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Friday, 31 May 2013

[Maine-birds] Black-bellied Whistling-Duck - MDI High School, 5/31, No

For the record, with periodic checks of the ponds throughout the day there were no sightings of the Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks today, 5/31. Three of the five birds went undetected for the earlier half of yesterday so the group may be someplace else... but that place may not be in Maine. Good birding, Doug Hitchcox Hollis, ME -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 ---...

[Maine-birds] Black Tern-- Scarborough

There was a Black Tern mixed in with Common and Least Terns this eve at the mouth of the Libby River, Scarborough Marsh. Friday, 7:30 pm. Will be curious to hear if it ends up on Stratton tonight.... Lucy LaCasse 52 Old Neck Rd Scarborough, ME 04074 207-883-3637 207-928-3637 (Stoneham) 207-650-4770 (cell) wnder@aol.com -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com...

[Maine-birds] Evergreen Cemetery Status Question

Has anyone been there the last couple of days? I'd like to know if it's worth a trip tomorrow morning. And I apologize if, not having checked, I missed a message about this. Thanks!! -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To...

[Maine-birds] Additional Highlights This Week, 5/25-5/31

Hi all, Observations of note from me in the past seven days, in addition to what I previously posted here, included: - 182 Short-billed Dowitchers, Wharton Point, Brunswick, 5/25 (with Saturday Morning Birdwalk Group). - 6 Common Nighthawks, over Route 1 in Waldoboro, 5/28 (with Jeannette). - 1 continuing CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, 6 Upland Sandpipers, 20 Grasshopper Sparrows, 24 Prairie Warblers, 14 Vesper...

Re: [Maine-birds] Good news for 26,000 red knots!

I just got back from a trip to Delaware Bay-Bombay Hook NWR and Pickering Beach. While there, i saw quite a few red knots feasting on the horseshoe crab eggs. It was quite a sight to see. Here is one image I took of several red knots in flight. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lindacullivan/8873169619/ It was quite exciting to see this.On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 9:36 AM, Norman Famous <nfamous@maine.edu>...

[Maine-birds] Good news for 26,000 red knots!

Hi all, This is really good news for the red knot. A friend sent me this link to a summary of this years red knot migration through Delaware Bay. They stop in Delaware Bay for 10-14 days eating horseshoe crab eggs to refuel prior to the final leg of their transcontinental migration from the tip of South America to their Arctic breeding grounds. This stop is critically important because they need...

[Maine-birds] Cherryfield Waxwings

Many Cedar Waxwings along the west side of the Narragaugus (between the bridges) this AM; thought I'd report this as I have not noticed many CW posts this spring. I saw 10-12, but there was suggestive fluttering in many other trees. Miscellaneous others:12-15 Common Nighthawks a couple of evenings ago, over the river near the Mathews Store.Hermit ThrushBarn Swallow Chimney SwiftAlder Flycatcher (finally)At Rich Willey's tree...

[Maine-birds] Hermit Thrush

I have not heard a Hermit Thrush since my beloved kitty, Sir Edmund, died 2 years ago. It was such a magical evening: his song echoing through the tall pines, sunset pinks and golds mirrored on the river, shining through the trees. My grandson placing Eddy's body in a basket at the foot of two ancient oak-sisters.Have not heard the Hermit Thrush since then...until this morning! His song carrying me from dreaming to waking....

Thursday, 30 May 2013

[Maine-birds] Another ask for ID - a hawk this winter

This hawk was hanging around for a while, we have a nice tree down at the end of a hedgerow, close to the marsh. Wonderful vantage point for red tail hawks and we usually have one several times a week thru the winter. This one I noticed an immediate difference because the breast was so white. I first saw it from the back (first photo) and that prominent white was down the side. Then it resettled on...

[Maine-birds] Glossy Ibis Pics ?? Am I seeing White Faced or not??

