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 was easy for us to pick up because it would sit up on a birdhouse and sing for a few minutes at a time. Check the birdhouses pretty far out but especially near one occupied by Tree Swallows.
The BLACK-NECKED STILT (BNST) was spotted by Pat Moynahan in the panne closer to the hunting blind where others have been reporting it. Soon after spotting it, the bird flew a short distance south to the large panne that is in line with Seavey's Landing. The bird was feeding in a small panne behind the large one that is visible from the trail, it could be seen by climbing up the large tree near the end of the trail though! It took awhile for everyone to get a good look but eventually the bird stepped closer and gave us all great scope views.
Our focus on the rarities limited us to 35 species on the trail this morning. Pat had the WHITE-FACED IBIS on the west side of the Eastern Trail before we started this morning. Here is a complete list from our walk:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/email?subID=S14506832
Good birding,
Doug Hitchcox
Hollis, ME
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