Maine birds And MOAC mountainbiking

Sunday, 30 June 2013

[Maine-birds] MACHIAS SEAL ISLAND REPORT

No changes with the species mix in these last couple days. Other than the one lone COMMON YELLOWTHROAT and maybe one young COWBIRD, the land is occupied exclusively by one species of songbird, the SAVANNAH SPARROW and they are very, very visible and vocal. The first clutchs should be hatched by now. SPOTTED SANDPIPERS have started to emerge and I spent about an hour yesterday in close contact with an adult and a chick...

[Maine-birds] B-n Stilt, Wh-f Ibises, hybrid heron (HYHO) at Scarborough Marsh 29 Jun; Great White Heron - no

Saturday, 29 June Scarborough Marsh, Eastern Trail: Black-necked Stilt - male continues (afternoon in the pannes; Seurat should have painted this) White-faced Ibis - two that looked like the same birds since 17 April (afternoon on high tide) Tricolored Heron - in wing molt but still spiffy Tricolored x Snowy - flew over trail 9:20 a.m.; then in Rt 1 pools 11:20 a.m. This is the same hybrid heron found by Marshall Iliff 3 June http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14325011 Seaside...

Saturday, 29 June 2013

[Maine-birds] Cape Neddick West - Mourning Doves as prey

I was late in witnessing the hijacking of yet another MoDo from beneath my feeders. At first I though it was a Blue Jay harassing the doves and the cries were not that of a Blue Jay but I thought possibly could be. Off in the distance I thought the size of the marauder was about Blue Jay size too.Anyone want to guess what kind of bird it might be on this paltry bit of info? The doves nest in my blue spruce every...

[Maine-birds] Fwd: Baby Sea Gull sighting

---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Kate Hassett <hassettack@gmail.com> Date: Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 9:50 AMSubject: Fwd: Baby Sea Gull sightingTo: John Hassett <johnwhassett@gmail.com> ---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Kate Hassett <hassettack@gmail.com> Date: Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 9:48 AMSubject:...

[Maine-birds] south unity

have had 2 pair of rose breasted grosbeaks here for over 3 weeks. lots of doves, purple finches and the usuals.. have not had an oriole here in 2 years. Diana in south unity ...

[Maine-birds] Sanford Sewage Plant, black-billed cuckoo

watched a black-billed cuckoo for several minutes...........nice walk in the rain I got a few good shots of birds in GA while on vacation this spring. Killdeer, purple martin, bluebird, and the coolest red-headed woodpecker http://www.flickr.com/photos/22247688@N04/ (the least terns are in Maine) purple martin: http://www.flickr.com/photos/22247688@N04/8926677207/ killdeer: http://www.flickr.com/photos/22247688@N04/8914094546/in/photostream/ red-headed...

Friday, 28 June 2013

RE: [Maine-birds] phippsburg glossy ibis #

I happened to be at Sebasco Resort today for a conference and was thrilled to count 29 Glossy Ibis there. Mike From: maine-birds@googlegroups.com [maine-birds@googlegroups.com] on behalf of Robin R Robinson [rrrobinson2010@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 6:30 PM To: maine-birds@googlegroups.com Subject: [Maine-birds] phippsburg glossy ibis # Phippsburg, Maine Sebasco just now Glossy ibis # 25 Got...

[Maine-birds] This Week's Highlights, 6/23-28

Hi all, Not surprisingly, most of my week was spent catching up from being away on tour, but I did sneak out a few times. Those highlights included:-1 BLACK-NECKED STILT, 1-2 SEASIDE SPARROWS, and 1 Greater Yellowlegs, Eastern Road Trail, Scarborough Marsh, 6/23 (with Danny Akers).- 3 Yellow-throated Vireos, 1 family group of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, and 1 Pied-billed Grebe, Morgan Meadow WMA, 6/25 (with Danny Akers...

[Maine-birds] phippsburg glossy ibis #

Phippsburg, Maine Sebasco just nowGlossy ibis # 25Got a call from a neighbor that there were "hundreds of black ibis" at Sebasco Resort. Jumped in the car though it was nearly dark and fog pea soup thick. My husband and I counted 25 on the drive going to the resort on the right. Birds took off when pedestrian came along. My consolation for their take off and no possible way to get pics was to have ice cream: Maine Moose Tracks....

