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Saturday 31 May 2014

[Maine-birds] indigo bunting

We had an indigo bunting in the crab apple tree and the feeders yesterday afternoon.This beautiful bird hung around all late afternoon-early evening.

Lin Ross

New Sweden

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[Maine-birds] Fw: VIRGINIA'S WARBLER NOt by me, BUT...

Disregard my last post. I just heard from Jeremiah and he did not see the bird today. The last sighting was by Luke Seitz and crew last night at 5:30.

Sorry for the confusion!

On Saturday, May 31, 2014 8:33 PM, Noah Gibb <voodoochitlins@yahoo.com> wrote:

I heard that Jeremiah Trimble saw the bird across from the Trailing Yew this morning. I tried wicked haahd and felt like I had climbed every tree there over 8 hours, but no luck. There is still hope for some of you lucky folks!

Bird haahd,

An exhausted Noah Gibb-Portland

[Maine-birds] VIRGINIA'S WARBLER NOt by me, BUT...

Bird haahd,

An exhausted Noah Gibb-Portland

[Maine-birds] Lubec Birding

Today we walked out to the end of the sand spit at Lubec looking for the Tri-colored Heron, but it was a no-show. But we did see two Chimney Swifts and a Horned Lark. Also, a flock of 35 or so Black-bellied Plovers were the only shorebirds we saw.

Merle and Anne Archie

Harrington, ME

[Maine-birds] Great Crested Flycatcher

FOY Great Crested Flycatcher on the Waning Rd in Unity this afternoon.

Austin

[Maine-birds] WEVireo, etc. - Phippsburg May 31

Was able to photo at a distance, and record the song of a White eyed Vireo in Phippsburg this morning. Full details of location will be withheld until a later date, because of the possibility of nesting.

In an interesting example of the Patagonian Picnic Table Effect, I got good looks at a Bicknell's Thrush while waiting for the vireo to sing. Efforts at a photo entailed pointing my lens in the general direction of the bird foraging in the low underbrush and ferns, and firing away with extreme prejudice. There are no images in my shots. The bird was silent. 2 Hermit Thrushes were singing in the general area.

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[Maine-birds] BB cuckoo- Totman Cove, Phippsburg, May 31, 2014

Black-billed cuckoo in my yard this morning, lifer for me and great yard bird,
Robin R Robinson
Totman Cove, Phippsburg Me

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> Totman Cove, Phippsburg, Sagadahoc, US-ME
> May 31, 2014 9:26 AM
> Protocol: Incidental
> 1 species
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> Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus) 1 first ever reported here
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Friday 30 May 2014

Re: [Maine-birds] Crazy beerping flyover, Brunswick

I had the same question the last 2 nights! Seemed low and long through our field for a nighthawk. Action was at 8:30 PM each night.

On 5/30/2014 9:47 PM, dguzman1964@gmail.com wrote:

Do woodcocks beerp when they fly, or did a common nighthawk fly over my yard this evening?

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[Maine-birds] Indigo Bunting, Prairie Warbler, York, ME

Indigo Bunting and Prairie Warbler present at 2PM atop Mt. Agamenticus.

[Maine-birds] Crazy beerping flyover, Brunswick

Do woodcocks beerp when they fly, or did a common nighthawk fly over my yard this evening?

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[Maine-birds] black billed cuckoo

I had a black billed cuckoo calling near my yard today. Only the second time I've heard or seen one here.

Julia

in Sidney

[Maine-birds] Monhegan MEGAs Update

Hi all,

Gabriel Willow informed me that as of 12:30pm today when his NYC Audubon group left the island, neither the VIRGINIA'S WARBLER or the BREWER'S SPARROW had been seen today- to his knowledge anyway. In fact, he had not heard of the sparrow being seen after about 10am yesterday morning.

That being said, I'll be the last one to discourage anyone from going to the island this weekend to look for these, or who knows what else?

-Derek

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[Maine-birds] Additional Highlights This Week and New Arrivals, 5/27-30.

Hi all,

Post-Monhegan-highlights this week for me included:

- 12 Purple Sandpipers and 4 Great Cormorants, Fort Foster, Kittery, 5/27 (with Jeannette).

- 1 Great Cormorant, The Nubble, Cape Neddick, 5/27 (with Jeannette).

- 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Timber Point, Biddeford, 5/29 (with Luke Seitz).

- 1 SNOWY OWL continues, Biddeford Pool, 5/29 (with Luke Seitz). But NOT seen in a search on 5/30.

