--Here I am, sitting on the deck, writing some material for the Maine Birding Trail. I am distracted by the Pine Warblers, who have decided summer is not over and feel compelled to celebrate global warming by singing up a storm this morning. The chatter of a Blue-headed Vireo also interrupted my typing a moment ago. And now a pair of Pileated Woodpecker has landed on the tree next to the porch. Noisy. No wonder I can't write outdoors.
One part of the trail project is to identify inns that are well-located for birders. (http://mainebirdingtrail.com/BestNests.html.) This includes the Machias Motor Inn. Yesterday at high tide, over 100 peeps were roosting right next to the motel. Most were SemiP Sandpipers, a few were SemiP Plovers, but two Dunlin caught my eye – proof that the shorebird season has advanced into autumn. The number of Bonaparte's Gulls on the Machias River has dropped to roughly 200, but a good handful of Common Terns has moved in, so it remains very birdy at the moment. At Addison Marsh yesterday, the pannes next to the bridge were full of Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, perhaps a hundred. Blue-winged and Green-winged Teal were present in good numbers, as they usually are this time of year.
Bob Duchesne
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