Tuesday, 2 October 2012

[Maine-birds] RE:(Maine Birds) Mount Desert Island Birds: Northern Mockingbird & Cardinal female

Mount Desert Island Birds: Northern Mockingbird & Cardinal female

Sand Beach to Otter Cove 2012 , Hancock, US-ME
Oct 1, 2012 9:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
Comments: The Cruise ship Eurodam for an "Ocean Trail Hike" No rain today and a few good birds too.
24 species (+1 other taxa)

American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) 1 behind sand beach
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) 175
Common Loon (Gavia immer) 2
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 35
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) 2 continuing
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 200
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) 19
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) 5
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 1
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) 1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 5
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 9
Common Raven (Corvus corax) 2
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 28
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 1
Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) 45 movements occurring along the eastern coast of MDI

Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 1 Notable bird and the first I have had here for a few years. This guy flew into a winterberry
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 25
warbler sp. (Parulinae sp.) 8
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 10
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 1
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 9
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 1 behind sand beach on the eastern end near the north  trail head

 
 
Michael J. Good, MS
President Down East Nature Tours
Founder and Director Research and Development
14th Acadia Birding Festival, May 31-June 3, 2012
Co-founder Penobscot Watershed Eco Center
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