[Maine-birds] Pine Pt. Hudsonian Godwit 10/19

The godwit was present on the Jones Creek mud flat at 10 AM. I had to run errands, but returned at 11 AM, and it was still there.

Also:

Dunlin (many)

Semi Plover (many)

Semi Sandpiper (2)

At least one other possible species I did not get to try to identify. A large flock had landed right in front of me, maybe 60' away. I was getting the scope on a potential WR/Baird's, when a Peregrine Falcon blew by just over my left shoulder--possibly using me as a screen, as I have read they sometimes do--with a clearly audible "whoosh." Of course this scared all the shorebirds out of sight. This was a very cool thing to see, though I wish the falcon could have held off a couple of minutes. It was a juvenile (brown), apparently still learning to hunt, as it missed its target. It then circled the area for a couple of minutes as though it thought the shorebirds might return.

Also, 2 juvenile Sanderling yesterday, though nothing else out of the ordinary.

Joel Wilcox

temporarily OOB

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