Maine birds And MOAC mountainbiking

Sunday, 31 August 2014

Re: [Maine-birds] Re: Looking for Chimney Swifts

We have a lot of chimney swifts down here in Biddeford. Many nights I see them in my neighborhood feeding overhead or downtown by the old mills.Jon EdstromBiddeford From: Delia Guzman...

Re: [Maine-birds] Re: Looking for Chimney Swifts

There's a roost on downtown Brunswick. They settle in the chimney of a dry cleaners here. Catty corner across from gelato fiasco. Sent from my iPhoneOn Aug 31, 2014, at 6:22 PM, Fyn Kynd <fynkynd@gmail.com> wrote:There are many around Belfast but not sure where their roost is.Cheers,Fyn -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207...

Re: [Maine-birds] Sandhill Cranes

have to be real early. Im headin 2 cornish prob around 9. -----Original Message----- From: 'rscher34' via Maine birds <maine-birds@googlegroups.com> To: Maine-birds <maine-birds@googlegroups.com> Sent: Sun, Aug 31, 2014 4:53 pm Subject: [Maine-birds] Sandhill Cranes Has anyone seen the sandhill cranes in Raymond recently? Thanks!! Judith Scher -- ...

[Maine-birds] Re: Looking for Chimney Swifts

There are many around Belfast but not sure where their roost is.Cheers,Fyn -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com....

[Maine-birds] Sandhill Cranes

Has anyone seen the sandhill cranes in Raymond recently?Thanks!!Judith Sc...

[Maine-birds] Pine Point and Eastern Road

Surprised to find a pair of Hudsonian godwits on the sand bar across from the boat launch at Pine Point this morning at low tide. Also a pair of bald eagles munching on a dead fish a little upriver from the launch. Eastern Road pannes were quite, with quite a few white-rumps, two stilt sandpipers, and one long-billed dowitcher. No buff-breasted though.Cheers,BAB -- Bruce BartrugNobleboro, Maine, USAbbartrug@gmail.comwww.brucebartrug.comThe...

[Maine-birds] Mud Creek and Schoodic this morning

Hi all --In passing through, the Mud Creek Rd in Lamoine yielded a single Eastern Bluebird (in "Fennelyville"), an Osprey perching on a wire over Mud Creek and apparently hunting from that perch (unusual to see that behavior, I think?), and a single Am. Kestrel. At Schoodic Point this morning my wife and I enjoyed a small number of shorebirds including Semi Plovers, Least, Semisands, one Solitary, and two White-rumps. Mammals...

[Maine-birds] Unidentified bird on Katadin

Climbed Katadin Friday. Saw a sparrow-like bird with yellow eyebrow and a narrow yellow crown. Rest of bird appeared to be shades of brown. Any idea what species? -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe...

[Maine-birds] Looking for Chimney Swifts

If anyone knows of a communal chimney swift roost that is currently active, Portland through Bangor areas, we’d appreciate the information. We have a few late fledglings to release, but none of the sites we’ve known of in the past appear to be in use at this time. Thanks in advance,Diane at Avian Havenwww.avianhaven.org...

Saturday, 30 August 2014

[Maine-birds] 100th Anniversary death of the last passenger pigeon

Hi Folks, Hi Folks,Monday marks the 100th anniversary of the death of the last passenger pigeon. I copied the announcement from Bird Studies Canada (which is worth signing up for their newsletter; after all, Eastern Maine is part of the Maritimes). It is ironic, I guess the passing of the passenger pigeon gives meaning to the song of the mourning dove. "You may want to pause for a minute of silence at 1 p.m....

[Maine-birds] 2 Buff-breasts at Lubec Bar

Despite the general lack of shorebirds, i.e. <50 Semi Sandpipers, there were two exquisite juv. Buff-breasts feeding on the receding tide. Nothing else unexpected. Spectacular time on the water this morning with Chris B, as he enumerated. This is a splendid part of Maine and the Maritimes at this time of year, come on down. Best, Peter -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 ---...

