[Maine-birds] RE: (Maine Birds) Mount Desert Island Birds: Eastern Shoreline

Mount Desert Island Birds: Eastern Shoreline

 

Sand Beach to Otter Cove 2012 , Hancock, US-ME  Sep 11, 2012 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.3 mile(s)
Comments: The Cruise ship Summit from Sand Beach to Otter Point . No surprises
16 species (+1 other taxa)

Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) 30
Common Loon (Gavia immer) 1
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 50
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) 2 continuing on Old Soaker
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) 2
peep sp. (Calidris sp. (peep sp.)) 3
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 45
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) 4
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) 5
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 1
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) 1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 2
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 7
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 4
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 2
Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) 1 at the beginning of our walk and the first bird of the trip
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 10

 

Michael J. Good, MS
President Down East Nature Tours
Founder and Director Research and Development
14th Acadia Birding Festival, May 31-June 3, 2012
Co-founder Penobscot Watershed Eco Center
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