Mount Desert Island Birds: Philadelphia Vireo and Least Flycatcher
Sand Beach to Otter Cove 2013, Hancock, US-ME
May 26, 2013 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: Cruise ship Maasdam with 2X12 passengers who are looking for a deeper understanding of MDI and coastal Maine. Philadelphia Vireo and Least Flycatcher were seen and photographed. 200 plus birds were in the forest all around us as we walked into Great head trail. Every trail we walked on had many birds! 13 species of Warblers in the Rain and Fog. At one point we had some tired warblers at our feet.
41 species (+1 other taxa)
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) 7
Common Loon (Gavia immer) 2
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 15
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 1
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 25
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) 2
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) 9
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 2
Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) 2
Merlin (Falco columbarius) 1 A female
Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) 2
Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) 1
Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) 7 good looks at foraging behavior at one point we had 4 in one tree
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) 4
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 2
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 8
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 4
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 1
Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis) 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) 4
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) 1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 1
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 1
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) 5
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 1
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 7
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 2
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 4
Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia) 15
Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) 1
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) 12
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 1
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 12
Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis) 1
Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla) 2
warbler sp. (Parulinae sp.) 80 There were more unidentified warblers at times not able to ID everyone
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 2
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 1
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 2
Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus) 2 males calling near Otter Creek Road
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 2
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