Thursday, 2 May 2013

Re: [Maine-birds] Digest for maine-birds@googlegroups.com - 17 Messages in 13 Topics

I just realized it was a Hermit thrush, not a wood thrush that I was hearing here in West Bath. He sang often for my first couple of years here. But the last time I heard him sing was the evening we buried my beloved cat of 18 years. Not a sound since. INterestingly, my cat had died at midnight and I feel asleep, only to wake suddenly about 30 minutes later from a dream in which I saw my cat walking upright like a more human version of himself. He was in a beautiful garden and I watched from a distance as he approached a bush, stopped, reached in and brought out a  brown bird with a speckled chest, which he released saying..."Have a happy life."  I believe now that it was a Hermit thrush. But at that time I had never seen one. Connections in Nature are so magical.


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    WillardJ Boynton <willardjboynton@gmail.com> May 02 04:22PM -0400  

    New birds today are Indigo Bunting, Eastern Kingbird, Gray Catbird, and
    Rufous-Sided Towhee. Bill Boynton

     

    "Andrew Aldrich" <aaldrich1@maine.rr.com> May 02 02:52PM -0400  

    We checked out a new area today. It is the Tuckahoe Preserve, part of the
    Great Works Reginal Land Trust. It is about .6 on Hubbard Road north of
    Tuckahoe Turf Farm which is at 305 Hubbard Rd Berwick, ME 03901
    North of the Turf Farm on the west side of the road at about .6 is an
    large area for parking several cars. Maybe at .4 is a gate for people who
    like to fly airplanes, You can park there, please do not block the road.
    You may walk anywhere on the 100 Acres. Along the south and along some of
    the Salmon Falls River on the west, is a trail. There is a bog, and wet
    areas in the north part of the preserve.
    Map is
    here:http://www.gwrlt.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=170:tuckahoe-turf-berwick-1004-&catid=48:berwick&Itemid=68
     
    Site for Great Works http://www.gwrlt.org/
     
     
    Tuckahoe Preserve, Great Works R. L. Trust,, York, US-ME
    May 2, 2013 8:30 AM - 10:40 AM
    Protocol: Traveling
    2.5 mile(s)
    Comments: Ken Janes, Pat Moynahan, Joanne Stevens
    24 species
     
    Ruffed Grouse 3
    Turkey Vulture 2
    Mourning Dove 3
    Eastern Phoebe 1
    Blue Jay 5
    American Crow 2
    Black-capped Chickadee 8
    Tufted Titmouse 2
    White-breasted Nuthatch 2
    Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
    Hermit Thrush 1
    Black-and-white Warbler 6
    Nashville Warbler 2
    Palm Warbler 1
    Pine Warbler 4
    Eastern Towhee 7
    Field Sparrow 1
    Song Sparrow 1
    Swamp Sparrow 1
    Northern Cardinal 2
    Red-winged Blackbird 2
    Brown-headed Cowbird 1
    Purple Finch 1
    American Goldfinch 2
     
    View this checklist online at
    http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S13963829
     
    This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org/me)
     
     
    Happy birding
    Andy Aldrich
    North Berwick

     

    Derek Lovitch <freeportwildbird@yahoo.com> May 02 08:34AM -0400  

    Hi all,
    Well, I am sorry - and perhaps a little embarrassed - to have to retract my Cerulean Warbler report from yesterday.
     
    This morning, after well over an hour of searching, Doug Hitchcox, Katrina Fenton, and I - soon joined by Jay Adams, Margaret Viens, and with apologies, someone who's name i failed to get (I was distracted by my just-then-apparent failure) - located a singing Black-throated Blue Warbler in treetops only a few hundred yards away from yesterday's bird. (I guess I should have called it quits sooner!)
     
    It was singing a distinctly three-parted song, but much slower and lower overall, and more typical BTBW-like than yesterday. When we first heard it, we all thought BTBW immediately; there was little doubt. Perhaps also the two rock faces it was singing near yesterday were playing with the acoustics as well.
     
    While I do believe the song was different yesterday, it is impossible for me to ignore the coincidence. I won't hide behind the classic "two-bird theory," and admit that I have most likely made a big mistake.
     
    Apologies to those who took the time to chase this morning, but at least there was a fair diversity of other, real birds to enjoy.
     
