[Maine-birds] Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge - White-eyed Vireo, Least Terns, and Roseate Terns

Hi all,

Just a quick update from Seal Island NWR. As a reminder the island is closed to public access. 

The WSW winds the past couple days brought some good birds to the island including some Roseate Terns and some Least Terns. Always a treat to see on this offshore island where both are uncommon. In addition, yesterday I stumbled across a skulky White-eyed Vireo hanging out in some dense raspberry. This is quite a rarity for the island and possibly an island first? I will have to do some more digging but, I am quite confident there has not been a record between 2001 and 2017. 

In the nesting seabird world we have had our first Razorbill and Common Eider chicks and are expecting our first Arctic Tern chicks today in addition to Puffin chicks early next week. 

Lastly, our resident Tropicbird has been putting on quite the show recently!

All the best,

Keenan

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