[Maine-birds] This Week's Highlights, 6/2-6/8

Hi all,

My observations of note over the past seven days included the following:

- 1 Upland Sandpiper, Bowdoin Sand Plain, Brunswick, 6/2 (with Saturday Morning Birdwalk group).

- 7+ Grasshopper Sparrows, etc, Kennebunk Plains, 6/3 (with Birds on Tap - Roadtrip! tour group).

- 75 Semipalmated Sandpipers, 3 Ruddy Turnstones, 2 Least Sandpipers, 1 Black-bellied Plover, 1 Semipalmated Plover, 2 White-winged Scoters, 45+ Bonaparte's Gulls, etc, Pine Point, Scarborough, 6/4 (with Jeannette).

- 1 POSSIBLE LITTLE EGRET X SNOWY EGRET HYBRID, Eastern Road Trail, Scarborough Marsh, 6/5: Observed with clients, but too far to confirm, and I didn't have time to study it, or other nearby egrets, as we had other species on our agenda. 

- 1 continuing male ORCHARD ORIOLE, Capisic Pond Park, Portland, 6/5 (with clients from Finland).

- 18 Surf Scoters and 13 White-winged Scoters, Simpson's Point, Brunswick, 6/7.

- 2-4+ RED CROSSBILLS, Wilson's Cove Preserve, Harpswell, 6/8 (with clients from Maine and ME/FL).

- 1 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, private property on Bailey Island, Harpswell, 6/8 (with clients).

-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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