1 male ,4 female Evening Grosbeaks at my feeder in Winterport. I have not seen these Grosbeaks since moving to Maine 14 yrs ago.
Suzan Scribner-Reed
Suzan Scribner-Reed
Wild Ivy Designs
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- Bohemian waxwings-Rangeley [1 Update]
- FW: eBird Report - Totman Cove, Phippsburg, Jan 2, 2013 [1 Update]
- Crow flash mob, Camden [1 Update]
- 5 bluebirds at saco feeder [1 Update]
- Shoveller Phippsburg [1 Update]
- (Maine Birds) Mount Desert Island Birds: Snow Bunting and Red-headed Woodpecker continue [1 Update]
- Saco River Update & Parking Info [1 Update]
- Flock off Dyer's Point, 12/30/12 [1 Update]
- Barrows [1 Update]
- 1/1/13 New Yard Bird/ Carolina Wren [1 Update]
- Saco Barrow's goldeneye [1 Update]
- First of the year...odd [1 Update]
- Maine RBA - December 30, 2012 [1 Update]
- Turkey Vulture and other New Year highlights [1 Update]
- Ruddy Turnstones at Eastern Pt Sanctuary [1 Update]
- Great Horned Owl [1 Update]
- (Maine Birds) Mount Desert Island Birds: Red-headed Woodpecker continues [1 Update]
- White-winged Gulls [1 Update]
Kirk Betts <ketteadene@gmail.com> Jan 02 04:12PM -0500
Just had a couple of bohemians at my house. It's been quiet here so it's
good to see some birds haven't forsaken us up here.
In other news, I also had a bald eagle do a flyby and my feeders are
getting some redpolls.
Kirk Betts
Rangeley,ME
Robin R Robinson <rrrobinson2010@hotmail.com> Jan 02 02:13PM -0600
eBird report re: shoveler with links to pics
Kristen Lindquist <kelindquist@gmail.com> Jan 02 03:07PM -0500
At least 100 crows just flew into the trees near our office here in
Camden. They filled the trees bordering our parking lot. They didn't
appear to be mobbing anything, just perched and cawed for awhile,
shifting positions, with about several dozen of them standing together
in the road. Then they all flew off. It was a like a scene from "The
Birds." About 10 minutes after they left, they returned from the NW
and flew in a big swirling flock over the office and are now still
flying together en masse over Mount Battie.
We have a neighbor who feeds the local crows, so we wondered if they'd
told some friends, but they weren't focused on her house at all. Ah,
the mysterious, purposeful lives of corvids...
Kristen
--
Kristen Lindquist
12 Mount Battie St.
Camden, ME 04843
www.klindquist.blogspot.com
"What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
--Mary Oliver
"Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible."
--HH the Dalai Lama
Katharina Hartman <khartmanster@gmail.com> Jan 02 11:40AM -0800
Our bluebirds seem to have settled for our feeders. They have been joining
our regular birds a few times during the day, starting early in the morning.
It's amazing.
Is it unusual to have them here during winter in Maine?
Katharina
Robin R Robinson <rrrobinson2010@hotmail.com> Jan 02 01:32PM -0600
Phippsburg, Me Map 6 Totman Cove Northern Shoveler, either juvenile or an adult female, I'm going with the latter, dabbling on edge of rocks right by my pier, got pics will post laterbird is busy dabbling for food, climbed up on rocks a couple of times. Lone bird. There are 50 or so Am Black ducks and some mallards near by but the Shoveler isn't hanging with them. I've never seen a Shoveler in The Burg, never mind in January! Robin R RobinsonBaffled in The Burg
"Down East Nature Tours" <info@downeastnaturetours.com> Jan 02 02:29PM -0500
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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Chuck Homler <needsmoreritalin@gmail.com> Jan 02 12:30PM -0500
In addition to the Barrows Goldeneye we also have a CoGo and a Great
Cormorant.
If you are visiting, please do not park in the lot at either 35 or 40 water
st. Those are for tenants and the office only and with the snow some of
the spots are blocked.
There is Street Parking near the park with the covered bridge, and just
past 40 water st on the left is a parking lot and that land is owned by
FPL. (see map)
There is also street parking on Storer Street.
