[Maine-birds] Additional Highlights This Week+, 8/18-25

Hi all,

My non-Sandy Point observations of note over the past eight days included the following:

- 1 BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, 1 juv Red Knot, 24 Black Scoters, etc Lubec Bar, 8/18 (with Jeannette).

- 2 Great Egrets, fields along Route 1, Baring Division of Moosehorn NWR, Edmunds Twp, 8/19 (with Jeannette).

- Off Lubec to Eastport, mostly in Maine waters in Friar Roads, with Chris Bartlett and Jeannette, 8/20:

1 adult LITTLE GULL

4-5 Lesser Black-backed Gulls

~40 Red-necked Phalaropes

1 Atlantic Puffin

12+ Great Shearwaters

2 Razorbills, et

- 1 juv WESTERN SANDPIPER (photo on store Facebook page), 1 juv STILT SANDPIPER, 59+ White-rumped Sandpipers, etc, etc, Eastern Road Trail, Scarborough Marsh, 8/21.

- 1 juv Red Knot, Hill's Beach, 8/22 (with clients from Maine and Massachusetts). 

- 2 Cape May Warblers, Penny Lake Preserve, Boothbay, 8/23 (with client from Oregon).

- 66 Great Shearwaters, 1 Red-necked Phalarope, 22 Wilson's Storm-Petrels, etc, Cap n' Fish whale watch from Boothbay Harbor, 8/23 (with client from Oregon).

-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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