This morning I checked out a few spots around Cape Elizabeth. Carolina Wrens (1 each) were at Fort William (north side of the park, between the small sandy beach and the neighborhood bordering the park property) and Two Lights State Park (right by the entrance booth/pay station). On the water from Two Lights S.P. were a ton of Common Eiders with 2 each of Black Scoter and Surf Scoter (no White-Winged seen), about 8 Harlequin Ducks, a Lesser Scaup and a Long-Tailed Duck. All easily seen with binoculars (and doable with the naked eye if you can see well). Lastly, by the Lobster Shack/"Two Lights" lighthouse was a Peregrine Falcon making a few threatening swoops around the birds resting on the rocky shoreline--I assumed it was a Merlin from a distance, but it flew closer and, with binoculars, I got a very good look at it. Red-Breasted Mergansers were seen throughout the day as well in the area.
-- All in all a fun morning!
Kyle TePoel
East Winthrop, ME
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