Sunday 22 November 2020

Re: [Maine-birds] SNOWY OWL, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, etc. Clarry Hill

It's less restricted this time of year. It's a commercial blueberry farm, so they mainly don't want people up there getting in the way during the berry harvest season or when they're otherwise working in the fields. But you want to go on a Sunday, because the fields are otherwise full of bird hunters right now. And when you do go, the farmers ask that you heed their "no access" signs and stay on the main road up to the "summit" or on the marked trail that starts at the parking area; unless you have permission to hunt there, you shouldn't go past the summit or onto the fields at all. 

Kristen

On Sun, Nov 22, 2020 at 1:20 PM Leon mooney <doooooooffff@yahoo.com> wrote:
I have seen this location marked as restricted access. Do you need permission or make it known to certain people that you want to visit. Thanks for any info. Leon Mooney.

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On Nov 22, 2020, at 12:40 PM, Kristen Lindquist <kelindquist@gmail.com> wrote:


We enjoyed watching a SNOWY OWL on Clarry Hill this morning--I saw it fly in from the southwest and land atop one of the stone walls running through the blueberry fields. Paul, Juanita Roushdy, and I watched it there for a while from fairly far away. It then flew from there to fly up over the summit and out of sight. There were a lot of walkers on the roads, as well as some noisy farm work going on, and we didn't see it settle again. But we watched it for quite a while (with Kit Pfeiffer et al) as it soared high over the hill. Last seen soaring away to the northwest of the summit. 

Other highlights of the outing included two snazzy LAPLAND LONGSPURS, feeding with at least two Snow Buntings in the dirt road, a small flock of Horned Larks, and a vocal flock of E. Bluebirds just beyond the parking area.

Kristen

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