Sunday, 2 September 2012

[Maine-birds] MDI, SoPo, and Scarborough, Fri and Sat

Hi all -- a few brief notes from here:

Mt. Desert Isl. near the Long Pond pumping station on Friday, 1 Swainson's Thrush was a nice addition to the usual suspects on a very short lunch hour walk

Yesterday, near sunrise on Willard Beach, low tide (So Portland):
5 Green-winged Teal
1 Semi Plov


Yesterday on the Eastern Rd in Scarborough Marsh, rising tide, highlights included:

Merlin 1
N. Harrier 1 juv
Cooper's Hawk 1

40+ Snowies, 5 Little Blues, plus 14 Great Egrets, 4 Great Blue Herons and Glossies

Tons of Greater Yellowlegs (80+), plus smaller numbers of Lessers (20+), Leasts, at least one White-rumped, at least one Long-billed Dowitcher, 1 Wilson's Snipe, 4+ Semi Plovers, and peeps. Tough light -- glare and backlighting -- on the eastern pannes around 10 a.m.

A very high count of Tree Swallows -- my estimate was 400

Cheers,
Craig K



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