicating that. Nothing in this bird is clearly intermediate except a trace yellow wash in the face and an indication of black points in the median coverts, which Baltimore certainly can show. Bottom line: definitely not a Bullock’s and very likely a Baltimore.
     
    Thanks for going back and working to photograph this, Ken. Here is a short link to the last of your three photos (click right/older for the others):
    http://flic.kr/p/jB2RuQ
     
    Louis Bevier
    Fairfield
     
     
     
    <wtownsend@roadrunner.com> Feb 01 08:23PM -0500  

    A Snowy Owl was found dead beside U.S. Route 1 at the Sullivan side of the Hancock-Sullivan bridge on Friday 1/31/14. I did not see this bird but it was reported to be in excellent condition. Possibly a female, it has small spots. The finder reported it to the local game warden but wants to retain the bird have it mounted. This of course would end up being problematic with all the various permits needed, etc.
     
    Barbara Herrgesell <herpartb@aol.com> Feb 01 07:41PM -0500  

    Friend Terry and I went to find her a Snowy Owl (Feb. 1) today, to the Wells locations. No luck at either place mentioned recently, but not surprising, since the whole landscape resembled snowy owls! A neat side treat was the thunderous occasional falling of huge ice chunks in the marsh.
     
     
    No luck with owls, but my first winter sighting of about 10 Sanderlings on some of the bare ground in the marsh, from Deptula Lane. Possibly these were ones that Derek had in Ogunquit on the 28th. Or maybe they are common in winter in Maine? Black Ducks were numerous; perhaps more than I've seen at once before.
     
     
    Barbara
    ~~~
     
     
    Barbara Partridge Herrgesell
    Sanford, ME
    herpartb@aol.com
     
    Bev Johnson <bjohnson@chebeague.net> Feb 01 03:01PM -0800  

    Snowy Owl is still at the Hook on Chebeague. The lost Swan from Hope Island
    is back home after been roaming around the islands for over a week. He
    was captured around Diamond Island.
     

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