Mount Desert Island Birds: Northern Shrike
Bar Harbor , Hancock, US-ME
Jan 4, 2013 1:20 PM - 3:20 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
Comments: Driving around town looking for birds and I find and photograph a Northern Shrike. Good year bird along with some others. Cold weather moving birds everywhere
16 species
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) 8
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) 3
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) 2
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) 1
Common Loon (Gavia immer) 1 town pier
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 8
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) 6
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 6
Northern Shrike (Lanius excubitor) 1 Photos and binos for about 5-8 minutes before it spooked to another tree and through the town.
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 2
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 12
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 9
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 32
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 1
House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) 11
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 10
Hulls Cove Bar Harbor, Hancock, US-ME
Jan 4, 2013 12:40 AM - 12:59 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: Working around this cove because I have seen mixed birds here but have not had time to stop. Today was the day and not disappointed by some of the birds I found here.
9 species (+1 other taxa)
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) 2
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 10
scoter sp. (Melanitta sp.) 2
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) 13
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) 3
Common Loon (Gavia immer) 1
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 11
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 53
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) 1
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 2
The Bluffs Bar Harbor, Hancock, US-ME
Jan 4, 2013 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: This is a good stop but too many cars of Rt 3. There are always a few birds out here
8 species
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) 4
White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca) 27
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) 6
Common Loon (Gavia immer) 2
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) 1 photos close to the shore line
Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) 3
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 12
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 2
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