[Maine-birds] Maine RBA - August 29, 2014

Name: Maine Audubon Rare Bird Alert Reporting Period: August 23 - 29, 2014 Area: State of Maine Compilers: Doug Hitchcox Noteworthy Species Mentioned: Mute Swan Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Hudsonian Godwit Marbled Godwit Baird's Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Wilson's Phalarope Crested Caracara York County On the 26th, two BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS were found at the Tuckahoe Turf Farm in Berwick. Curtis Cove...

[Maine-birds] Black-headed gull, little gull, etc, Eastport area

Barbara Vickery, Peter Vickery, Mary Bartlett and I went looking for birds by boat this morning from Eastport. The best action was in Western Passage between Eastport and Deer Island, NB. Bonaparte's gulls were feeding in the tide rips and we teased out a black-headed gull and a little gull from the mix. Porpoise brought a ball of Atlantic herring to the surface that attracted a frenzy of birds including nine bald...

RE: [Maine-birds] Disabled Cormorant - Good News!

To everyone interested in the Evergreen cormorant – The day Judy called me about this bird, I contacted the Game Warden who’d been monitoring the situation; he went to the cemetery the following day to re-assess capture possibilities, but could not find the cormorant. Coincidentally on the 26th, we received a call from Stoneledge Animal Hospital in Westbrook about a cormorant that had been brought to their clinic;...

Friday, 29 August 2014

[Maine-birds] Buff Breasted, Scarlet Tanager - Timber Point

Highlights of the day at Timber Point include a beautifully plumed BBSA and a SCTA (f). Curtis Cove Beach (at parking lot) been great for shorebirds at about mid-tides.Steve & Sue -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds"...

[Maine-birds] Fw: BBSA and STSA Eastern Rd Scarborough Marsh

Somehow I forgot to mention that there were also at least 4 adult Stilt Sandpipers along with the juvenile.Noah On Friday, August 29, 2014 8:45 PM, Noah Gibb <voodoochitlins@yahoo.com> wrote: I hit the Eastern Rd trail after work this afternoon and was treated to a lot of activity in the pannes. My first ever Buff-Breasted Sandpiper was the big highlight. That juvenile plumage looks amazing in the afternoon sunlight!...

[Maine-birds] BBSA and STSA Eastern Rd Scarborough Marsh

I hit the Eastern Rd trail after work this afternoon and was treated to a lot of activity in the pannes. My first ever Buff-Breasted Sandpiper was the big highlight. That juvenile plumage looks amazing in the afternoon sunlight! There also was a juvenile Stilt Sandpiper out there. I haven't seen one in a while since the 2, then 1 adult(s) that were around a few weeks ago and beyond. One of each juvenile and adult Pectoral...

[Maine-birds] Used book sale

We are having a used book sale starting tomorrow at the Scarborough Marsh Audubon Center. We have many bird books for different locations around the world and books on a variety of topics. We will be open from 9 to 530 all weekend. We are also having sales in the store. So feel free to come down and check out our books and maybe bring some of your own. They don't have to be nature books they could be on any subjects as long...

[Maine-birds] Buffy still in Lubec 8/29

I saw a juvenile buff-breasted sandpiper at the South Lubec Sand Bar this morning, likely the same bird that Rob found there yesterday. I first spotted it way out on the flats feeding with SB dowitchers about 4 hours before high tide. The bird was poking along the wrack line high up on the beach by the time I left two hours later. Overall shorebird numbers were quite low for this time of year. Many thanks to Rob for...

[Maine-birds] more pondpipers, Augusta

Took my lunch down to the little retention pond here at 51 Commerce Drive in Augusta, where I work. Despite being only an acre in size, with only 800’ of shoreline, it continues to have some good freshwater shorebirding. Today I found: 2 Solitary Sandpipers 3 Spotted Sandpipers (two of whom spent the entire half-hour fighting...

[Maine-birds] Re: Captain Fitzgerald Preserve, Brunswick

Hi Steve;Thanks for this heads-up. I've birded the other side of the quarry pools, following the powerline, and agree the area has vast potential for birds.But there's a freakin' huge barrier across the road (Lindbergh Landing) as the woods begin. I'm a little chary of crossing things like that in Maine (although there are no signs prohibiting it). OK to leave truck here and walk in??It also looks like...

