Hi Folks,
Yesterday I saw a savannah sparrow at the Hatch Hill Landfill in Augusta at lunchtime.
Today I heard an eastern phoebe at the end of canal street. The channel area was fairly open with chunks of ice floating downstream. The ice on the on the opposite side of the river was bordered by hundreds of gulls. I did not have time to scan the group,
went to the landfill to introduce two of our grand kids (10 and 8 yrs. old) to look for eagles and introduce them to landfill bird watching at the same time eating lunch. Eagles were scarce for some odd reason. The girls, however, had a blast.
The visit brought back memories of introducing my daughter to gull watching at open landfills in Machias, East Machias and Jonesport. Her first visit was memorable because I captured an adult herring gull by sneaking up on the bird by hiding behind the large trash bag it was routing through. I leaped out from behind the bag and caught it to provide a close-up view. Unfortunately, she did not get hooked on landfill birding..
Good birding in this spring-like weather.
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Norman Famous, Wetlands and Wildlife Ecologist
513 Eight Rod Road
Augusta, ME 04330
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