    -Derek
     
    Sent from my iPhone

     

    "Down East Nature Tours" <info@downeastnaturetours.com> May 02 02:23PM -0400  

    Hi Derek,
     
    Thank you for your candor on the Cerulean Warbler mistake, Derek. You of
    all people know that most of us out here understand the excitement and
    appreciate your desire to find a good bird.... next time right!
     
    One thing I have learned is that every one of us makes a mistake now and
    then, and as you know.... I have been guilty of that myself.... While
    giving us all something to think about yesterday you showed us all how easy
    it is to just fess-up and move on!! It happens and thanks for the
    follow-up.
     
    Good birding and Thank you for all of the important work you do and have
    done... for example the "Bradbury Mountain Raptor Monitoring Program"....
    I have a separate file for these reports and find them very useful.
     
    Thanks again
     
    Michael
     
     
     
     
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Derek Lovitch
    Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 8:34 AM
    To: Maine-birds
    Subject: [Maine-birds] Cerulean Warbler - RETRACTION, Freeport, 5/2
     
    Hi all,
    Well, I am sorry - and perhaps a little embarrassed - to have to retract my
    Cerulean Warbler report from yesterday.
     
    This morning, after well over an hour of searching, Doug Hitchcox, Katrina
    Fenton, and I - soon joined by Jay Adams, Margaret Viens, and with
    apologies, someone who's name i failed to get (I was distracted by my
    just-then-apparent failure) - located a singing Black-throated Blue Warbler
    in treetops only a few hundred yards away from yesterday's bird. (I guess I
    should have called it quits sooner!)
     
    It was singing a distinctly three-parted song, but much slower and lower
    overall, and more typical BTBW-like than yesterday. When we first heard it,
    we all thought BTBW immediately; there was little doubt. Perhaps also the
    two rock faces it was singing near yesterday were playing with the acoustics
    as well.
     
    While I do believe the song was different yesterday, it is impossible for me
    to ignore the coincidence. I won't hide behind the classic "two-bird
    theory," and admit that I have most likely made a big mistake.
     
    Apologies to those who took the time to chase this morning, but at least
    there was a fair diversity of other, real birds to enjoy.
     
    -Derek
     
    Sent from my iPhone
     
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    Fyn Kynd <fynkynd@gmail.com> May 02 09:47AM -0700  


    > It seems as though the shorebird migration hasn't really started yet...
    > only two species. Scoped out most of the marsh and hardly anything. I'm
    > going back later in the month.
     
    Good birding,
    Fyn
     
    Here's the list of species seen and heard around the Marsh:
     
    1. *Canada Goose*
    2. *American Black Duck*
    3. *Swamp Sparrow*
    4. *Black-and-white Warbler*
    5. *FOY, Black-throated Green Warbler*
    6. *Herring Gull*
    7. *Belted Kingfisher*
    8. *Common Raven*
    9. *Red-winged Blackbird*
    10. *Song Sparrow*
    11. *Snowy Egret*
    12. *Mallard*
    13. *Greater Yellowlegs *
    14. *Green-winged Teal*
    15. *Savannah Sparrow*
    16. *Common Grackle*
    17. *Killdeer*
    18. *American Kestrel*
     
    **

     

    Fyn Kynd <fynkynd@gmail.com> May 02 09:30AM -0700  

    Hi Roger. Was it there today?
    Thanks,
    Fyn
     
    On Wednesday, May 1, 2013 5:04:08 PM UTC-4, Roger Rittmaster wrote:

     

    Rafael Adams <soposup@gmail.com> May 02 11:22AM -0400  

    Walked the length of the park hoping for Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher and/or
    Blue-Headed Vireo. Saw neither. There was a Green Heron posing for pics,
    a Wood Duck at the far end where the stream narrows into a gully, and very
    loud House Wren in one of the path-edge apple trees near the end of the
    park as well. Dozens of Yellow-Rumped Warblers feeding heavily. Plus the
    usual suspects

