Thursday, 25 April 2013

[Maine-birds] Re: (Maine Birds) Mount Desert Island Birds: Barred Owls Duetting, Bohemian Waxwings Blue-headed Vireo

Mount Desert Island Birds: Barred Owls Duetting, Bohemian Waxwings, Blue-headed Vireo  

Beech Mountain Acadia National Park, Hancock, US-ME
Apr 25, 2013 4:00 AM - 5:50 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
Comments:     The Good family celebrating Madeleine's 12th birthday with a walk around Beech Mountain. Barred Owls duetting at the end of our walk adding to the party we were having. Male and female territorial calls after I  called.   They began with the lower pitch male call and then  joined by the higher pitch female.  The male approached to about 75 feet than flew off through the woods. Yellow-rumped warblers were softly calling and responded nicely to phishing. A two Owl Day on my daughters B-day.
15 species

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  1   On Echo Lake  looked at from Beech Cliffs swimming with a Common Loon
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)  1 Echo Lake
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)  1

Barred Owl (Strix varia)  2     Male and female responding to my Barred owl call.  Male low called first followed by territorial higher pitch call of female
Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)  1     drumming loudly and echoing through the valley followed by a call

Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius)  1     Calling as it  past by moving to the north FOY
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)  5
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)  3
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)  1
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)  4
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)  1     singing
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  1
Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)  25     The flock seemed to be moving along the eastern edge high over Echo Lake where we were hiking. They startled us a little as they all were trilling
 
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)  2
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)  2

 

Michael J. Good, MS
President Down East Nature Tours
Founder and Director Research and Development
15th Acadia Birding Festival, May 30-June 2, 2013
Co-founder Penobscot Watershed Eco Center
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