Hi folks,
While working in the Cutler, Whiting and Machiasport area over the weekend, I was able to look for waterbirds in Machias Bay and Old Man Island.
Old Man Island Quiet compared to the last visit.
When viewing Old Man, you need to be patient and scan for at least an hour, especially if the bird activity seems low. There were flocks of scoters, eiders and cormorants passing by.
1 male king eider (closer to shore)
1 Black-legged kittiwake
1 Northern gannet (flying beyond Old Man)
6 Razorbills
2 Black guillemots
12 Red-breasted mergansers
100 scoters migrating offshore
15 Long-tailed ducks
Usual herring and black-backed gulls.
Machias Bay (east side)
~300 Herring gulls - Mostly 1 to 3rd yr cycle.
3 Iceland gulls - One first spring very white bird; 1 first spring darker morph; and one third cycle bird
1 Lesser black-backed gull - One bird coming into his/her first spring. Long wings, smaller size, dark bill, wide tail band and browner mantle with lighter head were distinctive (from the other herring gulls).
1 Herring X Glaucous gull Second spring bird
~ 20 Laughing gulls
~30 Great black-backed gulls
141 Common eiders - mostly adult males; actual count
3 White-winged scoters
~60 Black scoters
~20 Surf scoters
2 Buffleheads
66 Black ducks
2 Mallard X black ducks
1 Blue-winged teal
22 Bed-breasted merganser
4 Great blue heron
1 Common loon
~330 Ring-billed gulls
Good birding,
Norm Famous
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Augusta, ME 04330
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