Mount Desert Island Birds: Whimbrel and Red Cross-bill
Sand Beach to Otter Cove 2012 , Hancock, US-ME
Sep 2, 2012 9:15 AM - 1:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 mile(s)
Comments: Cruise ship Maasdam walks from the backside of Sand Beach to Otter Point. A flock of 7 Whimbrel were seen off the eastern coast heading south..... just before the rain started to fall. We started out with blue sky slowly degrading to over cast and rain... A wonderfully warm and wet day.
23 species
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) 25
Common Loon (Gavia immer) 3
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 25
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) 1
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) 7 flying south past Thunderhole out to sea...
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) 5
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 8
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 45
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) 8
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) 3
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) 8
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 2
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 7
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 10
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) 4
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 2
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 1
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 3
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 1
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 2
Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus) 1
Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) 18 seen and heard... a flock moving north out at Otter Point
Sep 2, 2012 9:15 AM - 1:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 mile(s)
Comments: Cruise ship Maasdam walks from the backside of Sand Beach to Otter Point. A flock of 7 Whimbrel were seen off the eastern coast heading south..... just before the rain started to fall. We started out with blue sky slowly degrading to over cast and rain... A wonderfully warm and wet day.
23 species
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) 25
Common Loon (Gavia immer) 3
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 25
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) 1
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) 7 flying south past Thunderhole out to sea...
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) 5
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 8
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 45
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) 8
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) 3
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) 8
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 2
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 7
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 10
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) 4
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 2
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 1
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 3
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 1
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 2
Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus) 1
Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) 18 seen and heard... a flock moving north out at Otter Point
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