From the Spurwink Marsh in Cape Elizabeth - this Glossy Ibis about 15 feet from my deck.......I had 8 others this morning and two this afternoon/tonight but too far away for a closer photo. Is that white around the eye what I've read about in prior posts or are they all like this? I always feel so blessed when interesting birds wander in to my yard. I'm really not familiar with marsh birds tho. This year...

[Maine-birds] Re: Maine Bird Photos

Thanks Jeff - I enjoyed your gallery.On Tuesday, May 28, 2013 10:07:53 PM UTC-4, Jeff wrote:Here is a link to some photos from a trip to Maine over Memorial Day weekend.Maine Bird Photos:http://bit.ly/11wzLnI I couldn't have picked a wetter weekend to enjoy Maine but we made the best of it with 88 species for the trip. They even cancelled our boat trip to Petit Manan because of weather. Highlights included...

[Maine-birds] New Home

A couple of weeks ago I posted a request for a new bird- friendly home. My current Land lord does not like me feeding the birds.So I went online and immediately found a wonderful new home in Indian Point in Georgetown. Now I will have a whole house to myself and be in walking distance of 7 private beaches! The house and new LL are wonderful ...and they don't mind my feeding the birds. The whole new situation is vastly better than...

Re: [Maine-birds] massive morning flight, Biddeford Pool, Thur 30 May

I guessed wrong this morning, and hit the interior...the New Gloucester area Intervale Marshes. Actually, I felt the singing might have been impeded by the early heat. A group of nine Com Nighthawks was my highlight. I was assuming tonight was going to produce something big, so am camping at Hermit Island, hoping for bedlam tomorrow morning. Now I'm curious about the lower Phippsburg Peninsula THIS morning. ...

RE: [Maine-birds] Recent ornithological literature: Arctic Terns fly record distances

And if you have 4 million Arctic Terns each flying about 56,000 miles per year, that comes to 224 billion total miles. 61 times the distance from the Sun to Pluto. 19 times the distance from us to Voyager 1. 4/100ths of a light year. =============================== Michael Smith MS GISP State GIS Manager,...

[Maine-birds] Recent ornithological literature: Arctic Terns fly record distances

Arctic Terns were already known to fly record distances, being the long-distance champions before we knew about shorebirds, like the famous Red Knot B95. That knot is now called moonbird because he has been tracked over 20 years to have flown as far as the moon and at least halfway back during annual migrations (see this article by Manomet Center for Conservation Science: http://www.manomet.org/iconic-red-knot-b95-resighted-delaware-bay)....

Re: [Maine-birds] massive morning flight, Biddeford Pool, Thur 30 May

I was fortunate enough to bump into Marshall this AM as I checked on the plovers before work. Three Piping plovers. 4 eggs on the nest. Many semipalmated sandpipers and about a dozen bb plovers. When I got to the car 2 Green Herons flew over and that's when I said Hi to Marshall. He pointed out a Mourning Warbler, Empid, and a GC flycatcher. Chuck Sent from my iPhone... So please forgive typographical errors, message...

Re: [Maine-birds] Black-bellied Whistling Duck - Get up early and GO!

Thanks for the great summary, Jon. If one looks in the 1957 edition of the AOU checklist, one gets the clear impression that the Black-bellied Whistling- (er, Tree-) Duck is a bird of that barely makes it to the U.S. from Mexico and then mainly to s. Texas. Looking in Thomas Burleigh's Georgia Birds published in 1958, one cannot find an entry for Black-bellied Whistling (or Tree) Duck. Last year, Georgia reported an all-time high...

[Maine-birds] massive morning flight, Biddeford Pool, Thur 30 May

Figuring the morning fog might lead to a good flight along the coast, Marshall Iliff found 5000+ landbirds passing over Biddeford Pool this morning. He only caught part of the flight; so many more were missed. Most birds were seen from the boat ramp area that lies on the Biddeford Pool side across from Hills Beach, but the flight extend south of there too. Most birds seemed to concentrate along the north shore of the point, however. 15...

