[Maine-birds] Sanford Sewage Plant, York County fall trip

Today was the annual fall trip for the York County Audubon. 7 people showed
up, and stuck it out for a morning of fog and drizzle.
Below is what you missed by not being here today.

Sanford Sewage Plant, York, US-ME
Sep 22, 2012 6:45 AM - 10:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.2 mile(s)
Comments: fog, drizzle the whole time
38 species (+1 other taxa)

Wood Duck 6
Gadwall 2
American Black Duck 20
Mallard X
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) 1
Blue-winged Teal 100 counted as they flew, number agreed by the group
Northern Shoveler 2
Northern Pintail 1
Green-winged Teal 75 counted as they flew, number agreed by the group
Pied-billed Grebe 4 in pond #3
Double-crested Cormorant 60
Great Blue Heron 1
Cooper's Hawk 3
Solitary Sandpiper 6 in small pool in the solid waste area
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 5
Semipalmated Sandpiper 4
Least Sandpiper 2
Pectoral Sandpiper 2
Stilt Sandpiper 1
Wilson's Snipe 1 sat in the open only 60 feet away or so for us to
enjoy
Ring-billed Gull 25
Herring Gull 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
American Kestrel 2
Merlin 1
Eastern Phoebe 3
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1
American Crow X
Black-capped Chickadee 1
American Pipit 95 one group of 80 in the air counted by several
people, 15 more in the area on the ground
Cedar Waxwing 42
Blackpoll Warbler 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler 10
Savannah Sparrow 4
White-throated Sparrow 2

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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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