[Maine-birds] This Week's Highlights and New Arrivals, 4/23-29

Hi all,

Some of my observations of note over the past seven days included:

- 3 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS, here at the store, 4/23 (with Saturday Morning Birdwalk group).

- 45 Palm and 20 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 16 Ring-necked Ducks, 2 Blue-headed Vireos, etc, Florida Lake Park, Freeport, 4/23 (with Saturday Morning Birdwalk group).

- 10 Black-bellied Plovers (FOY) with 4 Ruddy Turnstones and 6 Dunlin, The Pool, Biddeford Pool, 4/24 (with Lena Moser and Pat Moynahan).

- 4 Fish Crows, outside the Palace Diner, downtown Biddeford, 4/24 (with Pat Moynahan). 

- 3 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers (FOY), Fort Foster, Kittery, 4/25 (with Jeannette).
- 28 Purple Sandpipers, Long Sands Beach, York, 4/25 (with Jeannette).

- 3 Fish Crows, The Nubble, Cape Neddick, 4/25 (with Jeannette).

- 2 Purple Sandpipers, Short Sands Beach, York, 4/25 (with Jeannette).

- 4 Fish Crows, Wells Harbor, 4/25 (with Jeannette).

- 7 Rusty Blackbirds, Florida Lake Park, 4/28.

- 600+ Black Scoters, etc, Simpson's Point, Brunswick, 4/28.

And other personal FOYs for me this week included:

- 1 Eastern Towhee, East Point, Biddeford Pool, 4/24 (with Lena Moser and Pat Moynahan).

- 2 Black-crowned Night-Herons, Great Pond, Biddeford Pool, 4/24 (with Lena Moser and Pat Moynahan).

- 1 House Wren, Fort Foster, 4/25 (with Jeannette).

- 2 Blue-winged Teal, Moody Marsh, Wells, 4/25 (with Jeannette).

And finally, don't forget about a weekend of FREE events (with park entry) this Saturday and Sunday the the 5th Annual Feathers Over Freeport. See: www.maine.gov/feathersoverfreeport

-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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