I went birding at the Mount Desert Island High School this morning. What was going to be a quick stop to see if there was anything interesting on the ponds (a male American Wigeon, a female Bufflehead, and a female Green-winged Teal were all good) turned into an hour of chasing sparrows. There seemed to be a sparrow fallout! The sparrows were all rapidly flitting about, making it difficult to get on any of them for very long. Highlights: 1 Clay-colored Sparrow! at least 60 Song Sparrows, and 1 Nelson’s Sparrow. The list:
2 Chipping Sparrow
1 Clay-colored Sparrow
1 Savannah Sparrow
1 Nelson’s Sparrow
60+ Song Sparrow
1 Lincoln’s Sparrow
3 White-throated Sparrow
20+ unidentified sparrows
Richard MacDonald
The Natural History Center
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P.O. Box 6
Bar Harbor, Maine 04609
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207/266-9461 (mobile)
Rich@TheNaturalHistoryCenter.com
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