[Maine-birds] Additional Highlights This Week and Goose Fields Update, 10/26-11/1

Hi all,

A few more sightings of note from me in the past seven days in the heart of "Rarity Season", in addition to what I have already posted here:

- 1 Common Yellowthroat and 1 Eastern Towhee, Twin Brook Rec Area, Cumberland, 10/26 (with Saturday Morning Birdwalk group).

- 1 Fox Sparrow (first-of-fall), Augusta Nature Education Center Trails, 10/29 (with Jeannette).

- 14 Bald Eagles, Hatch Hill Landfill, Augusta, 10/29 (with Jeannette).

- 1 American Coot (FOF) and 3 American Wigeon (FOF), Clinton sewage treatment ponds, 10/29 (with Jeannette).

- 1 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, Hedgehog Mountain Park, Freeport, 10/30.

- 840 American Robins, 213 Common Grackles, 38 Red-winged Blackbirds, 1 Red-shouldered Hawk, 1 Rusty Blackbird, 7 Green-winged Teal (Yard Bird #111), etc - big diurnal flight between 10:00am and 11:30 am over the store here in Freeport, 10/30 (with Jeannette).

- 1 NASHVILLE WARBLER, 1 Marsh Wren, 2 Common Yellowthroats, 3 Field Sparrows, 1 Snow Bunting (FOF), and 4 Purple Sandpipers (FOF), Eastern Promenade, Portland, 10/31 (with Cameron Cox).

- 1 adult Northern Shrike (FOF), Private Property in Cape Elizabeth, 10/31 (with Cameron Cox).

- 8 Harlequin Ducks (FOF), Dyer Point, Cape Elizabeth, 10/31 (with Cameron Cox).

 

"Greater Yarmouth Goose Fields" Update:

Canada Goose numbers, especially Greenland-type, continue to build with a high count of 851 on 10/31 (with Cameron Cox), but alas, the rarities have missed us so far!  A Pectoral Sandpiper that has been present on Greely Road since 10/21, was joined by a second bird on 10/28 and both continued through 10/31. 

 

-Derek