Mount Desert Island Birds: Am. Pipit and Morning Warbler trees dripping with Warblers
Trip report for MDI includes Morning and Wilsons Warbler, 16 total warblers for the day. One of the most memorable migrations for me in 40 years of Birding. Amazing diversity and total numbers at Seawall. The birds were dropping out of the sky and into the trees for a spectacular display of the sheer numbers of birds moving during these peak days. Really a blessing to be here today!
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Blue Horizons Preserve, Town Hill, Hancock, US-ME
May 23, 2013 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.2 mile(s)
Comments: Road Scholar Down east Ornithology Course May 23 2013 Blue Horizon Trust Morning Warbler was seen by me several in our group, starting off a day of amazing birding. !! At 10:12 this morning the group was walking north along the road when we saw a Black-capped Chickadee and behind it Bob saw a gary-capped bird..... sure enough it was a Morning Warbler which I got in the bins and got excellent looks at the yellow belly and black bib or patch on the upper chest. Sprang to action as it flew across an opening to aa spruce tree. Everyone had an opportunity to see it rise up through the spruce and than fly out of the back into another row of trees. No images this time! Great morning for many species here all with high numbers.
30 species
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) 3
White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca) 3 Off of Indian point
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 1
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 5
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 3
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 2
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) 1
Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) 2 calling
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) 1 by the road
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 2
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 4
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 1
Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) 1
Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis) 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) 8
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 2
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) 2
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 1
Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) 1 heard than seen by several
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 1
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 2
Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia) 3
Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) 3
Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata) 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) 1 beautiful male about half way down.
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 7
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 9
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 2
Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus) 1
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14220081
Bar Harbor , Hancock, US-ME
May 23, 2013
Protocol: Incidental
Comments: Road Scholar May 23 2013 Birds seen or heard in Bar harbor. The fog is an excellent vehicle for migration and today a small flock of Cedar Waxwing came over West Street and landed in a tree. Cardinals in town too.
8 species
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) 11
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) 1
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 1
Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia) 1
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) 1
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 3
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 3
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14220198
Road Scholar May 23 2013 Sieur de Monts, Hancock, US-ME
May 23, 2013 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: Road Scholar birds seen by the group in Sieur de Mont and Great Meadow Swainson's Thrush
6 species
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 2 ON THE TARN continuing from Wednesday
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) 1
Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) 3 Photos taken
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) 2
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 2
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) 2
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14220248
Road Scholar May 23 2013 NE Creek Outfall, Hancock, US-ME
May 23, 2013 9:25 AM - 9:35 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: Stopped for Common Merganser which were out by the bay. Belted Kingfisher as well.
5 species
Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) 2
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 1
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 1
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 3
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 1
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14220279
Road Scholar May 23 2013 Seawall/Seawall Cove, Hancock, US-ME
May 23, 2013 12:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Comments: Road Scholar May 23 2013 was the Warbler fallout of the week. AMAZING with 17 species of warblers including Wilson's, Blackburnian, Red-eyed Vireo and Least Flycatcher, the first of the flycatcher waves which should be coming through now. One of those memorable days.
60 species
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 4 flyby
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 2
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) 25
Black Scoter (Melanitta americana) 35
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) 1
Common Loon (Gavia immer) 5
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 6
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) 1 feeding near the shore when we arrived
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) 8
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) 4
Willet (Eastern) (Tringa semipalmata semipalmata) 4 Two in one group at Seawall and Two more at Seawall Cove
White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) 9
Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima) 1 really long looks of drooping bill, streaking on flank and overall dark body
Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) 8 two groups of 5 and 3 Not commonly seen on MDI
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) 45
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 155
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) 18
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) 7
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 4
Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) 1 flew in with a flock of small birds
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) 1 one male was seen several times
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 1
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) 1
Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) 1 good looks in the scope
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) 12
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 2
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 7
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 6
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) 3
Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) 1 singing
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) 1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 3
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 1
American Pipit (Anthus rubescens) 1 Great photos and excellent observations of feeding inter-coastally, on algae, flying, and calling.
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 6
Nashville Warbler (Oreothlypis ruficapilla) 1
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 14
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 14
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 7
Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia) 10
Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea) 2
Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) 7
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) 6
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) 23
Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata) 4
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) 1 female
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 3
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 30 These out numbered everyone and there were large numbers around us
Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis) 1 Bob and others had a chance to see a male closely
Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla) 1 amazingly active and feeding
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 5
Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) 1
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) 1 female with photos
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 4
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 3
Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus) 1
Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus) 3
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 2
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14220549
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