Re: [Maine-birds] Finches

We spent a few days in Mt. Chase / Patten, including nearby townships, the Sebois River Trail, and a northern section of Katahdin Woods and Waters.  Our Steller's Sea-Eagle count there was also disappointingly low, again.  

We weren't birding exclusively or systematically but had flocks of Pine Siskins, Common Redpolls and Purple Finches, as many as 30 of one species at a time.  Many of these were on the road itself, ingesting grit.  We saw only one pair of Pine Grosbeaks and dipped on crossbills which others had reported earlier in the week.  RBNU were frequent, BCCH not so much though we did have a group of 10 or so at one spot.  No shortage of ravens or Blue Jays, either.

—Charles Duncan & Laura Blutstein

On Jan 9, 2022, at 1:20 PM, Bob Duchesne <duchesne@midmaine.com> wrote:

I searched the forest northeast of Moosehead Lake for the Steller's Sea Eagle this morning. No luck.

But I did finish another Winter Bird Atlas block that I started last year just above Kokadjo. Impressed by the number of common redpolls swirling around. In just the one block, I tallied 70 within several different flocks. Also encountered 9 pine grosbeaks. There are definitely more black-capped chickadees and red-breasted nuthatches in the woods up here than last year. 

 

Bob Duchesne

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