[Maine-birds] Monhegan Island, 5/25-29

Hi all,

My daily highlights for a five-day visit (the first four with my tour group, the last with just Jeannette for a one-day vacation) were as follows. I'll have a full trip list posted soon.

5/25:

2 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS (my 210th Monhegan bird!)

30+ Red Crossbills

1 Warbling Vireo

5/26:

- just an amazing day led by 80+ Red-eyed Vireos, 50+ Blackpoll Warblers (ridiculously conservative counts), 20+ Tennessee Warblers;  14 total species of warblers including 4 Cape May and 2 Bay-breasted, etc.

3 Eastern Bluebirds

1 imm. male Orchard Oriole

1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

1 Carolina Wren

1 Warbling Vireo

1 imm. Great Cormorant

1 Field Sparrow

1 Common Nighthawk (personal FOY).

2 American Woodcocks

5/27:

1 Eastern Bluebird

1 Northern Mockingbird

2 Warbling Vireos

2 Field Sparrows

5 Red Crossbills

1 Black-billed Cuckoo

- 14 species of warblers

5/28:

1 BRANT (my 211th Island bird!)

1 Eastern Bluebird

1 drake Long-tailed Duck

1 Red-bellied Woodpecker

1 Warbling Vireo

2 Field Sparrows

1 Sora

Red Crossbills - heard only.

- 71 total species; high count of weekend

5/29:

1 imm male SUMMER TANAGER 

1 Mourning Warbler (FOY)

2 Red Crossbills

1 Warbling Vireo

- 16 species of warblers; high count of weekend.

-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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