[Maine-birds] Additional Highlights This Week, 10/17-23

Hi all,

A few more observations of note from me over the past seven days included:

- 1 juv HUDSONIAN GODWIT, 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper, 8 White-rumped Sandpipers, 18 Semipalmated Plovers, 54 Black-bellied Plovers, and 75+ Dunlin, Pine Point, Scarborough, 10/18.

- 2 Lesser Scaup (first of fall), Grondin Pond, Scarborough, 10/18.

- 12 American Coots and 15 Ruddy Ducks, Prout's Pond, Scarborough, 10/18.

- 1 Indigo Bunting, 3 Carolina Wrens, 1 Lincoln's Sparrow, 1 Eastern Towhee, etc, Bailey Island, Harpswell, 10/20 (with Jeannette).

- 1 imm. female Common Yellowthroat, Hedgehog Mountain Park, Freeport, 10/21.

- 1 Nashville Warbler, garden here at the store, 10/21.

- 1 DICKCISSEL and 3 juv. American Golden-plovers, Old Town House Park, North Yarmouth, 10/22 - both patch birds for me!

- Derek

 

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 Derek and Jeannette Lovitch

 Freeport Wild Bird Supply

 541 Route One, Suite 10

 Freeport, ME 04032

 207-865-6000

 www.freeportwildbirdsupply.com  

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