Monday 29 August 2016

[Maine-birds] Washington County weekend, 8/26-29 (SAGU, BHGU, SPGR, shorebirds, crossbills, etc)

Hi all,
I just completed a four-day weekend tour to Washington County. It will take me a while to get photos sorted and a blog posted, so I will start with the highlights:

8/26:
- 4 Snowy Egrets, Essex Woods marsh, Bangor.
- 18 Common Nighthawks, Rte 9, Beddington.

8/27:
- Passamaquoddy Bay and Head Harbor Passage, New Brunswick, with Eastport Windjammer's Pier Pressure:
1 adult SABINE'S GULL (NB)
5 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (NB and ME)
5,000-7,000 Bonaparte's Gulls
300-400 Black-legged Kittiwakes
200+ Razorbills
- 1 adult BLACK-HEADED GULL and 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Clark's Ledge, Eastport.

8/28:
- 1 male Spruce Grouse, x White-winged Crossbills, 2 Red Crossbills, and 3 Pine Siskins, Boot Head Preserve, Lubec.
- 3 White-winged Crossbills and 4 Red Crossbills, and 1 Philadelphia Vireo, Quoddy Head State Park.
- Lubec Bar and Flats:
1500 Semipalmated Sandpipers, 250+ Least Sandpipers, 75-100 Sanderlings, 1 Whimbrel, etc.
- Quoddy Head SP pm sea watching:
2 Atlantic Puffins
14 Sooty Shearwaters
3 Razorbills
2 Northern Gannets, etc.
- 1 juvenile BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, beach across from Pike's Puddle, Lubec.

8/29:
- 606 Semipalmated Sandpipers, etc., Machias River Motel.
- 1 Red Crossbills, Mason Bay Conservation Area

-Derek

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