[Maine-birds] Purple Finch juveniles

Nice to see several Purple Finch fledglings being fed by their mom and dad in the yard today here in Unity. Juvenile Downy Woodpecker arrived earlier in the week. Phoebes remain in the nest but should be out any day along with the noisy sapsucker nestlings. Hopefully today's downpours don't cause a lot of mortality among the little guys. Good birding,tom -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com...

[Maine-birds] Finding Bicknell's at Baxter SP

Hi All -My wife and I are nearing the end of our 12 day visit in Maine. We'd like to put a full day into finding a Bicknell's Thrush at Baxter SP. We are capable of hiking a good distance and were thinking of doing the Chimney Pond trail and returning to the start at Roaring Brook Campground via the Helon Taylor trail. Between the elevation change and the length of the combined trails, I was hoping...

[Maine-birds] GREAT WHITE HERON, Webhannet Marsh area, Wells 25-26 June

Doug Hitchcox received a report by Brian Harris of a GREAT WHITE HERON in the Webhannet marsh and adjacent wetlands between Mile Road and Harbor Road in Wells. The bird was found Tuesday the 25th and photographed Wednesday. Being like a Great Blue, folks might focus on areas nearer freshwater inlets or ponds around the margins of the marsh. This is a form currently classified as a subspecies of Great Blue Heron and would be a...

[Maine-birds] Red-neck Stint

Realizing not a Maine bird but my wife Linda and myself had to go for such a rare bird. Found on beach 7 on Plum Island , Mass. Beautiful colorations with great looks. The bird is still being seen. Even in pouring rain the bird is actively feeding. Breeds in Northern Ak. and considered an Asian species. Go for it. Skip Small Rock port. Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com...

[Maine-birds] First Rose Breasted Grosbeak

Yesterday morning at 8:30 a.m. I saw my first Rose Breasted Grosbeak!! I saw the bird eating at my bird feeder. They really are beautiful birds !! -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and...

Thursday, 27 June 2013

[Maine-birds] purple finch display, Webber Pond, Bremen

this morning, one of the two purple finch males who come to my feeders was balanced on the roof of the platform feeder. He began flapping his wings--at first slowly and then more and more quickly until the motion was a blur--then he rose above the feeder standing in the air until he and the female purple finch suddenly dove together and then zoomed out of sight in the oak trees--the whole display was beautiful and...

[Maine-birds] MACHIAS SEAL ISLAND REPORT

I returned to the island on Wednesday, June 19th, from a rather unplanned absence of about 8 months. The Alcids are well into their breeding cycle, albeit running later than usual by a good bit. Friends tell me the same story from Great Britian.Perhaps because of the wide spread and widely reported seabird deaths, there seems to be fewer PUFFINS this year. I've never made any secret that I believe the situation is...

[Maine-birds] Re: Maine-birds Guidelines

On Sunday, October 28, 2012 7:56:09 PM UTC-4, Doug Hitchcox wrote:Hello Maine-birders:First I want to thank everyone for your participation on the listserv: this marks the 10,000th message to be posted since we switched servers in June 2010. Since then our membership continues to grow: now at 727 members and it was just November of last year that we crossed 600. Now as we continue through rarity season and approach winter, I want...

Wednesday, 26 June 2013

[Maine-birds] Red breasted grosbeak

Hi all-Just male red breasted grosbeak at my suet feeder. 1st one I've seen in several years. I'm in Camden, near the SnowBowl.Happy birding!Kali -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe...

[Maine-birds] Maine RBA - June 25, 2013

Name: Maine Audubon Rare Bird Alert Reporting Period: June 19 – 25, 2013 Area: State of Maine Compilers: Doug Hitchcox Noteworthy Species Mentioned: Red-billed Tropicbird+ Swallow-tailed Kite+ Tricolored Heron White-faced Ibis+ American Golden-Plover Black-necked Stilt American Three-toed Woodpecker Clay-colored Sparrow Seaside Sparrow (+ Details requested by Maine Bird Records Committee) York County A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW...