[Maine-birds] more about Gannets surprisingly far upriver

Howard Lake just forwarded this link to some sad news about Northern Gannets struggling to find food in warmer waters around Newfoundland breeding colonies. The two birds we saw were adults so maybe some adults have just had to give up and start searching further and wider for food sources…. http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2014-08-29/article-3851359/Gannets-abandoning-chicks-at-Cape-St.-Mary%26rsquo%3Bs/1 ...

[Maine-birds] RE: Gannets surprisingly far upriver

Actually was Wednesday, Aug. 27th for the record! Jeff From: maine-birds@googlegroups.com [mailto:maine-birds@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Wells Sent: Friday, August 29, 2014 9:29 AM To: Maine-Birds google list Subject: [Maine-birds] Gannets surprisingly far upriver Allison and I were birding with some friends on Barter’s Island near Boothbay on Tuesday morning and were very surprised...

[Maine-birds] Gannets surprisingly far upriver

Allison and I were birding with some friends on Barter’s Island near Boothbay on Tuesday morning and were very surprised to see two Northern Gannets off the west shore near the northern tip of the island. The spot is about 10 miles upriver and inland from Reid State Park where the mouth of the bay opens up between there and the tip of Southport. I used to bird as a teenager on some family property just around the corner...

Thursday, 28 August 2014

[Maine-birds] Popham Beach - Evening

We had dinner on the beach at Popham this evening, in the company of many happy surfers. The roaring surf provided ample photo ops in the setting sun, but the best sight was a flock of 5 Whimbrels, preceded by their mellow twitters, as they passed over our heads, and settled on the sandy beach, close to the lifeguard tower. Those birds are just plain exciting. -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 ---...

[Maine-birds] Hudsonian Godwit and j Baird's S at Popham Beach S P this afternoon

Jan Pierson and I birded Popham Beach this afternoon and saw a Hudsonian Godwit, 2 wicked tired j. Whimbrel, and a juvenile Baird's Sandpiper near the mouth of the Morse River. also of interest: 5+ White-rumps, 3 Roseate Terns, otherwise routine. Jan did flush a sparrow from the Spartina on Sand Island, not a Song Sparrow but unresolved. It's still there I bet. Best, Peter -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 ---...

[Maine-birds] Fwd: {Disarmed} WHSRNews Update: 28 August 2014

Calidriphiles, World Shorebird Day is coming up on September 6. Get out there and comb the flats! Good shorebirding, Norm Famous---------- Forwarded message ----------From: WHSRN <mgmorehouse@manomet.org> Date: Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 3:55 PMSubject: {Disarmed} WHSRNews Update: 28 August 2014To: nfamous@maine.edu ...

[Maine-birds] Lubec Flats - Update

Lubec Flats were unexpectedly quiet today, for this point in migration. Peeps were mostly Least with a fair number of Semi Sands. After an unsuccessful LB Dow playback, the only two Dowitchers in view, responded immediately to the Short-billed Dowitchers playback and practically landed in our laps. The only thing more exciting was an extremely cooperative Buff-breasted sandpiper that thought our creeping Jeep (vehicle as...

[Maine-birds] Red-necked Grebe at Pleasant Point: Great Egret at Harrington

We saw a Red-necked Grebe today in the waters off of the walking path at Pleasant Point. It was keeping company with Black Guillemots and Common Eiders. In the pond on the other side of the walking path (sweet grass meadow) there were Mallards, Black Ducks, Green-winged Teal, 4 Lesser Yellow-legs and 3 Semi-palmated Sandpipers. In the meadows to the north of the Highway 1A bridge in Harrington, we saw a Great...

[Maine-birds] 8/22 Great Wass Yellow-headed Blackbird: link to photos

I just returned home to MA and wifi, where I could upload all the shots I took of the YHBL on 8/22 at Pond Point on Great Wass Island. I tried to email a couple of people to get the word out, since I was not a member of this group at the time, but apparently that was ineffective. The bird was fairly inaccessible, though, and I did file an eBird report with a single photo for documentation. Anyway, here is a link to the flickr...

[Maine-birds] Growth report on Essex St sora chick

Photo only. http://photosbychance.zenfolio.com/p432832521/h27a3ee48#h27a3ee48 Cheers, Dave -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email...