- 8 White-rumped Sandpipers, Biddeford Pool Beach, 5/29 (with Luke Seitz).

- 1 male ORCHARD ORIOLE and 1 Olive-sided Flycatcher, Capisic Pond Park, 5/30 (with clients).

- 1 "IPSWICH" SAVANNAH SPARROW, Fortunes Rocks Beach, 5/30 (with clients; very late).

And my personal FOY's over the past four days included:

2 Willow Flycatchers, Fort Foster, 5/27 (with Jeannette).

1 Nelson's Sparrow, Community Park, Wells, 5/27 (with Jeannette).

1 Black-billed Cuckoo, Rotary Park, Biddeford, 5/29 (with Luke Seitz).

2 Olive-sided Flycatchers, Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, 5/30 (with clients).

-Derek

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[Maine-birds] Petit Manan Island

Friday 5/30
Special birdwatching trip to Petit Manan this morning. 100+ Puffin, 2 Common Murre, 20+ Razorbills, 1000+ Common Terns, 50+ Laughing Gulls. Several Common Loons in both winter and breeding plumage, all flying NE up the coast, passed the boat during the passage from Bar Harbor to Petit Manan.
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[Maine-birds] Green heron at Essex St

Lots of activity at Essex St Marsh in Bangor this morning.

This green heron and the sora were outstanding photo opportunities.

http://photosbychance.zenfolio.com/p432832521/h3d5b8f1b#h3d5b8f1b

Cheers,

Dave

[Maine-birds] Ovenbird

FOY for my yard
Nancy
Scarborough

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[Maine-birds] Good Indigo Bunting viewing location - Mt. Agamenticus (York)

For the past 10 days or so, there's been a male indigo bunting perch singing atop Mount Agamenticus in York.

From the summit parking lot, head northwest to the 2-story observation deck. You can usually hear/see him from there. Nice transitional plumage still.

Also atop Mt A. is a prairie warbler with a very distinct song (not buzzy or ascending). He's usually near the hemlocks & rocks 100 yds E/NE of the observation deck.

In terms of ecological context, the summit of Mt A was heavily logged 3 winters ago, creating brushy, early successional habitat - thus welcoming back such birds as the indigo bunting, prairier warbler, and many more.

Dan Gardoqui

York, ME

[Maine-birds] Nighthawk - Monhegan

Watched a Nighthawk over the Meadow yesterday afternoon for about 20 minutes. I had never seen one and it was a spectacular sight. I think the birder who identified it for me was Gabriel. Thank you!

Have not seen or heard the Brewer's Sparrow since yesterday morning.

Thursday 29 May 2014

[Maine-birds] Messalonskee - May 29 Kayak to SE corner

A gorgeous morning after the (Bright) fog lifted. Absolutely FAC on the water. But actually the birds were quite quiet and not very active. At least 20 Black Terns (difficult to estimate numbers) were actively feeding, after the fog lifted. Had a very cooperative Va. Rail, and saw or heard 3 PBGrebes. One burst of bugling from 2 Sandhill Cranes, never seen. Things like Swamp Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow and Marsh Wren were quite subdued.

And a Quinella on swallows: all 5 plus a male Purple Martin.

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[Maine-birds] Great bird-related job opportunity in Rockland!

Hello,

Forgive me if this is not of interest, but knowing how many are out of work, or looking for something better, I thought I'd post this message. Rockland's Project Puffin Visitor Center, an Audubon affiliate, is in desperate need of an Assistant Manager. The duties include informing and educating the public who visit the center about Puffins and related coastal/island wildlife, assisting with some office duties (cash register, mailings, etc.), and includes a series of 4 1-hour programs to be held in July with the local Children's Museum. This likely is not posted yet online, but if you're interested please email me. I know of this opening because, regrettably, I am creating it. I am currently serving as the Assistant Manager but was just offered a dream job within the National Park Service in California. So I am chasing that dream but leaving the Project Puffin center in an admittedly tight spot. The position ideally will start within 2 weeks or so, lasting into early September.

For more information, please contact me. I'd be happy to help a fellow bird-lover get a great job. Birding, education, and/or office experience are all a plus!

Thanks,

Kyle Te Poel

[Maine-birds] Timber Point - Kentucky Warbler & Scoters

Good birding here lately but today's highlights included a raft of about 300 Scoters (mix of Black, Surf & White-winged) and a Kentucky Warbler. KEWA was a treat for us here!

