Greetings, birding friends -- thanks to everybody for posting your sightings! I feel so fortunate to be part of a supportive community that points me to so many cool, conveniently located birds.
To wit: with thanks to Bill Laverty and others, Tashi and I cruised right up to two Lapland Longspurs this morning (about 8AM) smack on our way to look for Marie Jordan's King Eider at Dyer Point. The LALOs were roosting sleepily in the island in the middle of the first parking area on your left, after you turn down the access drive for Pond Cove Middle School in the center of Cape Elizabeth. We missed the KIEI but did catch a Thick-billed Murre cruising close to shore, with 18+ Harlequin Ducks in the same scope view. Also two Red-throated Loons, a Great Cormorant and a male Black Scoter among the more typical species.
With further thanks to Derek Lovitch and others, I scooted over to Village Crossing yesterday afternoon on my way to the dump and instantly ticked a cooperative Lark Sparrow at the previously reported location. I also glimpsed briefly at the same feeder setup another unlikely bird for the time/place: Brown-headed Cowbird. Pine Grosbeaks and Cedar Waxwings in fruiting trees around the parking lot.
Other fun sightings over the past few days: Pileated, Hairy, Downy and Red-bellied woodpeckers all drumming and vocalizing conspicuously in Robinson Woods. Golden-crowned Kinglets and a Brown Creeper also spotted in that incomparable area. At Willard Beach: 2 Bald Eagles yesterday AM.
A couple days ago at Willard I once again encountered an American Kestrel hunting the bluffs fronting SMCC. Unfortunately I wasn't able to see if it was "the" first-winter male that I've seen there periodically over the last 3-4 months.
Peace & good birding,
Scott Cronenweth
Cape Elizabeth, ME
scott@naturalpathwalks.com
www.naturalpathwalks.com
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