Wednesday, 19 September 2012

[Maine-birds] Sanford Sewage Plant, open house

There is an open house at this plant on Saturday, Sept.29th, hours are from
9AM to 2PM, so bird watchers are welcomed to come and go thru the open house
or just go bird watching.

8 people enjoyed a nice walk around the pond in the wind today...
This Sat. Sept. 22nd is the annual field trip at the ponds for the York
County Audubon

Sanford Sewage Plant, York, US-ME
Sep 19, 2012 7:40 AM - 11:10 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: cloudy, windy
42 species

Wood Duck X
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 125
Blue-winged Teal 150 counted 40 birds, and there were 4 groups as they
flew by, we the people agreed on the number
Green-winged Teal 150 several groups that landed near the blue-wing
teal, we the people agreed on the number
Hooded Merganser 3
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 90
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 2
Northern Harrier 2
Cooper's Hawk 1
Solitary Sandpiper 3 in a small pool in the solid fill area
Greater Yellowlegs 4
Lesser Yellowlegs 20
Semipalmated Sandpiper 3
Pectoral Sandpiper 8
Stilt Sandpiper 1
Herring Gull 22
Belted Kingfisher 2
Northern Flicker 20
Pileated Woodpecker 2
American Kestrel 2
Eastern Phoebe 2
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 12
Tree Swallow 450
Barn Swallow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Marsh Wren 3 singing from the marsh, and one was in the open
Gray Catbird 1
Cedar Waxwing 8
Common Yellowthroat 2
Palm Warbler 2
Pine Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Savannah Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow 8
Lincoln's Sparrow 1 was next to a swamp sparrow for comparision
Swamp Sparrow 6
White-throated Sparrow 3

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
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Happy birding
Andy Aldrich
North Berwick



Directions: take Gavel Rd. east off of Rte. 4 at blinking light, 3.7 miles
south of jct. of Rtes. 4 and 111, (in Alfred) or 0.7 miles north of jct. of
Rtes. 4 and 109., (in S. Sanford)

Hours as posted: 6-4:30 MON-FRI, 7-8:30 SAT+SUN



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