Saturday, 8 June 2013

[Maine-birds] Re: (Maine Birds) Mount Desert Island Birds: Yellow-bellied Flycatcher’s and Swainson’s Thrush

Mount Desert Island Birds:  Yellow-bellied Flycatcher's and Swainson's Thrush

Emerson Middle School, Hancock, US-ME
Jun 5, 2013 7:45 AM
Protocol: Incidental
Comments:   Weather is fabulous
4 species

Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)  1
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)  2
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)  1
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)  1
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14359061

Beech Mountain Acadia National Park, Hancock, US-ME
Jun 5, 2013 6:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Comments:     Mike and Cord Heaney from Nebraska.  Old memories about Turtles researched in the sand hills of western Nebraska  and times on the plains.  No Spruce Grouse but Yellow-bellied Flycatchers everywhere on the south ridge trail . Great pictures
24 species (+1 other taxa)

Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)  1
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)  2
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus)  1
Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)  1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris)  3     Three distinct territories separated by distance and habitat.  The first bird was about as high in elevation as I have ever heard them before.

Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius)  1
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)  1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)  2
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)  7
swallow sp. (Hirundinidae sp.)  1
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)  10
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)  2
Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis)  1
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)  23     We walked over the mountain and into the south valley... many birds were seen and counted

Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)  3     Great looks and calling ... omg excellent call notes loud and forceful. Clearly on territory
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  2
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)  2

Nashville Warbler (Oreothlypis ruficapilla)  1     This Nashville is HIGH on Beech Mountain. Foraging but are they nesting down below?? I associate nesting with edge habitat of small and large wetland enclosures.  This male has been here for at least 3 years….
Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca)  2
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens)  1     phished right to us, sat , sang and Photos
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)  4
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens)  6
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)  1
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)  3
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14359145

 

Michael

 

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
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