Re: [Maine-birds] Couple of late posts

Palmer says of the Mourning Dove "the first Maine nest was found on June 8, 1919 at Eliot, York County" then adds "by the early 1920s, the species was common in York and Cumberland Counties, and by 1930, flocks of 35 to 50 were seen occasionally in August." Comments on the Killdeer are similar. We are just too young to remember!

On 11/20/2018 11:04 AM, Marie Jordan wrote:

I remember being astonished about 25 years ago when someone posted as a rarity a Tufted Titmouse in Augusta when it was so common here in southern Maine.

And at about that same time, eagerly seeking out that Red-bellied WP that was spotted at a feeder on Fowler in Cape Eliz.  to add to my Maine list. 

These two events really got me to thinking about how we, here in coastal southern Maine, were on either at the northern or southern range limit of so many birds.

Yes, it has been interesting to observe the changes and follow the progress north of so many species over the past 25 years.

Enjoy the snow and hopefully lots of backyard feeder activity as it falls.

Marie 

On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 8:12 AM Kristen Lindquist <kelindquist@gmail.com> wrote:

Forgot to post that there was a Northern Mockingbird singing near the parking lot of the Cross Center on Sunday morning. Although I don't doubt that more than one mockingbird winters over in Bangor, it was a pleasant surprise to hear birdsong this time of year. 

Yesterday my husband spotted a Carolina Wren making its periodic visit to our front yard here in Camden. 

When I was growing up here in Maine in the 1970s and 80s, mockingbirds (and Tufted Titmice) were still southern upstarts that one rarely saw—certainly not here in Camden—and a Carolina Wren (and Red-bellied Woodpecker) would have been a huge rarity. Amazing to think about the shifts in "expected" birds in just a few decades... 

Kristen

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