Cheers,
Chuck
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Calien <clewis@mbf.org> Jan 02 08:12AM -0800
Once again I ask for the input of more experienced birders. What might I
have seen about 3 PM Sunday at Dyer's Point ?: a flock of several dozen
dark "seabirds" skimming the water and shifting direction for all the world
like peeps, flying through wave foam before landing on an outcropping just
at the farthest reach of my binocs (so I can't be terribly specific). They
were maybe the size of a kildeer, dark above with dark heads, beaks seemed
longer and more pointed than gulls; lighter, dusky but not white slightly
pot bellies. A large gull overhead completely spooked them and they moved
quickly to another rock to settle, their wings flashing white. (no white
on back or tail from above). As they rested on the rock they completely
blended into the rockweed. I thought perhaps the winds of Saturday night
and Sunday blew them in (it was still windy at the point which was
otherwise inhabited by more usual suspects: grebes, eider, buffleheads).
Thanks for ideas. I realize I can't claim a real sighting but perhaps
someone else saw these birds or has an idea. I have not seen anything
quite like them. Only solo petrels in the bay etc. Calien
rob speirs <rspeirs1@gmail.com> Jan 02 10:14AM -0500
Currently a drake Barrows Goldeneye in Royal River with COGOs, all three
Mergs and Buffleheads. Best viewed from west side by Nicolas rob speirs
cumberland
NancyW <songbird46@earthlink.net> Jan 02 09:19AM -0500
Hi everyone,
Happy New Year!
I was surprised yesterday (6:30am) when I looked out my kitchen window and saw a Carolina Wren on the suet feeder which is close to the window.
What a way to start a new year!
Usually at this feeder I can see 2 RB Nuthatches, WB Nuthatches or Downy Woodpeckers
The Red-bellied Woodpecker and Hairy Woodpeckers and occasionally the Brown Creeper like the large suet feeders in the yard
Wishing everyone has an enjoyable birding year.
Nancy Schwarzel
Scarborough Me
Chuck Homler <needsmoreritalin@gmail.com> Jan 02 08:43AM -0500
Bird is here now just off water st in Saco near rt 1 bridge. Didn't bring camera this AM. Doh!
1 Drake BAGO
Sent from my iPhone... So please forgive typographical errors, message brevity and any strange word choices my phone decides were better than what I actually typed.
Norman Famous <nfamous@maine.edu> Jan 02 08:38AM -0500
Hi folks,
This is a somewhat odd report. I'll start with a mundane FOY blue jay as
my first bird to start the year. However, a short time before that I got
excellent views (but no photos) of two out-of-season Sandhill cranes
gliding under the new Verona Island Bridge on the Verona Island side
(upstream direction). I was concerned because this was on a CBC and needed
to be thoroughly documented. Peter Vickery was in the car behind me but
was looking downriver. I was nervous because I had to face questioning the
next time we stopped. I do no know if there was a hidden message in this
dream other than careful documentation of out of season critters. In any
event, I think this was a lifer dream bird, now numbering over 300 species
dating back to January 1985, many that would be new to the animal kingdom.
I maintained daily records until the early 1990s with American robin and
herring gull being the most dreamed about birds. The majority of robins
were incidental background sounds in other dreams. The gulls were all
visuals, although many were incidental flyovers. It beats birding by ear
with the TV (heard a cactus wren in northern England in a movie on Sunday).
On Dec 28, I saw two snow buntings and about 6 common redpolls at a bird
feeder near the Flake Point Bar along Rt 187 in Jonesport.
Happy birding in 2013!
Norm Famous
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Norman Famous, Wetlands and Wildlife Ecologist
513 Eight Rod Road
Augusta, ME 04330
(207) 623 6072
Doug Hitchcox <dhitchcox@mac.com> Jan 01 11:17PM -0500
Name: Maine Audubon Rare Bird Alert
Reporting Period: December 24 – 30, 2012
Area: State of Maine
Compilers: Doug Hitchcox
Noteworthy Species Mentioned:
Snow Goose
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Barrow's Goldeneye
Black-bellied Plover
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull
Thick-billed Murre
American Kestrel
Hermit Thrush
Gray Catbird
Bohemian Waxwing
'Western' Palm Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Lark Sparrow
Rusty Blackbird
Hoary Redpoll
York County
Continuing around Cape Neddick, a late AMERICAN KESTREL was still being reported as of the 27th.
The Saco Yacht Club at the end of Front Street in Saco continues to host a 'WESTERN' PALM WARBLER.
A SNOW GOOSE was photographed at the Tuckahoe Turf Farm in Berwick on the 25th.
