Hi folks,
I was working on Roque Island opposite Roque Bluffs on Friday and saw/counted the birds listed below on my early afternoon return trip. According to the boat captain, these kinds of numbers for waterfowl and guillemots have been around from early August. This number is not unusual for this region at this time of year. The number of guillemots and Bonaparte's gulls were low, suggesting that food abundance is lower at this time (it can change quickly). The numbers were rounded down in most cases.
Good birding,
Norm
Black scoter 250
Surf scoter 150
Scoter spp. 125
Common eider 15
Black guillemot 150+ Very conservative count with many young birds
Common loon 1 Breeding plumage (low count as I spent most of my time with larger flocks
Bonaparte's gull 25+
Large larids 25+
Gull numbers were low
Double-crested cormorants ~10
Great blue heron 1
Birds heard while working on the island.
Golden-crown kinglets 15+
Ruby-crowned kinglet 1
Red-breasted nuthatch 2
Boreal chickadee 3
Cape-may warbler 1
Black-and-white warbler 1 Singing
Yellow-rumped warbler 1
Common raven 2
American crow 5
Unidentified flycatcher 1
American robin 1
Song sparrow 3
White-throated sparrow 1
Savannah sparrow 1
Junco 1
Unidentified warblers ~10+ (not able to work with them)
Purple finch 1
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Norman Famous, Wetlands and Wildlife Ecologist
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Augusta, ME 04330
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