[Maine-birds] This Week's Highlights and New Arrivals, 5/23-29



Hi all,

My observations of note over the past seven days included:

- 1 Swainson's Thrush singing in our yard and eating bits of suet under our feeders at home in Pownal, 5/24-26. Not rare in our yard in migration (mostly fall calling fly-overs), they don't usually sing this much in migration (if at all), and they don't usually visit feeding stations!  It would occassionally fly up to platform feeders and otehr flat surfaces, but I never saw it consume anything thre.

- 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Bradbury-Pinelands Corridor Trail, Pownal, 5/23.

-  pair ORCHARD ORIOLES (FOY) and 1 pair Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Village Crossings/Cape Elizabeth Greenbelt Trail, Cape Elizabeth, 5/24 (with client from Maine).

- 3 RED CROSSBILLS, Blueberry Mountain, White Mountains National Forest, 5/25 (with Jeannette).

And my other first of years this week were limited to:

- 2 Alder Flycatchers, Bradbury-Pinelands Corridor Trail, 5/23.

-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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