Tuesday, 12 June 2012

[Maine-birds] Re: (Maine Birds)

Indian Island Penobscot Dam Removal Party June 11 2012, Penobscot, US-ME
Jun 11, 2012 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.2 mile(s)
Comments: My kids and the neighbors took time to go to the Penobscot Dam removal party and found a few birds.
The GREAT WORKS DAM is finally ...finally coming out and the restoration of the mighty Penobscot River may begin. My whole adult life I have been talking about this event... OMG it is finally here!!  By November this dam will be gone!! 
44 species

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 3
Common Loon (Gavia immer) 1
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 12
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 1
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 5
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) 1
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) 1
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) 1
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 10
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 39
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) 1
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) 16
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 2
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 1
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 2
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 1
Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) 1 calling
Gray Jay (Perisoreus canadensis) 1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 3
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 9
Common Raven (Corvus corax) 1 mobbed by C. Grackle
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) 3
Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) 2
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 4
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 3
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 1
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) 6
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 1
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 1
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 2
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 3
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 1
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) 1
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 5
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 1
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 2
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 5
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) 2 one calling at the head of the island
Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus) 1
House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) 1
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 3
 
Michael

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