[Maine-birds] Mt. Agamenticus hawk watch

Hi All,

Today Ken Janes and Earl Johnson joined me for about 5 hours hawk watching.  We had a good variety.  The best was 5 SANDHILL CRANES. 

Turkey Vulture  15
Sharp-shinned Hawk  2
Cooper's Hawk  1
Northern Goshawk  1     Maybe resident.
Bald Eagle  8     2 were residents
Red-shouldered Hawk  3
Red-tailed Hawk  20     Hawk watching, carefully counted. Maybe 4 we're local
Buteo sp.  7
hawk sp.  3
American Kestrel  8
Merlin  1
Peregrine Falcon  1

  

the complete list

 Sandhill Crane  5     Rare, humped back, straight neck, thin bill. Souring together, not flapping wings. Black primaries, grayish brown back. Studied well by  Earl and myself.   Flew over about 1:05 PM

Great Black-backed Gull  3
gull sp.  60
Common Loon  1
Turkey Vulture  15
Sharp-shinned Hawk  2
Cooper's Hawk  1
Northern Goshawk  1     Maybe resident.
Bald Eagle  8     2 were residents
Red-shouldered Hawk  3
Red-tailed Hawk  20     Hawk watching, carefully counted. Maybe 4 we're local
Buteo sp.  7
hawk sp.  3
Downy Woodpecker  1
American Kestrel  8
Merlin  1
Peregrine Falcon  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
American Crow  2
Common Raven  7
Tree Swallow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Eastern Bluebird  2
American Robin  7
House Finch  7
American Goldfinch  2
Song Sparrow  4
Brown-headed Cowbird  1
blackbird sp.  5

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S54486482

Happy birding

Andy Aldrich, North Berwick

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