Mount Desert Island Birds: White-winged Crossbill
Town Hill 2013, Hancock, US-ME
Jan 13, 2013 10:10 AM - 12:10 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Comments: A little pishing and all of a sudden a pile of White-winged Crossbills.
10 species
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 2
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 1
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) 2
Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) 1 calling
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 7
Common Raven (Corvus corax) 1
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 18
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 4
White-winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera) 5 Type 1 calling. On the corner of Knox Road and Gilbert Farm these bird pished easily. Food seems plentiful in the copious spruce
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 1
Clark Cove 2013, Hancock, US-ME
Jan 13, 2013 11:02 AM - 11:22 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: Nico and I working the Clark Cove coastal edge. A Bald Eagle showed up and all hell broke loose with the 65 Herring Gull roosting on the ice all taking flight along with 30 American Black Duck. Gray Day and 40F. Foggy and dreary. Uck!
10 species
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) 30
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 2
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) 1
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) 1 flew in from south to north towards the head of the island 11:05
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 65
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) 3
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 11
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 9
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 2
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 1
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