[Maine-birds] Re: Fitzgerald Preserve - Brunswick & Potts Point, Harpswell

Several people have written me, saying they were intimidated by the huge iron barrier, seemingly barring access to the Fitzgerald Preserve.  I was also intimidated by the ironwork my first visit.  But Steve Walker assured me that it does not symbolize a no-access zone.  I just crawl around it on the left, or you can opt to walk thru an ATV path that swings around the right side.  The access, asphalt road thru the woods, will probably be very good bird-wise, at some times or dates.  So don't be in too much of a hurry. 



On Monday, September 15, 2014 6:29:28 AM UTC-4, Mike Fahay wrote:

Google Maps:  look for corner of Wilderness Way and the Old Bath Road.  When you arrive there, the street signpost will read :  "Lindbergh Landing"  (yes...THAT Lindbergh) NOT Wilderness Way. 
drive to the end along a field choked with milkweed.  Park at massive steel barrier, walk around it, follow asphalt rd thru the woods to the Info Sign.

If you do eBird, the site is in there as a "Hotspot" named:  Capt. William Fitzgerald Recreation and Conservation Area, Brunswick.  Somebody should do something about shortening that cumbersome moniker.




On Sunday, September 14, 2014 9:33:14 PM UTC-4, Cindy Elias wrote:

Could you give more specific info about where the Fitzgerald Preserve is located?   I can't seem to find any info about it or find it on a De Lorme - maybe it's too recently opened?  thanks.

On Sunday, September 14, 2014 1:40:25 PM UTC-4, Mike Fahay wrote:

This place (Fitzgerald Preserve) is such a great spot to bird, it won't be long before someone suggests building soccer fields there.  Sorry for the cynicism, but I'm from NJ,  where that is most likely what would happen.  

Despite less than advantageous winds overnight, (I think it was Easterly when I started here this A.M.), there were a lot of migrant (and local) birds around.  Highlights:
14 Indigo Buntings - at one point looking at several as many others were giving their electric shocks
3 House Wrens - I never see 3 of these at once
Philly Vireo - 2
BH Vireo - 1
RC Kinglets - 6 (many 'cellophane' calls)
Palm Warblers- 16, a few pale white-chested, but maybe not westerns
Prairie Warblers - only 1, a fading adult
Parula Warb - 1
Myrtles and CYTs - several of each
Field Sparrrows - 14
White throats - 5;  Song Sparrow - only 1
…and several CWAX, Catbirds, Towhees, No. Flickers, Hairy WP and a TV

Conversely, Potts Point (Harpswell) was nearly a bird-free zone.  Strong Northerly wind from 10:30 to 11:15.  I found zero passerines on the walk thru the village, until the very end, and then only 1 CYT and 2 Song Sparrows.  (But 5 Monarch Butterflies)

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