Tuesday 24 May 2016

[Maine-birds] York County sightings (May 18-24)...

Here are some bird happenings from around (mostly) York County:

5/18 (Wednesday)
...13 Purple Sandpipers and a Merlin at east end of Biddeford Pool beach
...Canada Warbler and Wilson's Warbler at Southpoint Sanctuary, Biddeford Pool
...singing Grasshopper Sparrow (FOY) on Maguire Rd., Kennebunk

5/19 (Thursday)
...Blue-winged Warbler near Batson River on Arundel Rd., Kennebunkport
...2 Virginia Rails and a singing Blue-winged Warbler at Laudholm Farm, Wells

5/20 (Friday)
...13 Northern Shovelers and the continuing RUFF (Life Bird!) at Weskeag Marsh, South Thomaston

5/21 (Saturday)
...4 Swainson's Thrushes and a Lincoln's Sparrow (FOY) at Timber Point Trail, Biddeford
...migrating Common Nighthawk (FOY) over Guinea Rd., K'port

5/22 (Sunday)
...225+ Double-crested Cormorants (nesting colony on Bumpkin Island--best viewed from parking area pull-off east of Walkers Point), 9 Black-crowned Night-Herons (Bumpkin Island--best viewed from Cleaves Cove beach), 1 Sora (calling from marsh opposite Walkers Point), and 12+ Purple Sandpipers (on rocks off Walkers Point) along Ocean Ave., K'port

5/23 (Monday)
...Willow Flycatcher (FOY) singing at Misty Harbor Resort, Mile Rd., Wells
...122+ Least Terns on docks in Wells Harbor
...12+ Common Nighthawks migrating over Guinea Rd., K'port

5/24 (Tuesday)
...at Wells Reserve at Laudholm, Wells: Blue-winged Warbler and drumming Ruffed Grouse along the Muskie Trail; and Hooded Merganser, Virginia Rail, Marsh Wren (FOY), and Nelson's Sparrow (FOY) from the Pilger Trail observation deck

--Josh

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

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