     

    ron romano <roroman@maine.rr.com> May 02 06:15AM -0700  

    Yesterday at 2 pm i was driving north Portland to Yarmouth on 295 and saw
    way up ahead two soaring dark birds. I dismissed them as Turkey Vultures,
    commonly seen, but as i sped closer, there was no teetering to the soaring
    and they were larger that TV's, so I thought: great! a pair of Bald
    Eagles. But as I passed directly underneath at 65 mph, I noticed there was
    no white head/tail, so I figured "immature Bald Eagle." But as the eagle
    banked, there were very distinct white windows showing (about 1/3 of the
    way in from wingtips). Given there was a pair, and given proximity to the
    ocean, and given what is expected here this time of year, I thought
    Baldies, but since last night it has been bugging me, as I keep seeing
    pictures in my field guides that shows Golden Eagle with those distinct
    white patches ("windows") on the wings. Is it possible I had a Golden? Or
    are immature Baldies showing distinct white wing patches in flight?

     

    nancy mcreel <nmcreel@maine.rr.com> May 02 08:31AM -0400  

    were mating yesterday on the nest at the Wells Reserve.
    Nancy in Wells

     

    Steve Muise <fiddlemoose@gmail.com> May 01 06:47PM -0700  

    A friend called at 6:00 this evening to let me know about 3 Sandhill Cranes
    feeding in a cornfield on Rt. 2 in New Sharon. They are on the south side
    of Rt. 2
    Directions: From the East: 3.5 miles west of the Rt. 2/27 split (Douin's
    Market), pass Sandy Shade Holsteins, and the cornfield is just after the
    green fields.
    From Farmington: 1 mile east of the Rt. 41/156/2 junction in Farmington
    Falls. For locals, it's the cornfield almost opposite the old New Sharon
    Motel.
    I may not get a chance to check tomorrow afternoon, so please repost if
    found again.
    I took several photos, and I posted 2 on flickr:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/79863218@N08/
    Enjoy, Sincerely, Steve Muise, Farmington

     

    Steve Muise <fiddlemoose@gmail.com> May 01 07:36PM -0700  

    Please be very careful... Rt. 2 is narrow, curvy, and has fast, relatively heavy traffic. There are lots of big trucks cruising by. Safe birding!

     

    R&W Sumner <chrwsu@myfairpoint.net> May 02 07:02AM -0400  

    I saw those cranes in the afternoon and they were still there around
    6:30 p.m. I travel that road every day and this is the first time I've
    seen cranes in that area. In spite of the traffic, the shoulder is wide
    on the west bound lane of Rt. 2, so parking should be no problem. The
    east bound lane has a guard rail and the shoulder is rather narrow.
     
    Wally S.
     
    On 5/1/2013 10:36 PM, Steve Muise wrote:

     

    Jeff Wells <jeffwells@borealbirds.org> May 02 10:46AM  

    First House Wren I have heard yet this year here in Gardiner singing vigorously this morning.
     
    Jeff
     
    Jeff Wells

     

    Robin R Robinson <rrrobinson2010@hotmail.com> May 01 07:20PM -0500  

    Phippsburg, Maine Map 6, Sebasco Harbor, Watah Lake
     
    today got Glossy Ibis 6, feeding on edge of lake on east side viewed from Cashman Lane on little bridge on west side of resort seen across the lake. Mowing for first time on links of resort got my attention as it had driven all the Canada geeese into the lake. While studying flock of geese in hopes of something more interesting than Canadas, saw the Glossies. Studied them too with the idea given the list serve talk of late that might be a white faced. Not so. But, when I entered into eBird, the # triggered the confirm. So, I post here. I did look over the flock carefully, but they were only Glossies. But, ya just ne'vah know.
     
    STill have Eastern Towhees # 2 in my yard since this morning at Totman Cove
    Laughing gulls 3
     
    Totman Cove Preserve
    Hermit thrush #1
     
    Robin R Robinson
    Bound And Determined In The Burg

     

    William Nichols <wnbirder@gmail.com> May 01 05:18PM -0400  

    Hi Everyone,
    Had a Common Tern here at Sandy Point Beach today, apparently a first-year
    bird (thank you to Louis for a confirmation here- I'm learning that it is
    good to always ask for an opinion from others who have more experience).
    Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wnbirder/8700213642/ eBird checklist:
    http://ebird.org/ebird/me/view/checklist?subID=S13955342
    Also, I should note that this is a very good location to watch nesting
    Osprey. Just please keep some distance as the nest is near the beach.
    Good birding,
    William Nichols
    Stockton Springs

     

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