[Maine-birds] Northern Maine Birds: Red-headed Woodpecker, Redheads, Black-bellied Plover

I received a reliable report of an adult Red-headed Woodpecker visiting a feeder in Portage Lake.  The bird has apparently been around for several days.  I only know of a few records for Aroostook county.  Hoping for pictures

I spotted a few good birds around Long Lake today.

On the south end at Sinclair, there was a Rusty Blackbird feeding near the mouth of McLean Brook and several White-winged Crossbills were feeding on the scant cone crop.

Up on the north end of the lake at St Agatha, a rare inland Black-bellied Plover was feeding among the gulls and cormorants on the tern island.  With water levels so low this year, the island has grown to about three times its normal size and is apparently a popular roosting spot.  In the cove on the northwest corner of the lake, there was a nice assortment of waterfowl including two Gadwall and a pair of Redheads.

Waterfowl numbers were down a bit today at Collins Pond in Caribou but a Merlin and Sharp-shinned Hawk and 13 Northern Shovelers were worth the stop.

Cheers

Bill 

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Bill Sheehan
Woodland, Aroostook Co., Maine
http://northernmainebirds.blogspot.com/

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