Sunday, 28 July 2013

[Maine-birds] eBird Report - ME-ISS-45 Seawall Beach, Phippsburg, Plot 1, Jul 27, 2013

 

 

And so migration has begun, and it seems my summer has barely started! A fab day to spend on the beach counting birds. On salt marsh on the way in to the beach (Morse Mountain Bates/Colby conservation area) nice flock of 12 Glossy Ibis, also.  

 
> Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 14:46:42 -0400
> From: do-not-reply@ebird.org
> To: rrrobinson2010@hotmail.com
> Subject: eBird Report - ME-ISS-45 Seawall Beach, Phippsburg, Plot 1, Jul 27, 2013
>
> ME-ISS-45 Seawall Beach, Phippsburg, Plot 1, Sagadahoc, US-ME
> Jul 27, 2013 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
> Protocol: Area
> 100.0 ac
> Comments: 1 hr before and 1 hr after high tide; high tide 3:38pm =9.8'; unable to access plot 2, the most easterly area due to tide, high disturbance on east end of plot 1 beach - 68 people, birds disturbed on west end 2 times by pedestrian and paddle boarders, large flock of shorebirds resting on most westerly end of plot, beach otherwise devoid of shorebirds on eastern half where beachgoers congregated, sunny, temp 78, south west winds about 5 mph, ME Enhanced shorebird monitoring program
> 17 species
>
> Common Loon 1 fly over
> Double-crested Cormorant 12
> Snowy Egret 1 fly over
> Glossy Ibis 1 fly over
> Osprey 2
> Black-bellied Plover 0
> Semipalmated Plover 108 count accurate based on examination of photographs - photos available, mixed flock with Semi Palmated Sandpipers, birds resting, not feeding
> Piping Plover 6 nest in cordoned conservation area along dunes, adult birds present with chicks, all feeding and resting on nest, young do not show flight intent or practice yet
> Killdeer 0
> Ruddy Turnstone 0
> Red Knot 0
> Sanderling 0
> Semipalmated Sandpiper 275 count approximate, too bunched together resting to be exact, mixed flock with Semi Palmated plovers, birds resting, not feeding
> Least Sandpiper 0
> Ring-billed Gull 33
> Herring Gull 18
> Great Black-backed Gull 6
> Common Tern 15
> Mourning Dove 6 fly over 4, 2 on dunes
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
> Tree Swallow 4
> Barn Swallow 9
> Savannah Sparrow 1 dunes
>
> View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14802951
>
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (/content/iss)

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