Re: [Maine-birds] Black-bellied Whistling Duck - Get up early and GO!

Hi All, With respect to the following thread on Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks and the possible source of occurrences of the species in the Northeast: Texas is not the only potential source of long-distance vagrants into the Northeast. Florida also has a large and growing population (see below). I have not looked...

[Maine-birds] Maine Audubon trip to Matinicus Rock, Friday 6/7

Maine Audubon's annual trip to Matinicus Rock is on Friday, June 7th. There are still a few spots available. Information about the trip can be found on our website.Mike Windsor -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups...

[Maine-birds] Black-bellied Whistling Duck still there!

Yesterday, as I was co-leading a Downeast Boreal Big Day with Bob Duchesne, I was chomping at the bit all day with curiosity as to whether the Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks were still at the MDI High School ponds. Having been part of the group that initially found them on Tuesday, I was relieved to read late last night the day’s emails confirming their presence. So, of course, I made a quick trip there this morning and the birds...

RE: [Maine-birds] Black-bellied Whistling Duck - Get up early and GO!

Is anyone else out there curious what the odds are of BBWD showing in Maine twice and on both occasions it being a group (5 last time, 6 this time – well, now 5). Does it seem likely this the same group both times and we just missed them last year? =============================== Michael Smith MS GISP State GIS Manager,...

[Maine-birds] Black-bellied Whistling-Duck - MDI High School, 5/30, Yes

Two of the BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS are still present in the pond behind the Mount Desert Island High School this morning (8:50am). Good birding, Doug Hitchcox Hollis, ME Sent from my iPhone -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine...

[Maine-birds] Spurwink Marsh CE Glossy Ibis

We have a low spot on our land leading down to the marsh and its pretty wet right now. I just took a couple of photos of 9 glossy ibis feeding around the edges. Earlier this morning we had just one very close to our deck, who flew off later. He seems to have invited all his friends now. -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 ---...

Wednesday, 29 May 2013

Re: [Maine-birds] BBWD appear to have left MDI HS

Hello, Have looked at the photos of the birds I found at the ponds tonight and they are both Males. The DEAD one looks to be a female based on the photos I have taken and will post on Acadia birding Festival FACEBOOK page after this note. They should be up when you wake up.... I surmise that the other three could have been a similar sex ratio arrangement and they...

[Maine-birds] Maine RBA - May 28, 2013

Name: Maine Audubon Rare Bird Alert Reporting Period: May 21 – 28, 2013 Area: State of Maine Compilers: Doug Hitchcox Noteworthy Species Mentioned: Black-bellied Whistling-Duck+ Pink-footed Goose+ Red-billed Tropicbird+ Tricolored Heron White-faced Ibis+ American Golden-Plover Buff-breasted Sandpiper Eurasian Collared-Dove+ Red-headed Woodpecker Acadian Flycatcher Blue-winged Warbler Hooded Warbler American Tree Sparrow Clay-colored...

Re: [Maine-birds] BBWD appear to have left MDI HS

Hi Louis and Seth, and Black-Bellied Whistling Duck watchers or want-to see-ers, I managed to find the dead Black-bellied Whistling Duck on the south side and wondering about best way to deal with it because of where it has been for the last 24 hours. I have it box up and on Ice but will try to get it in the COA freezer tomorrow morning. Two LIVE BBWD are still at the Pond ...

[Maine-birds] Re: Hairy woodpecker?

I have two Hairy woodpeckers ay my feeder that have buff color where they are normally white. I guessed that they were "dirty" from their nesting cavity. I did not photograph yet. DonOn Wednesday, May 29, 2013 12:33:32 PM UTC-4, David Small wrote:I believe this is a hairy woodpecker, but I'm at a loss to explain the brownish color where you'dnormally see white. Could someone please, help me out with this....