[Maine-birds] This Week's Highlights, Shorebird High Counts, and Upcoming Trip, 7/21-27

Hi all,

Just a few non-shorebirds sightings of note from the past seven days:

- 1 continuing TRICOLORED HERON and 1 Merlin, Eastern Road Trail, Scarborough Marsh, 7/24 (with Jeannette, Steve Kolbe, Jonathan Stein, John Butler, Annie Meyer, and Andre Montcreiff). 

- 5 continuing Black Scoters and 3 continuing Long-tailed Ducks, Simpson's Point, Brunswick, 7/24 (with Steve Kolbe, et al).

- 1 drake White-winged Scoter, 2 Sooty Shearwaters, and 1 Carolina Wren, Dyer Point, Cape Elizabeth, 7/26.

 

And my shorebird high counts this week were as follows (all adult birds except Willets and where otherswide noted):

Black-bellied Plover: 4, Pine Point, Scarborough, 7/24 (with Jeannette, Steve Kolbe, et al).

Semipalmated Plover: 54, Crescent Beach State Park, Cape Elizabeth, 7/26.

Piping Plover: Pairs with chicks at multiple locaitons.

Killdeer: 4, Eastern Road Trail, 7/24 (with Jeannette, Steve Kolbe, et al).

AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER: 4 including juvenile, Pine Point, Scarborough, 7/22 (with Phil McCormack). 1 adult on 7/24 (with Jeannette, Steve Kolbe, et al).

Greater Yellowlegs: 6, Back Cove, Portland, 7/23.

Lesser Yellowlegs: 93, Eastern Road Trail, 7/24 (with Jeannette, Steve Kolbe, et al).

Solitary Sandpiper: 1, Eastern Road Trail, 7/24 (with Jeannette, Steve Kolbe, et al).

"Eastern" Willet: 35, Pine Point, 7/24 (with Jeannette, Steve Kolbe, et al).

Spotted Sandpiper: 1, multiple locations.

Whimbrel: 4, Pine Point, 7/22 (with Phil McCormack).

Ruddy Turnstone: 2, Pine Point, 7/22 (with Phil McCormack).

Sanderling: 6, Crescent Beach State Park, 7/26.

Semipalmated Sandpiper: 400+, Eastern Road Trail, 7/24 (with Jeannette, Steve Kolbe, et al).

Least Sandpiper: 100+, Eastern Road Trail, 7/24 (with Jeannette, Steve Kolbe, et al).

Pectoral Sandpiper (first of fall): 4, Eastern Road Trail, 7/24 (with Jeannette, Steve Kolbe, et al).

STILT SANDPIPER: SIX adults, Eastern Road Trail, 7/22 (with Phil McCormack). 5 present on 7/24 (with Jeannette, Steve Kolbe, et al).

Short-billed Dowitcher: 366, Eastern Road Trail, 7/22 (with Phil McCormack).

 

Other migrants noted this week:

Tree Swallow

Bank Swallow

Barn Swallow

Cliff Swallow

Yellow Warbler

Bobolink

 

Upcoming Tour:

"Birds of Casco Bay Aboard the Lucky Catch," Sunday, 7/29.  Information at:

http://www.freeportwildbirdsupply.com/birdingtoursinMaine.asp

 

-Derek

 

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