[Maine-birds] Cape Elizabeth through Biddeford, Westbrook, etc (SNOW, CANV, RLHA, LESC, GRSC, AMWI, RNDU, new arrivals, etc), 3/21.

Hi all,

I spent a wonderful - albeit windy - spring-like day today birding in the area with a client visiting from Buffalo.  In addition to our "targets" (Harlequin Duck, Purple Sandpiper, and Great Cormorant), we enjoyed the following:

- scattered Common Grackles (FOY), Cape Elizabeth.

- 2 SNOWY OWLS, Biddeford Pool.

- 1 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, Wood Island from East Point, Biddeford Pool.

- 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler, East Point.

- 1 male, 2 female American Wigeons (FOS), 1 drake Lesser Scaup, and 18 Greater Scaup, Saco Rivermouth from Hill's Beach.

- 1 pair continuing CANVASBACKS, along with 12 Ring-necked Ducks, Westbrook Riverwalk.

- 1 adult Great Cormorant (unexpected bonus) and 1 1st-winter "normal Kumlien's" Iceland Gull, Riverbank Park, Westbrook.

- 50 Common Grackles, Cumberland Center and 30 on Greely Road, Cumberland.

- scattered small numbers of Red-winged Blackbirds and scattered Turkey Vultures.

-Derek

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Derek and Jeannette Lovitch
Freeport Wild Bird Supply
541 Route One, Suite 10
Freeport, ME 04069
207-865-6000
www.freeportwildbirdsupply.com

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