Greater Portland
An ICELAND GULL was spotted behind the Hannaford parking lot in South Portland on the 26th.
Noteworthy waterfowl at Grondin Pond in Scarborough this week included: GADWALL, GREATER SCAUP, RUDDY DUCK, AMERICAN COOT, and AMERICAN WIGEON.
A drake BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was reported from the Royal River in Freeport on the 29th.
Cousin's Island held a late GRAY CATBIRD on the 29th.
Kennebec River Valley (Augusta-Waterville)
Colby College hosted around 100 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS on the 24th.
35 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were reported from Pleasant Hill Drive in Waterville on the 26th.
The Flood Brothers Farm on River Road in Clinton held a GLAUCOUS GULL, an ICELAND GULL, 115 HORNED LARKS and a LAPLAND LONGSPUR on the 28th. Please respect this private property and remain well away from machinery.
Midcoast
A late AMERICAN KESTREL was seen at the Green Point WMA in Dresden on the 26th.
Highlights from Phippsburg this week included: a HERMIT THRUSH on the 25th and a THICK-BILLED MURRE on the 29th.
Two late BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS were seen at Popham Beach State Park on the 29th.
Penobscot Bay
A LARK SPARROW was photographed along Station Street in Stockton Springs on the 29th.
A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was reported from Scott's Landing Preserve in Deer Isle on the 25th.
Continuing from November 28th, Maine's fourth TOWNSEND'S WARBLER continues to be seen at feeders located at the end of Kaler Street in Winterport.
Downeast
Highlights from the Eastport CBC on the 26th included: a NORTHERN PINTAIL, two ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, five ICELAND GULLS, 10 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, and a HOARY REDPOLL.
Northern Maine
Two 'GREATER' COMMON REDPOLLS joined a flock coming to feeders in Woodland on the 27th.
Noah Gibb <voodoochitlins@yahoo.com> Jan 01 06:10PM -0800
Happy New Year everybody,
I saw a late Turkey Vulture while driving on Canco Rd in Portland later this afternoon. At the Fore River, there were 3 drake Green-Winged Teals and 8 Hooded Mergansers. I ran into Leon Mooney behind Paulin's Tire where we saw the Barrow's Goldeneye and then headed across the street to the carwash where we saw the hen American Wigeon and 2 drake Northern Pintails along with a hen. I saw that Rob Speirs posted 3 drake NOPI's which would mean that at least 4 of this species were here today. Then we headed to Hannaford at Mill Creek where we sifted through a flock of gulls and found 5 Iceland Gulls (all appeared to be in their 1st winter) and one 3rd winter? Glaucous Gull (pink bill with black tip, pale iris, and light gray upperparts). I photographed all of the white-winged gulls, however, I am not 100% certain that we got a look at all of the Iceland Gulls' bills and eyes as the majority of the gulls were roosting. Judging by their plumage, they all
appeared to be the same age.
Bird haahd,
Noah Gibb-Portland
"Peggy Page" <mpage815@myfairpoint.net> Jan 01 08:15PM -0500
We had a small flock of Ruddy Turnstones on the rocks at Eastern Point Sanctuary in Biddeford Pool. Unexpected but unmistakable, well seen and scoped. Also, we witnessed a quick aerial scuffle between a Red Tail and a Rough-legged Hawk at Cape Porpoise. The RTHA seems to have won out because she/he returned serenely to perch while the RLHA skedaddled.
Peggy Page
Susan Guare <susanguare@gmail.com> Jan 01 05:50PM -0500
Just outside my house on James Street in Bangor. It called a dozen times,
but has now left. I never saw it; the street light obstructed any view of
the tall evergreens where I suspect it was sitting.
Alicia Plotkin <tess@fltg.net> Jan 01 05:24PM -0500
We have enjoyed watching two nesting pair of red-headed woodpeckers in a
not-too-distant town for the past couple of years and in several hours
of watching them, I have never been able to see any difference in the
plumage between male and female. What was it about the plumage of this
bird that made it male?
Alicia Plotkin (in the fingerlakes area of NY)
On 1/1/2013 12:14 PM, Down East Nature Tours wrote:
Gmail <rspeirs1@gmail.com> Jan 01 04:36PM -0500
PS m
Meant to mention earlier. One Glaucous and two Iceland Gulls were at the Mill Creek Gull Roost beside Hannafords in So Portland early this afternoon
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