That Glaucous might be the one we’ve seen since May, all summer, near Short Sands. Glenn
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Subject: [Maine-birds] Cape Neddick and Nubble Light, Glaucous Gull, Blue Grosbeak, and others, 10/5
Denny Abbott and I spent the moring at Nubble Light and Cape Neddick looking for migrants. One of the first birds we saw right in the parking lot at Nubble light was a 1st/2nd yr Glaucous Gull - begging for food with the Herring Gulls. Highlights flying by Nubble Light (9-10 AM) -
- Peregrines - 5
- Merlins - 3
- Gannets - numerous flying south, all adults
- Common Loons - numerous flying south
- DC Cormorants - one flock of >500 birds flying south
And there were numerous passerines on the lighthouse island which were identifiable with a scope, including -
- E Phoebe - 1
- White-thr-Sparrow - 20
- Lincoln's Sparrow - 1
- White-cr Sparrow - 1 im
- Swamp Sparrow - 2
- Song Sparrow - 4
- Palm Warbler - 1
- Plus Great Cormorants - 3 perched on the island
Then on to the thickets on the peninsula, where we had a fair number of landbirds from 10-12 -
- YB Sapsucker - at least 7, all im.
- E Pewee - 1
- Phoebe - 2
- Blue-headed Vireo - 5
- Carolina Wren - 5+
- Hermit Thrush - 2
- Yellow-rumped Warbler - 50+
- Black-and-White Warbler - 4
- Yellowthroat - 4
- Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1
- Parula Warbler - 1
- Blue Grosbeak - 1
- Lincoln's Sparrow - 1
- Pine Siskins - 1 flock of 30, and 2 others
A later stop in Auburn yielded 2 Tennessee Warblers, and a feeding station with 50+ Pine Siskins and 15+ Purple Finches.
Mike Resch
Pepperell, MA
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