[Maine-birds] Additional Highlights This Week and New Arrivals, 4/1-7.

Hi all,

Additional observations of note from me over the past seven days also included:

~150 Lesser Scaup (just a handful of Greaters with them), 13 Green-winged Teal, 3 Northern Pintails, etc, Wharton Point, Brunswick, 4/3 (with Jeannette).

- continuing pair of Barrow's Goldeneyes, Simpson's Point, Brunswick, 4/3 (with Jeannette).

- 1 continuing MUTE SWAN, Phillip's Pond, Cape Neddick, 4/4 (with Jeannette).

- 1 drake Northern Shoveler, Eastern Road Trail, Scarborough Marsh, 4/6.

- 3 RED CROSSBILLS, Pine Point neighborhood, Scarborough, 4/6.

- 22 Horned Larks, Pine Point lobster co-op, Scarborough, 4/6.

- 3 drake Northern Shovelers, Mill Creek Cove, South Portland, 4/6.

Local Bohemian Waxwing sightings:

34, Pine Tree Academy, Pownal Road, Freeport. 4/3.

30, Shaw's Supermarket, Freeport, 4/4.

58, here at the store, 4/5 through 4/6.

And my personal "FOYs" this week were as follows:

1 Double-crested Cormorant, Bradbury Mountain Spring Hawkwatch, 4/3.

1 Osprey, Bradbury Mountain Spring Hawkwatch, 4/3.

2 Tree Swallows, Bradbury Mountain Spring Hawkwatch, 4/3.

4 SANDHILL CRANES, Bradbury Mountain Spring Hawkwatch, 4/3.

1 Great Egret, Cousin's River Marsh, Yarmouth, 4/4 (with Jeannette).

3 Savannah Sparrows, Eastern Road Trail, Scarborough Marsh, 4/6.

1 Eastern Phoebe, Eastern Road Trail, Scarborough Marsh, 4/6.

2 Greater Yellowlegs, Eastern Road Trail, Scarborough Marsh, 4/6.

2 Snowy Egrets, Pelreco Marsh, Scarborough Marsh, 4/6.

1 PIPING PLOVER, Pine Point Beach, Scarborough, 4/6.

1 Rusty Blackbird, here at the store, 4/6 (a long overdue Yard Bird, #117). 

-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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