[Maine-birds] This Week's Highlights, 10/12-18

Hi all,

Non-Sandy Point observations of note for me over the past seven days included:

1) Boothbay Harbor whale watch, 10/13 (With Terez Fraser and John Lorenc).

-Birds (only listing those beyond Cuckhold's Light):

162 Northern Gannets
12 Northern Fulmars (FOF)
8 Great Shearwaters
7 Red Phalaropes
4 Red-throated Loons
4 Black-legged Kittiwakes
3 Common Loons
2 Pomarine Jaegers
2 ATLANTIC PUFFINS
2 Black Guillemots
1 Bonaparte's Gull
1 Palm Warbler and 1 Savannah Sparrow - both circling boat about 22 miles offshore.

-Mammals:

200-300 Atlantic White-sided Dolphins in large feeding frenzy and wake-riding. Awesome show of massive pod.

Harbor Porpoises and Harbor Seals

1 Minke Whale

Fish and insects:
1 BASKING SHARK
2 Monarchs

several Common Green Darners

2) Bar Harbor whale Watch, 10/15:

- Birds:

139 Northern Fulmars

111 Great Shearwaters

92 Red Phalaropes

79 Northern Gannets

5 Black-legged Kittiwakes

4 Pomarine Jaegers

4 Sooty Shearwaters

2 ATLANTIC PUFFINS

2 Unidentified jaegers

1 Lesser Black-backed Gull

1 DARK-EYED JUNCO

-Mammals:

30-40 Atlantic White-sided Dolphins

Harbor Porpoises and Harbor Seals

0 whales

- 1 Monarch

3) Bailey Island, Harpswell, 10/17 (with Dan Nickerson):

- 10 species of warblers! 

 ##Yellow-rumped

19 Blackpoll

7! Pine

2 Tennessee

2 Northern Parulas

1 AMERICAN REDSTART

1 Black-throated Blue

1 Common Yellowthroat

1 Black-and-white

1 Palm

2 Red-eyed Vireos

1 Eastern Wood-Pewee

-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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