[Maine-birds] This Week's Highlights and Shorebird High Counts, 8/16-22

Hi all,

Highlights for me over the past seven days included the following:

- 6 Mourning Warblers, Quill Hill, Dallas Plantation, 8/18 (with Kirk Betts).

- 5 Gray Jays and 3 Boreal Chickadees, Boy Scout Road, Rangeley, 8/18 (with Kirk Betts).

- 1 Surf Scoter, 1 White-winged Scoter, and 27 Black Scoters, Popham Beach State Park, Phippsburg, 8/19 (with Jeannette).

- 1 drake LONG-TAILED DUCK and 23 Black Scoters, Simpson's Pt, Brunswick, 8/22.

And for the first time this summer, sadly, I actually visited enough shorebird hotspots in a week to make a synopsis of my shorebird high counts relatively worthwhile:

Black-bellied Plover: 138 Wharton Point, Brunswick, 8/19 (with Jeannette).

Semipalmated Plover: 302 (95% adults), Pine Point, Scarborough, 8/21.

Killdeer: 3, Highland Road, Brunswick, 8/19 (with Jeannette).

Greater Yellowlegs: 17, Simpson's Point, 8/22.

Lesser Yellowlegs: 9, Wharton Point, 8/19 (with Jeannette).

Solitary Sandpiper: 2, Rte 1/9 panne, Scarborough Marsh, 8/21.

"Eastern" Willet: 5 juvs, Pine Point, 8/21.

Spotted Sandpiper: 2, Highland Road, 8/19 (with Jeannette).

Ruddy Turnstone: 3, Pine Point, 8/21.

Red Knot (FOF): 1, Wharton Point, 8/19 (with Jeannette). Continues through 8/22.

Sanderling: 30, Popham Beach State Park, 8/19 (with Jeannette).

Semipalmated Sandpiper: 700, Popham Beach State Park, 8/19 (with Jeannette).

Least Sandpiper: 58, Rte 1/9 salt panne, 8/21.

White-rumped Sandpiper: 9, Pine Point, 8/21.

Short-billed Dowitcher: 21, Wharton Point, 8/22.

-Derek

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Derek and Jeannette Lovitch
Freeport Wild Bird Supply
541 Route One, Suite 10
Freeport, ME 04069
207-865-6000
www.freeportwildbirdsupply.com

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