Sue Keefer / Steve Norris

Timber Point, Rachel Carson NWR, Biddeford

[Maine-birds] West Paris Snowy Owl!

Because I saw the previous posts about a snowy on Rte 26 near W Paris, I kept my eyes peeled on the way over to VT today. I was rewarded with the bird sitting on a wire overlooking the Moose Lake Brook! It was less than 1 mile north of Snow Falls just before W Paris on Rte 26. We got out of the car to have a look and attracted quite a few other cars stopping to see what all the fuss was about. Apparently there was a recent article about this snowy in the Norway paper.

You'd think that after the snowy owl blitz this winter it would become a little " how-hum"...... but not really. Especially when I kept remembering that it was May 29! Hubby got a few pictures...here's the link.

http://bit.ly/1hhmQ2i

Cindy

[Maine-birds] Summer Tanager, Portland

There's a female Summer Tanager at the arboretum at Payson Park in Portland along the tall oaks on the left side of the trail

[Maine-birds] Penjajawoc Marsh

My first sighting of a brown thrasher.

http://photosbychance.zenfolio.com/p432832521/h195ac6b2#h195ac6b2

Also saw, American bittern, several mallards, blue-winged teal, yellow warblers, common yellow throats, blackbirds, my first Wilson's warbler...lots of activity.

Cheers,

Dave

[Maine-birds] Re: Great day at Fuller Farm - need help with an ID

Your bird is a female Black-throated Blue Warbler.

Cheers, and good birding,
Fyn

RE: [Maine-birds] VIRGINIA'S WARBLER, Monhegan, 5/29

So as a geographer I am curious regarding the now 4 Virginia’s Warblers in Maine (and I think all of New England, right?) which have all shown up on Monhegan.

I am aware of these:

May 21 1998, a male (Dennis)

Sept 28-30 2006, gender? (Laux et al.)

Nov 8 2011, female (Hitchcox)

May 29 2014, male (Willow?)

Why nowhere else? Surely as many birders hit Plum Island as Monhegan, and other other famous places (Mt Auburn Cemetery?). Looking at the range map, one can make sense of the migratory error with a 90 degree compass shift, and is it then just a trick of geography they all end up on our little island?

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Re: [Maine-birds] VIRGINIA'S WARBLER, Monhegan, 5/29

Hi again,
It's apparently a male as it is now singing. Still in apple trees on the way to Lobster Cove.

Or so I have been told.

-Derek

Sent from my iPhone

> On May 29, 2014, at 9:02 AM, "'Derek Lovitch' via Maine birds" <maine-birds@googlegroups.com> wrote:
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> Hi all,
> Gabriel Willow reports that a female VIRGINIA'S WARBLER has been discovered on Monhegan Island this am.
>
> I received a text earlier from Gabriel, when he found (not sure if he was the original finder or not) a possible Virginia's, an just got confirmation that it was now being observed by several people in apple trees near Lobster Cove.
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> -Derek
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[Maine-birds] Weskeag ducks/egrets

A pair of northern shovelers has lingered in the front pannes for about a week, occasionally performing some courtship activites. A great egret continues to forage with several snowys.

Don

[Maine-birds] VIRGINIA'S WARBLER, Monhegan, 5/29

Hi all,
Gabriel Willow reports that a female VIRGINIA'S WARBLER has been discovered on Monhegan Island this am.

I received a text earlier from Gabriel, when he found (not sure if he was the original finder or not) a possible Virginia's, an just got confirmation that it was now being observed by several people in apple trees near Lobster Cove.

-Derek

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[Maine-birds] Black-billed cuckoo, Brooklin

A fun yard bird! Got a great look as he was resting low in the alders beyond our garden. Amazing red eyes!
Kim

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[Maine-birds] DC Cormorants

I admit to being out of the loop sometimes, but it seemed rather unusual
to me to find at least 125 Double-crested Cormorants in one spot along
the Kennebec River between Waterville and Winslow. This was yesterday,
late morning. There were also a few shorebirds hunkered down in the
cold drizzle at the Flood Farm: Spotted, Least, Semi peep (2), Semi
Plover(1), Killdeer, and SB Dowitcher (2). Seems like variety than
usual for spring, at least at this location.

Wally S.

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[Maine-birds] Capisic Pond - Portland

I saw two otters at Capisic Pond this morning. They were playing around in the cattails and in the open water, rolling around, diving, eating fish and disturbing numerous hidden birds.

At first I thought they where minks, but they were much bigger than the other minks I have seen and they clearly had stout tails which tapered to a point.

