It's an appeal for reports of dead birds found on beaches to be submitted to a database, to accurately track these occurrences. As loons and other seabirds continue to migrate north, I'm sure we'll be finding some washed up dead, unfortunately, and it would be nice if the data could be gathered in one place and some examination of the patterns that emerge may prove beneficial to understand what's going on.
In slightly cheerier news, I found my lifer Bohemian Waxwing just east of Warren, on Camden Rd, this weekend. A flock of 20 or so was feeding in the bushes on the side of the road (I saw them as we were driving by and got so excited I just blurted out "Stop the car! Go back!). On MDI, visiting a friend, I spotted my FOY Vesper Sparrow, perched in a small tree near the waters edge outside of Southwest Harbor.
Good birding
David Rankin
Biddeford
David Rankin
University of New England
Graduate Student
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