[Maine-birds] Augusta Bird Club - Augusta State Airport - Towhee, Prairie Warbler, Field Sparrow, Thrasher etc

Below is a list of the birds seen this morning on the Augusta Bird Club Walk behind the Augusta State Airport.  We started in dense fog at 7:00 when the birding was pretty quiet. Things picked up at the end as the fog lifted. If interested, photos of some of the birds can be seen if you click thru to the e-bird check-list at the link below.

 

- Margaret Viens

Waterville

 

Augusta State Airport, Kennebec, US-ME
May 8, 2013 6:45 AM - 8:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments: 6 Augusta Bird Club members met in the dense fog; 50 degrees, walked to top of hill then down into bowl and back to powerlines; birds became more active toward the end as the fog lifted.
20 species

Mallard 3
Mourning Dove 2
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Hermit Thrush 2
American Robin 5
Northern Mockingbird 1
Brown Thrasher 5 -3 seen at once in the first tree-shrub "island" by the parking area; but were silent until the sun came out
Ovenbird 5
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Prairie Warbler 2
Eastern Towhee 5
Chipping Sparrow 3
Field Sparrow 2
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 2
American Goldfinch 2

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14036741

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