Has anyone else seen otters in Capisic? Is that even possible?

Thanks

Nathan

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[Maine-birds] Downeast Big Day

I'm sure this is going to make eBird say "are you sure?" A pre-festival
Downeast Big Day swept the coast from Columbia to Lubec today, amassing a
good list and some great sightings. We started with a Spruce Grouse in
Roque Bluffs that should provide fodder for jokes. At the end of my
favorite trail, I had to explain that I frequently encounter a male in
this spot, but that it looks like we'll miss him today. That's when a
participant pointed out that the grouse was on a tree limb directly over
my head, in plain sight, merely 6 feet away. The twerp.

Other mega-highlights included a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher along the North
Trail of Moosehorn NWR - Edmunds Div. A Brant was on South Lubec Road
opposite Pike's Pond. Best of all, a Tri-colored Heron was behind the
beach at South Lubec Sand Flats. That's very rare up in these here parts.

Bob Duchesne
www.mainebirdingtrail.com

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[Maine-birds] Monhegan Island, 5/23 through 5/26 (yeah, there were other birds, too).

Hi all,

I spent a wonderful four days on Monhegan (the days out there are always wonderful) this past weekend - three days with my tour group, and on Monday, birding with Paul Doiron, Kristen Lindquist, and Jeannette. Highlights for each of the days included:

5/23:

1 immature male SUMMER TANAGER

1 immature male Orchard Oriole

5/24:

1 immature male SUMMER TANAGER

1 immature male Orchard Oriole

1 Mourning Warbler (FOY)

1 Bay-breasted Warbler (FOY)

5/25:

1 BREWER'S SPARROW (you may have heard about this)

1 CLAY-COLORED SPARROW

1 immature male SUMMER TANAGER

1 adult male and 1 immature male Orchard Oriole

1 Common Nighthawk (FOY)

1 Gray-cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush (FOY)

3 Alder Flycatchers (FOY)

5/26:

1 BREWER'S SPARROW

1 adult male Orchard Oriole

1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet (late)

Complete daily lists, and photos of the Brewer's Sparrow (and Summer Tanager, and a few others), can be seen on my blog, here:

http://mebirdingfieldnotes.wordpress.com/2014/05/28/2014-monhegzen-spring-migration-birding-weekend/

-Derek

[Maine-birds] Re: Brewer's Sparrow continues, Monhegan Island, 5/28

not west, it moved EAST up the hill

[Maine-birds] Re: Brewer's Sparrow continues, Monhegan Island, 5/28

I finally got a chance to see it at the end of Wharton's Ave - which is the road that goes past the Parsonage then along the shore and ends in a turn around. It slowly moved west up the hill (toward my house) Later in mid-afternoon it was heard in the bushes behind my feeders and finally I saw it at about 6pm sitting on my fence nearest the feeders.

[Maine-birds] Flycatchers in Bangor

In Essex Woods this morning (cold and damp) there was some migrant activity going on - we saw a large number of both Least as well as Alder Flycatchers feeding low to the ground. The star flycatcher was a single Olive-sided Flycatcher perched on the north end of the trail near the meadow. In Prentis Woods we saw our FOY Great Crested Flycatcher.

Merle and Anne Archie

Harrington, ME

[Maine-birds] Brewer's Sparrow continues, Monhegan Island, 5/28

Hi all,

We received several reports today that the BREWER'S SPARROW continues on Monhegan.

-Derek

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[Maine-birds] Shorebirds today - Harpswell and Phippsburg

Nice manageable number at Stover's Point, Harpswell this morning, in abysmal weather:
55 BBPlover
36 Semi Plover
1 Spotted Sandpiper
14 Ruddy Turnstone
2 Dunlin
10 Least Sands
50 Semi sands
32 SBDows
2 Bonaparte's Gulls

This afternoon at Green Point on Atkins Bay:
1 Red Knot
75 BBPlover
16 SBDow
1 Willet
4 Dunlin
15 Semi Plovers
8 peeps unident

Later at Popham Beach:
40 BBPlover
6 Semi Plovers
8 SBDows
1 Piping Plover

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[Maine-birds] birds

hi everyone, the 2 males indigo buntings are still here they came early this a.m. 7. got a few pictures of them diana in south unity also have 3 male mallards in the pond a woodchuck and a rabbit and 3 turkeys, nice to see all

[Maine-birds] Indigo Bunting

A new house bird at my feeders this morning adding color to a dismal day.

