Mount Desert Island Birds: Snow Bunting and Red-headed Woodpecker continue
Schooner Head Road , Hancock, US-ME
Jan 2, 2013 7:55 AM - 8:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.7 mile(s)
Comments: Birding along the road to Sand Beach when a Snow Bunting flew up and in front of me along the road. I stopped following it when it came back at me and stopped about where I first saw it. Sure enough there was some food of interest along the road where I was able to Photograph it rather close up. Best shots of a Snow Bunting for some time
2 species
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 2
Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) 1 along the Schooner Head Road foraging on the side. Strong winds are howling and blistering cold.
Sand Beach, Hancock, US-ME
Jan 2, 2013 8:25 AM - 8:45 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: COLD COLD COLD and more cold is the situation at Sand Beach today. The wind is blowing from the West today whipping the water and Sea Smoke so thick you could cut it with a knife. 13 degrees F making it well below zero along the coast. Some hardy birds including a flock of Red-necked Grebe split into several groups.
8 species
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) 2
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) 5
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) 2
Common Loon (Gavia immer) 3
Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) 15
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 10
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) 3
Thunder Hole , Hancock, US-ME
Jan 2, 2013 8:50 AM - 9:10 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.8 mile(s)
Comments: Cruising along the Shore Road on the north and south side of Thunderhole. Good size flock of RNGB. Black Scoter were found here today but very windy and cold... Bitter winter cold.
10 species
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) 18
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) 26
Black Scoter (Melanitta americana) 6 Male in formative plumage and beautiful yellow bill
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) 1
Common Loon (Gavia immer) 1
Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) 64 a large flock split into 3 groups
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 2
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 8
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) 4
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 2
Otter Point Overlook, Hancock, US-ME
Jan 2, 2013 9:28 AM - 9:38 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: A quick last stop before heading back to the office.
4 species
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) 2
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) 5
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) 1 This third year bird ? still showed some white speckling on its belly
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) 1
Douglas Feeder Cricket Lane, Hancock, US-ME
Jan 2, 2013 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: Ed Hawkes, Jim Bright and I stopped in for a few long looks at this record bird for MDI and Hancock Count. The distinctive plumage makes this a spectacular bird to observe. This is the third day this bird has been observed here. Follow-up continuing as well.
3 species
Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) 1 CONTINUING at this location for the third day and perhaps until the cows come home or until Ed stops feeding it. Call 479-4256 to observe this bird on private property.
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 2
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 1
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