[Maine-birds] This Week's Highlights, 6/29-7/5

Friday 5 July 2019

Hi all,

My observations of note over the past seven days were as follows:

- A few photos of the Brunswick Scissor-tailed Flycatcher from 6/30 can be seen here (link to first of three):

- Monhegan Island, 7/1-2 (with Jeannette):

1 continuing EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE

1 singing TENNESSEE WARBLER

3 Black Scoters

1 continuing Merlin

1 Atlantic Puffin, close to shore off Black Head (multiples on Hardy Boat ferry to and from, which is more regular than from the island in summer).

- Cap'n Fish Whale Watch, Boothbay Harbor, 7/5 (with Pat Moynahan):

314 Wilson's Storm-Petrels

32 Northern Gannets

9 Great Shearwater (FOY)

3 Sooty Shearwater (FOY)

1 Least Tern (oddly feeding 15+ miles off Boothbay Harbor)

1 subadult light morph PARASITIC JAEGER (FOY)

-Derek

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Derek and Jeannette Lovitch

Freeport Wild Bird Supply

541 Route One, Suite 10

Freeport, ME 04032

207-865-6000

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