Tuesday 23 August 2016

[Maine-birds] York County sightings (Aug 17-23)...

Here are some bird happenings from York County:

8/17 (Wednesday)
...35 Northern Gannets from Great Hill Rd., Kennebunk
...continuing juvenile Yellow-crowned Night-Heron at Great Pond, 1st Street, Biddeford Pool
...continuing Little Egret foraging at low tide in "the pool" near Sky Harbor Dr., Biddeford

8/18 (Thursday)
...24 Wood Ducks, 3 Blue-winged Teal, 1 juvenile Little Blue Heron (first photographed by Andy Aldrich on 2 Aug), 2 Green Herons, 14 Bank Swallows, 3 Bobolinks, and more at the Sanford Lagoons

8/19 (Friday)
...continuing Little Egret foraging at low tide in "the pool" near Sky Harbor Dr., Biddeford, and near high tide with 50+ Snowy Egrets and 4 Great Egrets at Great Pond, 1st Street, Biddeford Pool
...Baird's Sandpiper at the Basket Island Causeway, Hills Beach, Biddeford

8/20 (Saturday)
...7 Piping Plovers (juveniles) roosting together on the Basket Island Causeway, Hills Beach, Biddeford
...4 Piping Plovers (juveniles), 25 Laughing Gulls (juveniles), and 24 Least Terns (including 6+ fluffy juveniles) at Goose Rocks Beach, Kennebunkport

8/22 (Monday)
...6 White-winged Scoters and 10 flyby Blue-winged Teal from Colony Beach, K'port
...500+ Swallows (presumably mostly Tree Swallows) over Stage Island, viewed from Bickford Island, K'port
...continuing group of 7 Piping Plovers (juveniles) along the Basket Island Causeway, Hills Beach, Biddeford
...juvenile Yellow-crowned Night-Heron along Harbor Rd., Wells
...46 Snowy Egrets along the Mousam River (near Route 9), Kennebunk

8/23 (Tuesday)
...250+ Swallows over Great Pond, Biddeford Pool
...Peregrine Falcon along Mile Stretch Rd., Biddeford Pool

Wildly,
Josh

Inspiring Nature Connection in New England
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