[Maine-birds] Casco Bay - Aug 27

My daughter, niece and I went on an Odyssey Whale Watch under somewhat adverse conditions (strong SE swell and chop - beat into it head-on for 2 fruitless hours) and found a few birds, but surprisingly OK diversity. No whales seen. Many unhappy people on board. Odyssey trips have become a bit mammal-o-centric I believe. Bird Highlights: 2, maybe 3, Cory's shearwaters - one photo'd 1 Manx Shearwater 1 Great Shearwater 14 (est.)...

[Maine-birds] Crested Caracara not found Thursday morning 28 Aug

Word from several parties searching is negative. Louis Bevier Fairfield -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For...

[Maine-birds] pondpipers Augusta

In our tiny little stormwater retention pond at 51 Commerce Drive (Augusta) this morning was a nice group of 6 Solitary Sandpipers and 3 Spotted Sandpipers. The water is slowly receding from the rainstorms of two weeks ago and exposing muddy shoreline which the pipers are loving. =============================== Michael...

Wednesday, 27 August 2014

[Maine-birds] buff-belly

Yikes! We discovered a Golden Plover that we told about to another birder one time. He asked about the sex and we said it was an adult female. He said he saw it caught by a peregrine who had his lunch. There was also the famous video of a white-faced glossy ibis on Plum Island drowned by a peregrine and eaten, in full view of about 40 school kids a few years ago. I think you can still find it on YouTube. Mother Nature rules. Glenn -----Original...

[Maine-birds] Crested Caracara update -- no reports in afternoon

Unless someone isn't telling, the caracara was not seen after mid-late morning. I know several folks tried and could not find it. This said, the bird could sit for long periods and do that out of sight. There are few vantages in the area. To repeat, the stretch of route 139 here is unsafe, and no one should pull over to the shoulder and park unless on a pullout designed for that. Reynolds road is okay, but stay to the side as...

[Maine-birds] OT: tiger beetles

Mike Fahay suggested the black and white arthropods I've been finding at Popham beach were tiger beetles, and I believe he's correct. Here's the bronze tiger beetle, found here in Maine. http://eol.org/pages/289897/overviewhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/49679700@N07/8698032787/ I'll see if I can get a photo when next at Popham, as the beetles there seem whiter than those in these photos. There are a couple species...

[Maine-birds] Crested Caracara photos

David Ladd appears to have documentary evidence: https://flic.kr/p/oWftV2 Way to go! Louis -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For...

[Maine-birds] Wilson's Phalarope

in addition to Louis's buff breasted Sandpiper there was a Wilson's phalarope in the South Pond at flood brothers farm. It flew off with a lesser yellow legs, but there is a good chance it will come back. Rob Cumberland -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed...

[Maine-birds] Re: CRESTED CARACARA - Unity-Benton, 8/27 UPDATE, Wilson's Phalarope at Flood Farm

The caracara remained perched near Rt. 139 in Benton (0.1 miles west of Unity Twp. line, coordinates N 44.61178 W 69.44108) for about an hour and a half until about 9:30 am, when it flew back from the road out of sight. Rob Speirs et al. report not having found the bird as of 11:00 am. Rob also reports a Wilson's Phalarope at the Flood Farm. Louis Bevier -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 ---...

[Maine-birds] Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Clinton 27 Aug

A spiffy-looking juvenile Buff-breasted Sandpiper was at the Flood Farm in Clinton this morning. It was in the southernmost manure pond. This is a working farm with trucks and tractors constantly on the move. Please stay out of their way, if visiting. Louis Bevier -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this...

[Maine-birds] CRESTED CARACARA - Unity-Benton, 8/27 UPDATE

The Crested Caracara relocated about 1.4 miles west of the previous location. It was feeding on a road-kill Painted Turtle at a curve on Rt. 139 about 0.1-0.2 miles west of the Benton-Unity town line. It sometimes perches low out of sight in trees by the road. Traffic here moves at 50-60+ mph. There is no place to stop or slow down here. Please don't try! The best approach may be to hope the bird returns to Reynolds Road. Louis...