[Maine-birds] Northern Maine Birds : Eurasian Wigeon, Redhead juvies, Common Eider

Hi All,

Its been a long time since I've been out birding locally... I went around Caribou, Limestone and Fort Fairfield and finally made it out to Lake Josephine in Easton after more than a months absence.  Things were hopping.  

I saw more than a dozen broods of waterfowl, including a hen Ring-necked Duck that was caring for 3 Redhead juvies in her brood.  I also saw 4 + broods of Gadwall and a couple of broods of American Wigeon.  Four adult Ruddy Duckss (3 drakes and a hen) and high count of 6 adult Redheads (no broods seen)

Best find was a drake Eurasian Wigeon in full eclipse plumage.  The bird was clearly a wigeon with a short, blue/gray bill, mahogany head, neck and breast and dark brown body plumage with a white forewing evident.   It was hanging out with a large (70+) flock of molting ducks including Mallards (mostly), Gadwall, Blacks, Ring-neckeds, Redheads and at least one apparent female American Wigeon with a brood.  

Heres a link to the eBird list with embedded photos of the wigeon and some of the other birds: 

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S19088159

Other good stuff today was a brood of Spotted Sandpipers with a nervous parent attending  and a very out-of-place drake Common Eider steaming down the Aroostook River in Fort Fairfield.  I also was surprised to find a late-ish singing male Tennessee Warbler in a spot in Limestone where I'd never seen them before

Good Birding,

Bill 

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Bill Sheehan
Woodland, Aroostook Co., Maine

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