[Maine-birds] Monhegan Island Highlights, 9/23-27

Hi all,

 

Kristen Lindquist and Doug Hitchcox have continued their service as the "Voices of Monhegan," but I thought I would share a few of our group's highlights from my 4+ days out there leading a tour for New Jersey Audubon with my good friend Scott Barnes.  Yeah, we were the ones who missed the bleeping Golden-winged Warbler…repeatedly.  We tallied 19 species of warblers among 111 total species during our visit.  I'll have some more details and photos up on my blog in the next day or two.

 

9/23 (4:00pm arrival):

1 Lark Sparrow

 

9/24:

1 HOODED WARBLER

1 WESTERN KINGBIRD

4-6 Dickcissels

1 BLUE GROSBEAK

3 White-eyed Vireos

12+ Red Crossbills

2 Clay-colored Sparrows

1 Prairie Warbler

1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo

4 Eastern Wood-Pewees (good count for late date)

1 Philadelphia Vireo

2 Rusty Blackbirds (First of Fall for me)

 

9/25:

1 WESTERN KINGBIRD (Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/freeportwildbird/8027768775/in/set-72157625893018447)

2 Clay-colored Sparrows

3 Dickcissels

1 White-eyed Vireo

1 Ovenbird

2 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers

1 Prairie Warbler

6 Red Crossbills

1 Sora (Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/freeportwildbird/8027774465/in/set-72157625893020187/)
1 Barn Swallow

2 Tree Swallows

1 Red-bellied Snake

 

9/26:

1 WESTERN KINGBIRD – we had the fortune/misfortune of watching it chased, nabbed, and killed by a juvenile Peregrine Falcon.

1 BLUE GROSBEAK

3 White-eyed Vireos

3 Clay-colored Sparrows

1 Eastern Kingbird

2 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers

1 Dickcissel

2 Prairie Warblers

1 Barn Swallow

3 Tree Swallows

1 Pine Warbler

1 Field Sparrow

1 Ring-necked Snake

1 Bronzed Copper

 

9/27:

1 WESTERN KINGBIRD – a much brighter (and alive) individual, confirming the "two bird theory" from the previous day.

2 Clay-colored Sparrows

3 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers

2 Pine Siskins

 

-Derek

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