Alice in Windsor

[Maine-birds] Summer Tanager

Wed. 28 May... Bar Harbor
A Summer Tanager made a brief stop at my feeder at 8:45 this morning. It was in about 75% summer plumage, made a short visit to a suet feeder then flew up into nearby trees and vanished. New yard/feeder bird.
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Re: [Maine-birds] Re: New Gloucester one mo' time.

I too would like directions!

Best regards

Roberta Lane - Auburn backyard.

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From: Tracy Rousseau <tracyrousseau5@gmail.com>
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Sent: Tue, May 27, 2014 4:29 pm
Subject: [Maine-birds] Re: New Gloucester one mo' time.

Can you please post directions to this location? I would love to see/hear the Mourning Warbler, as well as a Sandhill C

rane.

It was lovely meeting you the other day at Wildes point. It's nice to put a face to a name :-)

On Tuesday, May 27, 2014 3:41:24 PM UTC-4, Mike Fahay wrote:

Birded the St Lawrence and Atlantic RR line again this morning, with a focus on the large marsh. A concerted search for the singing Blue-winged Warbler, failed to relocate.

The light rain to start had no effect on bird activity/singing at a little after 6 A.M. A Mourning Warbler seemed to sing in response to a very loud No Waterthrush nearby, right at the start of tracks (small swamp w/ the Am Bittern.). A total of 16 warblers this morning. A Prairie Warbler is singing in all the posts that held the Blue-winged and I'm wondering if 1 sp can displace another?

Sounds from the large marsh started late. At 8:20, a Sora volunteered a call that seemingly elicited responses from Va Rails and one unindent call similar to, but different from Va Rail's "3 Stooges" call. I can't be sure what it was.

one pair of nesting (?) ducks in the big marsh includes a mallard-black hyb drake with a mallard hen. Also BBCuckoo, Indigo Bunting, all the flies and almost all the swallows. Lastly, a Purple Martin (drake) may be a scout, although this habitat surrounded by old established farms makes me wonder whether there might be a colony nearby nobody knows about.?? Anyway, this bird felt very overdue.

I scattered when it began to rain harder and steadier. The temp fell rom 58F to 49F while I was there.

Tuesday 27 May 2014

[Maine-birds] White-faced Ibis, Scarborough Marsh, My 6 Year Old's Blog 5/25

My 6 year old son Owen blogged about his experience in Maine this past holiday weekend. We did have the Ibis on Sunday fairly close to the road Also the Tricolored Heron x Snowy Egret Hybrid was present!. Lots of lifers were had for him up there and it was a great experience! On Monday we went up to Belgrade and were able to add Black Terns to both our lifelists. Too bad we didn't have a lot of time as we would have liked to have rented a boat for some closer looks! My son is doing a little big year in the New England area. His big goal was 250 and his first goal was 200 which he surpassed quickly and now thanks to Maine is at 220! to bad we didnt hop on that ferry for the Brewer's Sparrow!

good birding and thanks for reading and thank you for the emails with locations!

Justin Lawson

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[Maine-birds] NH Audubon Pelagic Bird Trip - 5/26/14 (King Eider, Northern Fulmar)

NH Audubon sponsored an all day pelagic trip yesterday aboard the
"Granite State" out of Rye Harbor, NH. We cruised due east over the
Scantum area before continuing to Jeffrey's Ledge and worked our way
north along the ledge until we made it north to the "Fingers" area of
the ledge. With birds still scarce, we cruised west to inspect Boon
Island Lighthouse before heading back.

Birds were scarce. And although we had about 7+ Fin Whales and 1 or 2
Minkes, the whales were not terribly cooperative. A pod of 50+ Atlantic
White-sided Dolphins was the highlight for marine mammals. The
highlights for birds were the continuing immature male King Eider off
Star Island and the first Sooty Shearwater and Wilson's Storm-Petrels of
the year and nice views of a light morph Northern Fulmar. Thanks to Jon
Woolf for organizing this trip and to Captain Pete Reynolds for
skillfully working the birds and whales we encountered.

