I've yet to lay eyes on my first Red-winged Blackbird this year, but today I saw a group of five Brown-headed Cowbirds--my earliest ever in northern Maine. The group was seen in a large flock of Starlings at a Fort Fairfield feedlot. Surprisingly, it included a female which was particularly unusual since they typically follow the first males by at least a week or so.
-- I was expecting to see an American Kestrel when I checked out a small falcon teed up on a poplar tree in Caribou this AM. Instead it was a male Merlin. This tied my previous earliest date from 2005. I think I spotted the same bird down river a couple miles about 30 minutes later...
Yesterday, I found the Northern Hawk Owl still hanging out in Houlton. The bird was on a power pole in the car dealership. It was making some interesting squeaky vocalizations when crows were about. The crows seemed to heed its warning and never messed with the owl while I was there.
Other interesting birds today included a Northern Shrike in Limestone and a mixed flock of Horned Larks and Snow Buntings on the Madore Road in Van Buren. An adult Northern Goshawk flew over my yard during a wild snow squall and never even slowed down. The Evening Grosbeak was OK with that.
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