Tuesday 29 March 2016

[Maine-birds] York/Cumberland County sightings (Mar 23-29)...

Here are some bird happenings from around York and Cumberland County, Maine:

3/23 (Wednesday)
...Northern Shoveler (FOY), 2 Wilson's Snipes, Eastern Phoebe, 3 Tree Swallows, 40 Song Sparrows and Swamp Sparrow at the Sanford Lagoons
...continuing Yellow-rumped Warbler along Harbor Rd., Wells

3/24 (Thursday)
...Great Blue Heron (FOS=first of spring) and Northern Pintail (drake) at marsh along Mousam River near Rt. 9, Kennebunk
...American Woodcock heard around 7:30pm from parking lot of York Public Library
...continuing Eastern Screech-Owl (my 300th Maine Bird!) giving repeated monotone trill at undisclosed location in York (with Evan Glynn, Andy Aldrich, and Kevin Couture; thanks to Evan for originally finding the bird)

3/26 (Saturday)
...2 Gadwall (FOY), 2 Double-crested Cormorants (FOS), Great Blue Heron, and Eastern Phoebe at Scarborough Marsh
...20 Bohemian Waxwings and 80 Cedar Waxwings at Key Bank on Temple St., Saco (thanks to an eBird report from Pat Moynahan)

3/27 (Sunday)
...3 Northern Flickers (FOY) feeding on the ground alongside ~100 American Robins near the Smith Preserve, Guinea Rd., Kennebunkport
...Great Egret (FOY) and 3 Great Blue Herons at marsh along Dyke Rd., K'port
..."Ipswich" Savannah Sparrow at East Point Sanctuary, Biddeford Pool

3/29 (Tuesday)
...2 Turkey Vultures feeding on a Striped Skunk carcass along Chapel Rd., Wells

--Josh

Josh's Journal: New England Natural History and Foraging [joshfecteau.com]

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