Hi all,
The only non-shorebird observation of note from me in the past seven days - beyond what I have already reported - would be a single FORSTER'S TERN at Pine Point, Scarborough on 8/20 (with Jeannette). Shorebirds on the other hand...
My shorebird high counts this week:
Black-bellied Plover: 87 (most if not all adults) - Pine Point, 8/20 (with Jeannette).
Semipalmated Plover: 257 - Pine Point, 8/20 (with Jeannette)/ ~300 - Popham Beach State Park, Phippsburg, 8/23 (with clients).
Piping Plover: 5 (4 juv, 1 adults) - Popham Beach SP, 8/23 (with clients).
Killdeer: 13 - Highland Road, Brunswick, 8/18.
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER: 4 (two adults with 2 juveniles) - Pine Point, 8/20 (with Jeannette).
Greater Yellowlegs: 24 - Eastern Road, 8/19.
Lesser Yellowlegs: 47 (mostly juveniles) - Eastern Road, 8/19.
"Eastern" Willet: 2 juveniles - Pine Point, 8/20 (with Jeannette).
Whimbrel: 3 - Pine Point, 8/20 (with Jeannette).
Ruddy Turnstone: 1 juvenile - Popham Beach SP, 8/23 (with clients).
Sanderling: 80-100 - Popham Beach SP, 8/23 (with clients).
Semipalmated Sandpiper: 1800-2000 - Popham Beach SP, 8/23 (with clients).
Least Sandpiper: 200 (mostly juvenile) - Eastern Road, 8/19.
STILT SANDPIPER: 1 adult and 1 juvenile -Eastern Road, 8/19.
White-rumped Sandpiper: 45 adults - Eastern Road, 8/19.
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER: 1 (age unknown) - Weskeag Marsh, Thomaston, 8/18 (with Kristen Lindquist).
Pectoral Sandpiper: 1 juv - Popham Beach S.P, 8/23 (with clients).
Short-billed Dowitcher: 47 (all juvenile) - Eastern Road, 8/19.
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE: 1 juvenile - Eastern Road, 8/19 (photos) AND 1 on the beach at Popham Beach SP, 8/23 (with clients; photos).
-Derek
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Jeannette and Derek Lovitch
Freeport Wild Bird Supply
541 Route One, Suite 10
Freeport, ME 04032
Ph: (207)865-6000/Fax: (207)865-6069
www.freeportwildbirdsupply.com
Visit our E-store http://store.freeportwildbirdsupply.com/
Jeannette and Derek Lovitch
Freeport Wild Bird Supply
541 Route One, Suite 10
Freeport, ME 04032
Ph: (207)865-6000/Fax: (207)865-6069
www.freeportwildbirdsupply.com
Visit our E-store http://store.freeportwildbirdsupply.com/
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