8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Cloudy to Partly cloudy
Moderate westerly winds. Seas about 3'
Birders - 45

Species List total
---------------------
Brant 1 sitting on top of Malaga Island in Maine.
KING EIDER 1 immature male just off Star Island in New Hampshire.
Photo below by David Forsyth
https://www.flickr.com/photos/113232207@N06/14262283976/
Common Eider Only a small number of babies noted.
White-winged Scoter 5 migrating north well offshore on ledge.
Common Loon 10++ with many well offshore migrating or sitting in water.
NORTHERN FULMAR 1 light morph in NH waters.
SOOTY SHEARWATER 1 slightly early bird well seen in NH waters.
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 20 all together in one tight flock.
Northern Gannet At least 15 for day. Mostly 1 year olds. At least
one adult or near adult.
Double-crested Cormorant A couple of small migrating flocks plus nice
views of breeding colony on Lunging Island. No Great Cormorants noted.
Ruddy Turnstone 3 on islands
Purple Sandpiper 1 on islands
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE 2 skiddish birds that were seen from close
range, but only briefly before they flew.
COMMON MURRE 1 only seen by a few folks. Breeding plumage bird.
Black Guillemot 12+ in vicinity of Appledore Island and Smuttynose
Island.
Bonaparte's Gull 1 immature well offshore on ledge.
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Least Tern 1 seen by me (only?) near Star Island.
Roseate Tern 1 picked out among swarm of terns over White/Seavey Islands.
Common Tern Large numbers swarming over White/Seavey Islands
Peregrine Falcon 1 flying way offshore from islands, and then turning
and heading like a bullet back to islands.
Eastern Kingbird 1
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Wren 1
Common Grackle

Steve Mirick
Bradford, MA

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[Maine-birds] Re: Indigo Bunting

I too saw an Indigo Bunting at my feeder in North Whitefield about 12:15 PM today. Just passing through, I think. Indeed a treat!

On Sunday, May 18, 2014 9:18:23 AM UTC-4, Florence Maguire wrote:

I happened to be fortunate enough to look out my window at the right time to see a male Indigo Bunting under my back yard feeder in Scarborough. What a treat.

Flo in Scarborough

[Maine-birds] South Point Sanctuary (Biddeford Pool) Remains Active

South Point Sanctuary continues to be very active. Today diversity was down but numbers up: countless yellow, common yellowthroat, redstart, magnolia. Also black-throated blue. Other visitors over the past week have been blackburnian, bay-breasted, chestnut-sided, blackpoll, black-throated green, northern parula, black & white. White-eyed vireo seen & heard over the past week not present today. Other species today were eastern towhee, drake wood ducks (a dozen reported by another observer), baltimore oriole, cedar waxwing (large flock), numerous flycatchers, eastern peewee, red-eyed vireo (seemingly dozens). Beach today near the sanctuary saw numerous black-bellied plovers, semi-palmated, and several ruddy turnstone. Entrance is rather hidden, on 7th St. on right just beyond the first house after the intersection of 7th, 4th, and 1st.

[Maine-birds] Re: New Gloucester one mo' time.

Can you please post directions to this location? I would love to see/hear the Mourning Warbler, as well as a Sandhill C

rane.

It was lovely meeting you the other day at Wildes point. It's nice to put a face to a name :-)

On Tuesday, May 27, 2014 3:41:24 PM UTC-4, Mike Fahay wrote:

Birded the St Lawrence and Atlantic RR line again this morning, with a focus on the large marsh. A concerted search for the singing Blue-winged Warbler, failed to relocate.

The light rain to start had no effect on bird activity/singing at a little after 6 A.M. A Mourning Warbler seemed to sing in response to a very loud No Waterthrush nearby, right at the start of tracks (small swamp w/ the Am Bittern.). A total of 16 warblers this morning. A Prairie Warbler is singing in all the posts that held the Blue-winged and I'm wondering if 1 sp can displace another?

Sounds from the large marsh started late. At 8:20, a Sora volunteered a call that seemingly elicited responses from Va Rails and one unindent call similar to, but different from Va Rail's "3 Stooges" call. I can't be sure what it was.

one pair of nesting (?) ducks in the big marsh includes a mallard-black hyb drake with a mallard hen. Also BBCuckoo, Indigo Bunting, all the flies and almost all the swallows. Lastly, a Purple Martin (drake) may be a scout, although this habitat surrounded by old established farms makes me wonder whether there might be a colony nearby nobody knows about.?? Anyway, this bird felt very overdue.

I scattered when it began to rain harder and steadier. The temp fell rom 58F to 49F while I was there.

[Maine-birds] New Gloucester one mo' time.

Birded the St Lawrence and Atlantic RR line again this morning, with a focus on the large marsh. A concerted search for the singing Blue-winged Warbler, failed to relocate.

