[Maine-birds] Re: Whimbrels have returned

 Can you tell us the best place  be to view these birds where there maybe public access? Thank you.

On Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at 3:23:01 PM UTC-4, Merle and Anne Archie wrote:

At last, today - on the same date as last year - 35 Whimbrel showed up on the mudflats of Flat Bay, Harrington, during the daytime low tide.  Our experience of the last 6 years tells us that there will be a larger number of birds coming in during the next 5-7 days. I am unsure if we will ever see the 169 Whimbrel we observed in one flock in 2014, but we can always hope...

Other shorebirds are dribbling in - flocks of 200+ Semipalmated Sandpipers with smaller numbers of Semipalmated Plover, Short-billed Dowitchers and Black-bellied Plover.  August is the big month on Flat Bay with thousands of shorebirds feeding on the flats.

Merle and Anne Archie

Harrington, ME

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