Mount Desert Island Birds: Purple Sandpipers, Great Cormorant
Sand Beach to Otter Cove 2013, Hancock, US-ME
May 9, 2013 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
Comments: Spring Warbler flocks are hitting the coastal shorelines and moving along the north/south peninsulas along the vast coastal expanse of Down East Maine. Numerous Yellow-rumped Warblers flocks were scattered along the Sand Beach to Otter Point eastern edge of Mount Desert Island. The weather was threatening but this Registered Maine Guide has some years looking at weather maps knowing that this southwesterly front would dump migrants into our coastal forests but also dissipate due to the Mount Desert Range and it did not rain. Not disappointed, there was a small mixture of Black-throated Green and other species.
20 species (+1 other taxa)
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) 5
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) 65
Common Loon (Gavia immer) 3
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 1
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 45
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) 1
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) 4 these in dark breeding plumage
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 1 calling
Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) 1
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 4
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 9
Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis) 2 one near the sand beach entrance and the other after Thunderhole
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) 1 calling at the great head trail
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 2 males calling
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 60 perhaps more. They appeared tired and foraging the only focus
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 1
warbler sp. (Parulinae sp.) 2
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) 1
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 2
Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus) 1
Sand Beach to Otter Cove 2013, Hancock, US-ME
May 9, 2013 12:20 PM - 2:20 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
Comments: Cruise Ship Maasdam Walk in the Park Ocean Trail Hike from Schooner Head Road to Otter Cliffs Road. This is a repeat of the morning trip with some interesting observations of Purple Sandpipers. This flock of 36 spooked and flew along the rocks before shooting out over the water towards Great Head. One of the three flocks seen in this region as discussed with Mittlehouser and . A small discussion about Golden-crowned Kinglets and the feather patterns of the crown ensued. The orange crown of an adult male is encircled by a two feather thick strip of yellow, both patch types can be raised or lowered to reveal only orange or yellow depending on angle and orientation.
18 species
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 2 These two birds came shooting right past us over sand beach and right out towards Old Soaker. Slightly flying not a single sound and into the fog. The number of Geese this year rivals any in the past 25.
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) 1 Clearly seen Juvenile sitting on Old Soaker in western light . This bird was white to the lower belly.
Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima) 36 a small flock on the rocks and in the scope for some of the group to see the dark features of this species. These flew towards Great Head
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 29
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) 2
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) 7
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) 1
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 6
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 2
Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) 1 at the lagoon trail
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) 3
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 10 Many birds from the morning walk may still be here but numbers are still high
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 1 strong calling male
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) 1
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 3
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 1
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 2
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