[Maine-birds] This Week's Highlights, 6/1-7

Hi all,

 

A handful of observations of note from me in the past seven days as we transition into the heart of breeding season, include:

 

- 1 pair Blue-gray Gnatcatchers feeding young, Old Town House Park, North Yarmouth, 6/1 (with Saturday Morning Birdwalk group).

- migrants in the Biddeford Pool neighborhood on 6/2 included 2 Blackpoll Warblers, 2 Magnolia Warblers, 6 American Redstarts, and 2 Eastern Wood-Pewees.

- 1 Red-necked Grebe, Ocean Avenue, Biddeford Pool, 6/2.

- 2 ORCHARD ORIOLES (one immature male, one female), 3 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers (including pair at nest), and 4 Great Cormorants, Fort Foster, Kittery, 6/3 (with Chris Borg and Kristen Lindquist).

- 1 continuing CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, 4 Upland Sandpipers, 14 Grasshopper Sparrows, etc, Kennebunk Plains, 6/4 (with Jeannette).

- 1 Pied-billed Grebe, 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 2 Sora, etc, Sanford Sewerage facility, 6/4 (with Jeannette).

- 1 Fish Crow, Capisic Pond Park, Portland, 6/5 (from which colony is this bird from?).

 

-Derek

 

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