[Maine-birds] This Week's Highlights, 6/8-14

Hi all,

Much of my week was spent enjoying, and/or showing others, the area's breeding birds.  Therefore, the real highlights were cooperative Saltmarsh and Nelson's Sparrows, Roseate Terns, Atlantic Puffins, and a variety of desired warblers, etc.  As for things less-expected, those highlights this week included:

 

- 3 RED KNOTS, Wharton Point, Brunswick, 6/8 (with Saturday Morning Birdwalk group).

- 4 Grasshopper Sparrows, Hollis, 6/9 (with Phil McCormack).

- 1 active nest of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, with adults feeding nestlings, Old Town House Park, North Yarmouth, 6/10 (with clients).

- _52_ Black Scoters, 3 Surf Scoters, and 4 Long-tailed Ducks, Simpson's Point, Brunswick, 6/10 (with clients).

- 16 Black-bellied Plovers, Pine Point, Scarborough, 6/11 (with client).

- 30 Black Scoters and 5 Long-tailed Ducks, Simpson's Point, 6/11 (with client).

- 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper, Wharton Point, Brunswick, 6/11 (with client).

- 3-4 fledgling Blue-gray Gnatcatchers being fed by adults, Old Town House Park, 6/11 (with client).

 

Photos of the fledgling Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, plus a few shots from Eastern Egg Rock on 6/11, are on my new blog, here:

http://mebirdingfieldnotes.wordpress.com/2013/06/14/3-days-of-breeding-season-private-guiding/

 

-Derek

 

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Jeannette and Derek Lovitch
Freeport Wild Bird Supply
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