[Maine-birds] Messalonskee Yellow-rump, WW xbill

Hi folks,

I went to Messalonskee Marsh an a couple of nearby roads from 2:15 to about 4:30 this afternoon.  Waterfowl numbers have increased since earlier in the week.

The more interest birds or numbers include the following:

Miscellaneous Non-waterfowl

White-winged crossbill  1

Yellow-rumped warbler  1

Pine warbler  1

Sandhill crane  1

Pied-billed grebe  1

Glaucous gull  1  first cycle

Winter wren  1

Brown creeper  1 (singing)

Purple finch  1

Eastern phoebes ~10 (scattered)

Belted kingfisher  2

Tree swallow  4

Osprey  1

Bald eagle  1 (imm)

Domestic chicken  1 crowing

Northern cardinal  1

Black-capped chickadee  12

Juncos  4

Song sparrow  4

White-breasted nuthatch  1

Red-winged blackbird  ~50

Common grackle  ~10

Mourning dove  1

Hairy woodpecker  1

American robin  2

American goldfinch  1

American crow  6

Common raven  1

Waterfowl

Ring-necked duck  ~225+ (high number

Common merganser  ~115 (high number)

Green-winged teal  12

American black duck  14

Mallard  8

Bufflehead  6

Common goldeneye  10

Hooded merganser  14

Canada geese  ~90  There were about 20-25 pairs scattered through the marsh plus a slug of geese sitting on the edge of the ice

Amphibians

Spring peeper  1

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Norman Famous, Wetlands and Wildlife Ecologist

513 Eight Rod Road

Augusta, ME 04330

(207) 623 6072

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