[Maine-birds] Downeast Big Day

I'm sure this is going to make eBird say "are you sure?" A pre-festival
Downeast Big Day swept the coast from Columbia to Lubec today, amassing a
good list and some great sightings. We started with a Spruce Grouse in
Roque Bluffs that should provide fodder for jokes. At the end of my
favorite trail, I had to explain that I frequently encounter a male in
this spot, but that it looks like we'll miss him today. That's when a
participant pointed out that the grouse was on a tree limb directly over
my head, in plain sight, merely 6 feet away. The twerp.

Other mega-highlights included a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher along the North
Trail of Moosehorn NWR - Edmunds Div. A Brant was on South Lubec Road
opposite Pike's Pond. Best of all, a Tri-colored Heron was behind the
beach at South Lubec Sand Flats. That's very rare up in these here parts.

Bob Duchesne
www.mainebirdingtrail.com

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