Mount Desert Island and regional Birds: Common Merganser
Crowfoot Lane (Young's Mt. ROAD), Hancock, US-ME
Jan 8, 2013 8:00 AM - 8:20 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: I initially stopped here because I saw my first Am. Robins of the year. A little farther down the road I finally found a flock of Wild Turkey.
4 species
Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) 6
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 5
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 18
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 4
Union River Dam, Hancock, US-ME
Jan 8, 2013 10:35 AM - 10:50 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: The dam has a little water open so many Mallards were found here. Nothing interesting
5 species
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 118
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 2
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 5
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 5
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 7
Ellsworth Waterford Park and Marina, Hancock, US-ME
Jan 8, 2013 10:50 AM - 11:10 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: This stop produced Common Merganser females. The only open water is below the Union River dam so many birds were found at the location
8 species
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 3
Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) 11
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) 1
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 35 Most locations are still frozen despite the rising temperatures today. 38 F is the warmest we have been in many days. Open water is the reason for so many gulls at this location
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 15
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 1
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 30 near the waters edge
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 10
Douglas Point Emery Cove, Hancock, US-ME
Jan 8, 2013 12:35 PM - 1:00 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: Ed Douglas and I searched around for the Brown Thrasher which he thought he had glimpsed but we had no luck today. RHWP continues today
14 species
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) 125
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) 3
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) 18
Common Loon (Gavia immer) 5
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) 1 These birds are defending their nest not too far from Ed's house
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 14
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 2
Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) 1 CONTINUING since Dec 30 2012
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 1
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 7
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 8
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 2
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 1
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