I spent two days around Chamberlain Bridge in the Allagash Wilderness Waterway, doing some surveys for the Winter Bird Atlas. (See: Maine Bird Atlas: Maine Dept of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.)
Highlights:
A male black-backed woodpecker about a mile north of Chamberlain Bridge.
A female black-backed woodpecker about a mile west of Chamberlain Bridge
A northern shrike about a quarter mile south of Chamberlain Bridge.
Humorously, I had more black-backed woodpeckers than hairy or pileated.
Lowlights:
The finches have deserted the area. I had three pine grosbeaks, and two flyover red crossbills, but no other finches. Last year was so LOUD! Now, it’s pretty dead – maybe the quietest I’ve ever seen it. Even the routine birds were pretty subdued.
Still, conditions were ideal and I can’t complain. Will return soon to knock off some more blocks.
Bob Duchesne
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