[Maine-birds] This Week+ Highlights and New Arrivals, 4/17-26

Hi all,

My observations of note over the past 10 days included the following:

- Yellow-rumped Warblers have been daily at our feeders in Pownal, with a high count this week of 16 today. A pair of Pine Warblers have been consistent as usual. 

- 4 American Wigeons, etc, Brown's Point Road, Bowdoinham, 4/19.

- 40-50 Palm Warbler and 40+ Yellow-rumped Warblers, Papermill Trail, Lisbon, 4/21 (with Jeannette).

- 1 continuing adult WHITE-FACED IBIS, Scarborough Marsh, 4/23 (with Jeannette). First spotted in Rte 1/9 salt pannes, then again along Eastern Road. Photo (from Eastern Road Trail) can be seen here:

http://www.facebook.com/Freeportwildbird/photos/a.2430072337022706/2571984332831505/?type=3&theater

- 1 adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, Jones Creek, Scarborough Marsh, 4/23 (with Jeannette).

- 1 continuing presumed TRICOLORED HERON X SNOWY EGRET HYBRID, Eastern Road Trail, Scarborough Marsh, 4/23 (with Jeannette).

- 1 Evening Grosbeak, Florida Lake Park, Freeport, 4/25.

And my personal first of years in the past 10 days also included:

- 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Florida Lake Park, Freeport, 4/18.

- 2 Yellow-rumped Warblers (first of spring), Florida Lake Park, 4/18.

- 2 Black-throated Green Warblers, Hedgehog Mountain Park, Freeport, 4/20.

- 4 Barn Swallows, Sabattus Pond, Sabattus, 4/21 (with Jeannette).

- 1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Sabattus Pond, 4/21.

- 3 Black-crowned Night-Herons, Great Pond, Biddeford Pool, 4/22 (with Jeannette).

- 1 Brown Thrasher, South Point Preserve, Biddeford Pool, 4/22 (with Jeannette).

- 3 BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS, East Point, Biddeford Pool, 4/22 (with Jeannette. Were these part of the coastal "overshoot" fallout event?)

- 1 Eastern Towhee, the second ever in our yard in Pownal, 4/23 - 25.

- 5 Black-bellied Plovers, Jones Creek, Scarborough Marsh, 4/23 (with Jeannette).

- 1 Little Blue Heron, Eastern Road Trail, Scarborough Marsh, 4/23 (with Jeannette).

- 1 Willet, Eastern Road Trail, 4/23 (with Jeannette).

- 1 Lesser Yellowlegs, Eastern Road Trail, 4/23 (with Jeannette).

- 1 Blue-headed Vireo, Florida Lake Park, 4/25.

- 1 pair LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSHES, Morgan Meadow WMA, Raymond, 4/26.

...And don't forget about Feathers Over Freeport this weekend!

https://www.maine.gov/dacf/parks/discover_history_explore_nature/activities/feathers_over_freeport.shtml

-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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