[Maine-birds] Additional Highlights and FOYs this week, 4/9-15.

Hi all,

A few additional observations of note for me in the past seven days included:

- 24 Northern Pintails, 1000+ American Black Ducks, 200+ Green-winged Teal, etc, Mouth of the Abagadasset River, Bowdoinham, 4/10 (with Birds on Tap - Roadtrip! tour group).

- 2,600 !!! Black Scoters, 200+ scaup sp, 20+ Horned Grebes, 25+ Surf Scoters, etc, etc, Simpson's Point, Brunswick, 4/14. 

- 4 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, one pair Gadwall, etc, Prout's Pond, Scarborough, 4/15.

And my blog with photos of the previously reported RING-NECKED DUCK X SCAUP SP HYBRID from Sabattus Pond can be seen here:

https://mebirdingfieldnotes.wordpress.com/2016/04/14/putative-ring-necked-duck-x-scaup-sp-hybrid-on-sabattus-pond-41116/

And my personal First-of-years this week were as follows:

- 2 Wilson's Snipe, Pineland Farms, New Gloucester, 4/9 (with Woodcocks Gone Wild! tour group).

- 1 Pied-billed Grebe, Mailley Park, Bowdoinham, 4/10 (with Birds on tap - Roadtrip! tour group).

- 1 Barn Swallow, Florida Lake Park, Freeport, 4/14.

- 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Florida Lake Park, 4/14.

- 6 Broad-winged Hawks, Bradbury Mountain Hawkwatch, 4/14.

- 24 Snowy and 7 Great Egrets, Scarborough Marsh, 4/15.

- 14 Glossy Ibis, Pelreco Marsh, Scarborough Marsh, 4/15.

- 2 Piping Plovers, Pine Point Beach, Scarborough, 4/15.

- 1 Chipping Sparrow, Grondin Pond, Scarborough, 4/15.

-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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