Wednesday, 8 May 2013

[Maine-birds] Re: (Maine Birds) Mount Desert Island Birds: Brown Thrasher

Mount Desert Island Birds:  Brown Thrasher downtown

Bar Harbor , Hancock, US-ME
May 8, 2013 9:37 AM - 9:50 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.6 mile(s)
Comments:     Walking to a meeting in town I heard a familiar two note very loud call coming from Brown Thrasher ( Taxostoma crissale) whom I have not heard for a while.  Great photos sitting high in a tree behind The First National Bank.   The last one I saw was this January when we found one in Salsbury Cove.  That bird was not nearly as happy as the Bar Harbor bird today.. Singing his heart out I estimate 25- to 30 different calls, one sounded like a Greater Antillean Nightjar, then a kind-of Robin... I left him calling after 10 minutes...
8 species

Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)  10
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)  9
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)  5
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  1

Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)  1     Calling so loud and very distinctive mostly two call series
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)  1
Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus)  1     calling at my office behind 39 Cottage Street
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)  3

 
Michael J. Good, MS
President Down East Nature Tours
Founder and Director Research and Development
15th Acadia Birding Festival, May 30-June 2, 2013
Co-founder Penobscot Watershed Eco Center
39 COTTAGE STREET
Bar Harbor, Maine 04609
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