[Maine-birds] another snowy owl

At the risk of "piling on", there was a young Snowy Owl perched on a rock farther offshore than the Fox Islands (off Popham Beach) this late morning.  Ran into Don Reimers there and he and I got unsatisfactory (distant) looks.  This bird is much darker on the chest than the face.  Where it will settle remains to be seen. 

Isn't it great when this flurry of Snowy Owl sightings happens?

Also at Popham (or nearby) this morning:

- an adult "Tundra" Peregrine Falcon, perched more than an hour on piece of driftwood

- 40 Horned Larks dragging around at least one L Longspur. Also 3 Ipswich Sparrows.

- A Black-headed Gull, sort of next to a flock of 35 Bonies, feeding on zooplankton

- 152 Dunlins in Spirit Pond

- A solo Lesser Scaup at Alliquippa

- a huge, building flock of Am Robins circulating between Bald Head and Small Point.

Actually a pretty good morning of birding, in this sketchy weather.  I elected to leave my new camera in the truck, due to nearly constant driz.

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