The light rain to start had no effect on bird activity/singing at a little after 6 A.M. A Mourning Warbler seemed to sing in response to a very loud No Waterthrush nearby, right at the start of tracks (small swamp w/ the Am Bittern.). A total of 16 warblers this morning. A Prairie Warbler is singing in all the posts that held the Blue-winged and I'm wondering if 1 sp can displace another?

Sounds from the large marsh started late. At 8:20, a Sora volunteered a call that seemingly elicited responses from Va Rails and one unindent call similar to, but different from Va Rail's "3 Stooges" call. I can't be sure what it was.

one pair of nesting (?) ducks in the big marsh includes a mallard-black hyb drake with a mallard hen. Also BBCuckoo, Indigo Bunting, all the flies and almost all the swallows. Lastly, a Purple Martin (drake) may be a scout, although this habitat surrounded by old established farms makes me wonder whether there might be a colony nearby nobody knows about.?? Anyway, this bird felt very overdue.

I scattered when it began to rain harder and steadier. The temp fell rom 58F to 49F while I was there.

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[Maine-birds] BREWER'S SPARROW continues, Monhegan, 5/27

Hi all,
Gabriel Willow, leading a NYC Audubon group, reports the BREWER'S SPARROW is still present on Monhegan Island.

He saw it this afternoon on the lawn of the church, with a small flock of Savannah Sparrows. Other new arrivals on the island included a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW.

-Derek

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[Maine-birds] Great day at Fuller Farm - need help with an ID

Had a great morning out at Fuller Farm in Scarborough. Highlights included a m/f SCARLET TANAGER pair, BLACK-THROATED BLUE warbler down below the canopy singing, and a very vocal WOOD THRUSH and HOUSE WREN. My full list can be found here:

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18580536

Had one mystery bird, looks to be a Vireo of some sort. Any help with and ID would be wonderful - wasnt singing at all, so all I have to go on are these (rather bad) images.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/46480978@N07/14095430390/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/46480978@N07/14095381199/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/46480978@N07/14258933336/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/46480978@N07/14280014372/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/46480978@N07/14095430220/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/46480978@N07/14282044115/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/46480978@N07/14258933216/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/46480978@N07/14095430070/in/photostream/

The closest thing I have found was a Bell's Vireo, but I am very hesitant to report as such since it would mean he was pretty lost. Positive double white wing bar, one much more prominent than the other. White eye ring, dark eye. Light yellow underneath (this is tougher to tell in the images).

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks, and happy birding.

Rob Hussey

[Maine-birds] 120 Species in Brunswick

It was a good day birding in Brunswick on Sunday for my annual Big Day, with 120 species recorded, and funds raised for eBird. Highlights included a singing Lincoln's Sparrow, two singing Wood thrushes (one of which has been present at least 10 days and presumably nesting at Brunswick Landing, the former BNAS), a late Greater Scaup off Simpson Point, and a late Common Goldeneye off Wharton Point. One unusual sight was at least 19 Fish crows flying around in circles and generally raising a ruckus at the Brunswick Town Mall late in the afternoon. Earlier in the day, there were no Fish crows in evidence anywhere downtown, so possibly these birds were wanderers or late migrants.

The big shorebird arrival was missed at Wharton Point on Sunday, but Monday morning saw the appearance of a large flock of Short-billed Dowitchers.

Good birding,

Gordon

[Maine-birds] Bagged our nemesis bird

Finally! After three years in Maine, Bill and I finally spotted and got good looks at the Boreal Chickadee. Found a couple on the Gulf Hagas trail up in the 100 mile wilderness. A lifer for us. Very biddy up there this past weekend.

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Monday 26 May 2014

[Maine-birds] Popham Beach - Atkins Bay

Highlights:

108 BBPlovers (no goldens) counted on the flats of Atkins Bay, vis from Green Point.
In the mob were 3 Semi-sands and 3 SBDowitchers.

Among the Com Terns sailing around Atkins Bay, was at least one Roseate Tern.

4 Least Terns are patrolling their turf at Popham Beach.

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[Maine-birds] Intervale Marshes - May 26

We birded early on the St Lawrence and Atlantic RR roadbed (New Gloucester) , down to the big marsh. Three of us put a lot of effort into finding continuing Blue-winged Warblers, but dipped. They just didn't perform today.

Other highlights included Olive-sided Fly, and Alder.\, Willow, Least Flies, as well as Phoebes and E Kingbirds.

12 spp. of warblers, including singing Wilson's Warbler.

