Re: [Maine-birds] Abridged summary of maine-birds@googlegroups.com - 6 updates in 6 topics

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> • Pine Point and Eastern Road - 1 Update
> • Mud Creek and Schoodic this morning - 1 Update
> • Looking for Chimney Swifts - 1 Update
> • 100th Anniversary death of the last passenger pigeon - 1 Update
> • 2 Buff-breasts at Lubec Bar - 1 Update
> • Maine RBA - August 29, 2014 - 1 Update
> Pine Point and Eastern Road
> Bruce Bartrug <bbartrug@gmail.com>: Aug 31 04:17PM -0400
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> 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 ...more
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> Mud Creek and Schoodic this morning
> Craig Kesselheim <ckesselheim@gmail.com>: Aug 31 04:02PM -0400
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> 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 ...more
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> Looking for Chimney Swifts
> <dwmp@avianhaven.org>: Aug 31 06:29AM -0400
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> 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 ...more
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> 100th Anniversary death of the last passenger pigeon
> Norman Famous <nfamous@maine.edu>: Aug 30 10:53PM -0500
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> Hi Folks,
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> Hi Folks,
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> 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 ...more
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> 2 Buff-breasts at Lubec Bar
> Peter Vickery <crescentchest@gmail.com>: Aug 30 07:35PM -0300
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> Despite the general lack of shorebirds, i.e. <50 Semi Sandpipers, there were two exquisite juv. Buff-breasts feeding on the receding tide.
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> Nothing else unexpected.
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> Spectacular time on the water ...more
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> Maine RBA - August 29, 2014
> Doug Hitchcox <dhitchcox@mac.com>: Aug 30 05:37PM -0400
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> Name: Maine Audubon Rare Bird Alert
> Reporting Period: August 23 – 29, 2014
> Area: State of Maine
> Compilers: Doug Hitchcox
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> Noteworthy Species Mentioned:
> Mute Swan
> Yellow-crowned Night-Heron ...more
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