[Maine-birds] BNST & SESP - Scarborough Marsh Bird Walk, 6/26

I had the pleasure of leading the Scarborough Marsh Audubon Center's first walk of the season this morning. These walks meet at the nature center and go out each Wednesday morning throughout the summer. The sharp-tailed sparrows are our usual targets but those were very easy compared to the other highlights of this morning's walk along the Eastern Trail: One of the SEASIDE SPARROWS (SESP) continued in its typical location but...

[Maine-birds] Black-necked Stilt - YES , Eastern Road Trail, 6/16

Hi all,Danny Akers reports that the BLACK-NECKED STILT continues in the salt pannes off of the Eastern Road Trail as of 11:30 this morning. -Derek ------------------Jeannette and Derek LovitchFreeport Wild Bird Supply541 Route One, Suite 10Freeport, ME 04032Ph: (207)865-6000/Fax: (207)865-6069www.freeportwildbirdsupply.comVisit our E-store http://store.freeportwildbirdsupply.c...

[Maine-birds] Weskeag wren

A singing long-billed marsh wren was near the front panne by the parking area at Weskeag Marsh this AM about 10:00. Never seen one there before. Gl...

Tuesday, 25 June 2013

[Maine-birds] Broad-winged Hawk

Broad-wing Hawk hanging around my property in Rock port today. Skip Small -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com....

[Maine-birds] Oystercatchers on Appledore Island

Rich Aaronian just e-mailed me at 4 PM from Appledore Island in Maine to report 2 American Oystercatchers seen heading south toward the NH State line. Perhaps they'll end up in Hampton harbor, NH? Steve Mirick Bradford, MA -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed...

[Maine-birds] Stilt NO

I watched and waited at the Eastern Rd. salt pannes from 12:30 PM until 4:00 PM and much to my dismay, never saw the Black-necked Stilt. Julie Krasne Yarmouth -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. ...

[Maine-birds] RFI: Scarborough Marsh/White-faced Ibis, Black-necked Stilt & Kennebunk Clay-colored Sparrow Details

Would someone be kind enough to provide directions and specifics for someone unfamiliar with these areas? I'll be heading north on Friday morning for several days in Rangeley. I would like to add these species to my trip list... :-) Thank you. Cordially, Eddie ************************************** Edward M. Giles, president Brookline Bird Club, Inc. http://www.brooklinebirdclub.org/ egiles@brooklinebirdclub.org -- --...

[Maine-birds] Cancellation on Stratton today's trip

We just had a cancellation for one for the 1 o'clock Stratton trip if anyone's interested please call Linda at 207-415-8331 Linda Woodard 207-415-8331 Sent from my iPhone > -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe...

[Maine-birds] Possible SWALLOW-TAILED KITE, North Yarmouth, 6/24

Hi all, I have received a report, albeit with limited details, of what sure sounds like a SWALLOW-TAILED KITE observed over Plainview Farm Perennials on Mountfort Road in NorthYarmouth yesterday at approximately 11:00am, moving from east to west overhead. The observer is not a "birder," per se, and presumably did not have binoculars, but obviously, there isn't much that one can mistake this for. -Derek Sent from my iPhone --...

Monday, 24 June 2013

[Maine-birds] Black-necked Stilt, etc. Scarborough Marsh

The bird was foraging in a panne, two to the SW from the duck blind this morning. This panne has little to no Spartina fringing the edges. At about 10:40 AM, it flew to the nearest panne to the Eastern Trail, where it loafed with a few mallards. Other items on the walk out across the marsh included:1 singing Seaside Sparrow (and a possible, silent second bird)Pair of Blue-winged Teal1 Lesser Yellowlegs (seems...

[Maine-birds] BB Cuckoo in Harmony, more Ovenbirds?

New yardbird for us. Coloring suggests this is a juvenile. We are seeing and hearing more Ovenbirds this summer, and our WT Sparrows are excellent singers. We can hear every syllable of Old Sam Peabody, Peabody, Peabody. Maggie Strickland Harmony ME -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 ---...

