Re: [Maine-birds] Snowy Owl roundup Sunday?

Hey everyone:

First, a huge thanks to Michael for mapping these points and sharing those maps with us. Also for suggesting a coordinated effort to check some of these 'holes'. Some may not actually be holes but instead are just not being reported on the listserv: both positives and negatives. (For example: Nubble Lighthouse had two reported on 2 Dec and a single bird was photographed there on 3 Dec. Plus Waldo County just got on the map today!)

I would like to strongly encourage everyone to report your Snowy Owl sightings to eBird. As a central database, eBird is poised to track this invasion using reports from across the country and be able to compare this data to past (and future) years. Also, checklists submitted to eBird are archived daily and are accessible to anyone, anytime. Please feel free to email me directly if you have any questions about joining or submitting sightings to eBird. You can get started here: http://ebird.org/ebird/me/submit

Good birding,

Doug Hitchcox

Staff Naturalist

Maine Audubon

207-781-2330 x237

dhitchcox@maineaudubon.org

On Dec 05, 2013, at 09:45 AM, "Smith, Michael" <Michael.Smith@maine.gov> wrote:

So being a geographer I am always interested in the 'holes' in a map.  Looking at the observations that have been posted make it clear the Snowy Owls seem to be limited to the coast south and east of MDI (including MDI).

 

Could I suggest a concerted effort among birders to look for Snowies all along the coast on Sunday?  Weather will be pleasant and we could collectively knock out some of the gaps in the map.

 

Specifically, I am wondering if folks would be willing to look in the following areas that currently don't show Snowy sightings, but seem likely to have the owls based on location and habitat:

 

 

Fort Foster and Crescent Beach – Kittery

 

East Point/Prebles Point/Long Beach/Cape Neddick

 

Ogunquit (Cliff House area)/Ogunquite Beach/Moody Beach

 

Ferry Beach/OOB/Pine Point

 

Casco Bay Islands

 

Orrs and Bailey Islands

 

Reid State Park

 

Bristol/Pemaquid Point

 

Isle Au Haut (anybody out there?)

 

 

 

East of MDI:

 

Schoodic Point

 

Petit Manan

 

Great Wass Island

 

 

Map is up to date I think: http://bit.ly/1ccRyAo

 

 

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Michael Smith MS GISP
State GIS Manager, Maine Office of GIS
State of Maine, Office of Information Technology
michael.smith _at_ maine.gov 207-215-5530

Board Member, Maine GeoLibrary
Education Chair, Maine GIS Users Group
State Rep, National States Geographic Information Council

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