Mount Desert Island Birds: Northern Gannet off of Otter Cove, Northern Waterthrush
Acadia National Park Great Meadow , Hancock, US-ME
Aug 17, 2012 6:35 AM - 7:55 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.3 mile(s)
Comments: Brenda and Bob Auerbach from Philadelphia. Started today off in the Sieur de Mont Spring Cathedral in Acadia National Park. We ran into a large mixed flock of birds at the beginning of the Jessup trail. This is the typical situation in the fall during the per-migratory period along the Gulf of Maine.
15 species
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 2
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) 1
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) 4
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 2
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 4
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 1
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 1
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 1
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 5
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 4
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 3
Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) 1
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 1
Otter Cove access Road , Hancock, US-ME
Aug 17, 2012 8:00 PM - 8:50 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.4 mile(s)
Comments: Brenda and Bob Auerbach from Philadelphia.
19 species
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) 29
Common Loon (Gavia immer) 1
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) 8
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 17
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) 3 at the edge of Otter Cove north of the Loop road
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) 1
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) 2
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 6 flying from the mud flat to the exposed rock spit at low tide in the middle f the cove
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 15
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) 7
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 1
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 1
Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) 1 seen and heard
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 5
Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) 1 seen and bobbing tail in an apple tree about 8 feet up... migratory
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 1
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 1
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 5
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 1
Dogfish Cove Bartlett's Island, Hancock, US-ME
Aug 17, 2012 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 mile(s)
Comments: May family and I joined Maine State Sea Kayak in Southwest Harbor for an incredible day on the water... Pretty Marsh to Dogfish and back was a great day with my son Graham and daughter Madeleine and Lori... Thanks for a great day on the water
14 species
Common Loon (Gavia immer) 1
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 30
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) 11 YOY and adults
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) 3 on an island off of the east side of Bartlett's
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) 2
Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) 15
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) 2
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 34
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) 2
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) 5
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) 4
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 2
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) 2 on the shore as we cruised by Bartlett's
Mount Desert Island High School, Hancock, US-ME
Aug 17, 2012 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.3 mile(s)
Comments: Green-winged Teal and Solitary Sandpiper adult migratory birds in the first pond before the 8th Grade Football parents meeting. _Photos and great looks
5 species (+1 other taxa)
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 5
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 20
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) (Anas rubripes x platyrhynchos) 10 I need some discussion about all of the Mallard at the pond by all of the other MDI observers. Many of the birds currently at the ponds exhibit a great of deal Black duck features... Any thoughts from the peanut gallery would be greatly appreciated...
Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) 4 These could have and probably were adult female... Some excellent photographs of the wings and tail in flight... see Facebook images asap
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) 2 adults Photos of these birds in good light
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 5
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Mount Desert Island Birds : Species Totals August 17, 2012
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