This morning, a pleasant hike along the Morse Mountain road and Seawall Beach in Phippsburg produced 36 species. Highlights included 16 Northern Pintails (very surprising!), foraging Northern Harrier, 2 Black-bellied Plovers (continuing), and 16 Dunlins.
The pintails, foraging with black ducks, were divided between the Sprague River marsh (5 males) and the Morse River marsh (2 females, 9 males). The ducks were particularly easy to observe due to the high (flood) tide of 11.5 feet exposing the birds above the cover of the marsh grass. Hunting season being over, I'm sure, also contributed to the increased visibility of the ducks.
The plovers have been present around the Morse River and the Popham Beach lagoon for weeks now, and were accompanied by dunlins.
Good birding,
Gordon
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