[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 Sparrows, etc, Kennebunk Plains, 5/30 (with client).

- 1 LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, 1 Pied-billed Grebe, 1 drake Blue-winged Teal, and 1 pair Blue-gray Gnatcatchers,Sanford Sewerage facility, 5/30 (with client).

- 1 pair Merlins, including displaying male, near intersection of Rte 1 and Rte 111 in Biddeford, 5/30 (with client).  Surprising at such a sprawl-y area, but there was not much doubting the behavior.  Could this be the southernmost breeding pair in the state of this expanding (especially in urban areas) species?

- 1200+ Semipalmated Sandpipers and 50+ Dunlin, Pine Point, Scarborough, 5/30 (with client).

- 2 Common Nighthawks, over our yard in Pownal, 5/30.

- 1 Mourning Warbler, Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, 5/31.

- 1 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER and only 270+ Semipalmated Sandpipers, Pine Point, 5/31.

 

-Derek

 

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Jeannette and Derek Lovitch
Freeport Wild Bird Supply
541 Route One, Suite 10
Freeport, ME 04032
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