[Maine-birds] Black stilt Scarborough marsh eastern trail pannes

Now. 5:25 Peter Sent from my iPhone -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit...

[Maine-birds] Waterville meadowlarks

I have been doing a lot of birding by bicycle this spring/summer and have heard many things I would not have heard by car. Today I had not one, but two meadowlarks. The first was on the Webb Road on the corner of 8 Rod Road. The second was further down 8 Rod Road. I missed the one on Town Farm Road in Sidney this time. I have driven these roads a zillion times in the nine years I've lived here and never saw (or heard) the...

[Maine-birds] gull wing tag sighting In Princeton, ME

Hi Folks, My daughter and her fiancé saw a wing-tagged ring-billed gull on June 21 at the Princeton Town Landing. They were able to get the wing tag number without binoculars. There is an attachment with the history of sightings for this bird. Banded as a juvenile on 11-15-12 in Worcester, MA, it gets around and...

[Maine-birds] Red Knot, etc.-Popham Beach SP, 6.23.13

Spurred on by my husband's desire to see a Least Tern, we drove to Popham Beach SP last yesterday afternoon. The tide was very low thanks to the full moon. Highlights of our hour-long visit: LEAST TERN-18 standing around on beach and feeding, several seen carrying little fish from water's edge back to nestCommon Tern-1PIPING PLOVER-6 standing around on beach,1 sitting on nest Black-bellied Plover-8 in varying...

Re: [Maine-birds] Warbler question....

Kayla, Birding by ear is a marvelous way to move through the world, isn't it? There are at least six variations of Black-throated Blue songs and at least five variations of Cerulean songs. One of the Black-throated Blue songs is quite similar to one of the Cerulean songs, and their preferred habitat types overlap. Although there is a difference in pitch and rhythm for the similar songs, it's pretty easy to confuse either one...

[Maine-birds] Re. banded Ibis, Scarborough

Re. the banded Ibis I reported at Eastern Road, Scarborough Marsh on Thursday: it's been brought to my attention that the bird in my photo shows no specific characteristics of a White-faced Ibis (such as pink legs, which I knew the bird didn't have, but was ready to call it a WFIB anyway, as some sources and photos give examples of this species with drab legs with only a hint of pink around the knees), and...

Sunday, 23 June 2013

[Maine-birds] Re: Warbler question....

Thanks to the replies. I was inspired to google atypical black throated blue songs and came up with this one:http://www.flickr.com/photos/54277284@N05/7315935404That's what I heard. At least now I can sleep tonight. -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message...

[Maine-birds] Banded White-face Ibis

At Eastern Rd., Scarborough Marsh on Thurs. 6-20 there was a WHITE-FACED IBIS nearby off the trail that I got a photo of just before it turned and flew off. The photo is from a back angle but you can still see the white spectacle (prominent when seen before it turned) and there's a band (appears grey or green) on the...

[Maine-birds] Warbler question....

OK so every single weekend I go hiking in the White Mountains and because I like to hike fast, I like to bird by ear. I thought I was getting to be pretty pro at this but I keep hearing this warbler that confuses me and I need an opinion. This bird sounds like a cross between a black throated blue and a black throated green....aka it sounds like a cerulean warbler. Instead of a laid back zee zee zo zo zeet, its...

Re: [Maine-birds] Black- necked Stilt

Still present at 2, same area. CaseySent from my iPhoneOn Jun 23, 2013, at 9:43 AM, rob speirs <rspeirs1@gmail.com> wrote:Oops..my original email went to the wrong address. Stilt still there at 7:30 this am...pannes...way out by duck blind. rob cumberland -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 ...

Re: [Maine-birds] Maine-New Hampshire Tour results (163 species), 6/16-22

Hah! After all we went through to see it (as the formerly reliable locations have mysteriously become less reliable), followed by an unbelievable experience, I cannot believe I ommitted Spruce Grouse! -Derek ------------------Jeannette and Derek LovitchFreeport Wild Bird Supply541 Route One, Suite 10Freeport, ME 04032Ph: (207)865-6000/Fax: (207)865-6069www.freeportwildbirdsupply.comVisit our E-store http://store.freeportwildbirdsupply.com/...