4 Sandhill Cranes; including two that flew in high, then turned and split for parts unknown.

The American Bittern in the roadside wetlands near the start did his show, and 3 other Va. Rails also did their thing.

Also lots of bobolink activity and Rosy Gros singing and chasing.

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[Maine-birds] Re: Monhegan, 5.24.14

I've never seen a Bank Swallow. Its funny there haven't been any Purple Finches. I usually see them every spring.

[Maine-birds] Grand Slam! Well, OK, a Messalonskee Grand Slam

On way back from camp, we stopped at Messalonskee Lake's south boat launch, as well as the Depot Rd Martin Colony and Hallowell Sand Pit, for the annual Spring Mesalonskee Grand Slam.

We lucked out with 11 Black Tern and 1 far distant "rusty" Sandhill Crane off the boat launch, a fair numbers of Martins at the Martin houses, on the north end of Depot Rd, and a half dozen, or so, of Bank Swallows at the Hallowell Sand Pit (Depot Rd). All locations are within 1.2 miles of each other.

Rob Speirs Cumberland, ME

[Maine-birds] Various Sightings

I went up to Intervale in New Gloucester today. I first checked out the
Intervale Perserve & the railroad tracks next to it & then went to St.
Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad. I managed to find the Alder Flycatchers, 9
between the 2 locations, Willow Flycatcher, only one, & the American
Bittern, not very far in on the ST. L&A tracks. It was off to the left.
I didn't go in far enough to see the Sandhill Cranes & the Blue-winged
Warblers didn't make an appearance. Links to lists follow.

http://ebird.org/ebird/me/view/checklist?subID=S18568409
http://ebird.org/ebird/me/view/checklist?subID=S18568625

On my way home I decided to stop at Biddeford Pool. The Snowy Owl was
still on Mile Stretch Road, 1st house on left. Who would have thought
we'd still see a Snowy Owl on Memorial Day. I wonder if he'll still be
around for Independence Day.

I scanned the point behind Hattie's from my car & saw a number of
shorebirds, mostly Black-bellied Plover. With the scope I could see
there were also Ruddy Turnstones, Dowitchers, didn't get a good enough
look from the car to see which one, & at least one Red Knot. There may
have been other shorebirds also.

I went to 7th St, South Point Sanctuary, not expecting much at 11:30,
but found a nice little flurry of activity. I ended up with 8 species of
warblers including Bay-breasted & Blackpoll and an Eastern Wood-pewee. I
ended up with 22 species.

http://ebird.org/ebird/me/view/checklist?subID=S18568860

After lunch & entering my sightings in E-bird, I remembered there was a
report of Blue-winged Warblers in Saco. I checked the sighting & decided
to go see if I could locate them even if it was a bit late in the day. I
drove out to 49 Smutty Lane & practically the 1st thing I heard was one
of the Blue-winged, I heard a second one a short while later. While
trying to get a look at the calling bird I heard & saw Common
Nighthawks, six, overhead. They were joined at one point by an Eastern
Kingbird. I ended up with 21 species.

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18571441

Turk
Cape Porpoise

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[Maine-birds] Chimney Swifts in Auburn

At the Fabric Warehouse at 104 Washington St. you can see an old
abandoned factory in Auburn with the smoke stack chimney still
standing. On Saturday evening around 7:45 we watched in the pouring
rain for 45 minutes while 400 chimney swifts dove, wheeled, dispersed,
gathered, buzzed the chimney top, twittered like mad to each other,
hawked bugs, and fluttered. Finally, on some unknown signal, they
formed a black vortex moving in a counter-clockwise direction and
funneled into the chimney all at once like falling leaves in a wind
storm in about 15 seconds. Show over.

On Sunday Cindy Elias reported:

Clear skies; temps in 50's, low 60's.

Arrived 7:35 - no swifts in sight.

7:45 - first one shows up, then 2-3. Flying over Fabric Store, trees, but not over chimney.

8:00 - 6-10 birds

8:10 - 12- 15 birds ( no organized flight over chimney yet )

8:15 - 30- 40 birds

8: 16 - 60+ birds and beginning to circle over chimney ( ? a critical # needed to start the circling)

8:20 - 100+ birds...........and within a minute or so increases to several 100

With binocs I saw 2 small groups ( 10-20 ) go into chimney between 8:20 and 8:29.

8:29 - the remaining huge group goes in pretty much at once - perhaps 1-2 stragglers but by 8:30 the sky was empty.

Tom and Susan Hayward
Lewiston

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