Maine birds And MOAC mountainbiking

Monday, 19 January 2026

[Maine-birds] Webber Pond, Bremen

A good mixture of the regulars on the platform feeder this morning – -Bluebirds, male cardinal, Goldfinches , titmice, junco, chickadees, and wb nuthatches, ultimately, the starlings swept in. So far the woodpecker regulars were here yesterday, but not today.

And then about 16 evening grosbeaks pushed out the starlings! I thought the evening grosbeaks had moved on And was delighted to see this group ( males and females). They have been such a wonderful surprise this year!

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Sunday, 18 January 2026

[Maine-birds] Purple finches, murder of Crows and an eagle, Nobleboro

Now that we have snow cover again the feed is very busy. The flock of goldfinches was joined by a male/female pair of purple finches. The titmice, chickadees, red breasted nuthatches, a couple juncos and 2 mourning doves insisted the goldfinches share in the bounty.
Down the hill by the road was a murder of crows on a roadkill deer. At least until the bald eagle showed up for its turn. I took a look at the carcass this afternoon and found it was headless and well gutted out. I suspect a canine of some sort has been involved.

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Wednesday, 14 January 2026

[Maine-birds] Iceland Gulls

There were two first winter Iceland Gulls on the ice below the Great Falls this morning. They were easily visible from the parking lot by the Hilton Hotel in Auburn. They were with about 120 other gulls - Herring and Ring billed.

Danny Danforth

Loring M. Danforth

Charles A. Dana Professor of Anthropology Emeritus

446 College St.

Lewiston, ME 04240

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[Maine-birds] Evening Grosbeaks in Hope

I am SO happy to report Evening Grosbeaks for the last two days at my place in Hope. I have been looking for these here for the last 11-12 years.

John

John Morrison

Director, Conservation Planning & Measures, WWF

Global Coordinator, Conservation Coaches Network

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Re: [Maine-birds] Evening Grosbeaks in Brooksville

Me too, Bob. Have had as many as 12 both female and males. On the first day there were only 4 females. The next time males joined in. Oak Pt Rd in Trenton.

jackie

On Sun, Jan 11, 2026 at 4:14 PM Bob Knight <bob@knightarchitect.com> wrote:

Hey--they are back!

have had 5 Evening Grosbeaks of and on at our feeders over the last two days!

Bob Knight

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Monday, 12 January 2026

[Maine-birds] Spotting scope for sale...

Hi all,

[I'm sending this with permission from the moderator.]

I'm looking to sell my Vortex Razor HD 22-48 X 65mm (Model RS-65A) spotting scope. It comes with a neoprene case (that I preferred), as well as a mint condition bag-style padded case. The scope itself is covered by the Vortex VIP Warranty (https://vortexoptics.com/vip-warranty).

Selling price is $750. (It looks like $1049-1299 is the going price for this scope new online.)

Please reply off list if you're interested.

Wildly,

Josh Fecteau

Kennebunkport, ME

https://wildmoments.substack.com/

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[Maine-birds] Snow Goose

Currently in low tide channel running out of the Fall Brook outlet at Back Cove, mixed in with Canadian Geese

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