[Maine-birds] RE: (Maine Birds) Mount Desert Island Birds: Snow Bunting, American Pipit

Mount Desert Island Birds:  Snow Bunting, American Pipit

Clark Cove 2012, Hancock, US-ME
Sep 16, 2012 1:30 PM - 1:52 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: Sarah, Karen Willis ,Connie Clark and Martha Hedge from Texas West to northwesterly wind blowing 20 knots sustained.
3 species

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) 1
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 3

Bay View Drive Hadley Point, Hancock, US-ME
Sep 16, 2012 2:00 PM - 2:20 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: Sarah, Karen Willis, Connie Clark and Martha Hedge from Texas and High Island Birders. A quick stop with a few birds seen well while others played hard to get. Hermit Thrush
2 species (+1 other taxa)

Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) 1 molting juvenile
Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) 1
warbler sp. (Parulinae sp.) 7

Hadley Point MDI , Hancock, US-ME
Sep 16, 2012 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: Sarah, Karen Willis, Connie Clark and Martha Hedge from Texas and High Island Birders. The wind was blowing hard here as well from the west north-west.
6 species

Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) 45
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) 1 target species for Karen
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 5
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 200
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) 1
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 1

Big Pine Woods , Hancock, US-ME
Sep 16, 2012 2:55 PM - 3:25 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: Sarah, Karen Willis, Connie Clark and Martha Hedge from Texas and High Island Birders.
10 species (+1 other taxa)

Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) 1 Eating a catipiller
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 4
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 5
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 1
Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) 5
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 1
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 3
Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) 8
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 1
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 1
warbler sp. (Parulinae sp.) 5

Acadia NP--Cadillac Mountain, Hancock, US-ME
Sep 16, 2012 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.7 mile(s)
Comments: Sarah, Karen Willis, Connie Clark and Martha Hedge from Texas and High Island Birders. I wanted to confirm that we relocated the American Pipit and confirmed a small flock of Snow Bunting on Cadillac summit. We first encountered the AMPI on the north side of the placards on the eastern end of the parking lot. It flew towards the leeside so we followed and located a small flock of 6-8 Snow Bunting
12 species (+1 other taxa)

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) 1
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) 1 4th year bird
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 3
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) 3 Interestingly bouncing off of the high westerly northwesterly winds and then at each other for about 10 minutes right over the north ridge over the eagle lake overlook.
Merlin (Falco columbarius) 1
Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) 1
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 8
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) 4
American Pipit (Anthus rubescens) 1 possibly the bird I saw the other day
Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) 7 One small flock foraging on the eastern side of Cadillac Mountain seen by my group. There were many people on the mountain yesterday which kept chasing the birds away from us. We all had good looks in the bins as they flew up and north towards the summit. Another attempt to located them failed
warbler sp. (Parulinae sp.) 3
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 2

Otter Cove access Road , Hancock, US-ME
Sep 16, 2012 5:25 PM - 6:00 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: Sarah, Karen Willis, Connie Clark and Martha Hedge from Texas and High Island Birders. Target species was a Loon which we found here. Sun was setting behind the mountains at low tide
5 species

Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) 18
Common Loon (Gavia immer) 4
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 9
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 10
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 5

Mount Desert island Birds:  Species Totals Sept 16 2012
Report Details Date range: Sep 16, 2012 - Sep 22, 2012 Total # of Species: 30 Total # of Checklists: 6 Location(s):   Acadia NP--Cadillac Mountain; Bay View Drive Hadley Point; Big Pine Woods ; Clark Cove 2012; Hadley Point MDI ; Otter Cove access Road   Summary   Sep 16 Sep 17 Sep 18 Sep 19 Sep 20 Sep 21 Sep 22 Number of Species 30 Number of Individuals 385 Number of Checklists 6   Total Number of Birds   (sample size) Species Name Sep 16 Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) 63 (2) Common Loon (Gavia immer) 4 (1) Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) 1 (1) Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) 1 (1) Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) 2 (2) Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 14 (2) Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 216 (4) Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) 1 (1) Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 1 (1) Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 1 (1) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) 3 (1) Merlin (Falco columbarius) 1 (1) Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) 1 (1) Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) 1 (1) American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 5 (1) Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 12 (2) Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 7 (2) White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 1 (1) Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) 5 (1) Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) 4 (1) Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) 1 (1) Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 1 (1) American Pipit (Anthus rubescens) 1 (1) Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) 7 (1) Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 3 (1) Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) 9 (2) -- -- -- -- -- -- Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 1 (1) Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 1 (1) warbler sp. (Parulinae sp.) 15 (3) Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 2 (1)