[Maine-birds] Additional Highlights This Week and Goose Fields Update, 10/11-17.

Hi all,

A few additional sightings of note from me over the past seven days included the following:

- 1 "Interior/Bay" Nelson's Sparrow, Back Beach, Tremont, 10/13 (with Rich MacDonald).

- 148 Laughing Gulls and 20 Red-necked Grebes, Seawall Beach, Acadia NP, 10/13 (with Rich MacDonald).

- 1 immature female RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, Gilsland Farm, 10/16 (with Doug Hitchcox). First reported to our store's Facebook page on 10/14.  My photo is here: http://www.facebook.com/Freeportwildbird/photos/a.764276326935657.1073741835.198877036808925/926346107395344/?type=1&theater. Doug's photos are much better, and much more diagnostic.

- 1 Red-necked Grebe, Lake Auburn, Auburn, 10/17.

And the "Greater Yarmouth Goose Fields Update:"

- 1 CACKLING GOOSE continues through week's end, splitting time between the fields of Greely Rd and Thornhurst Farm.

- This week's high count of Canada Geese was 532 today, as numbers have finally begun to grow more substantially. Meanwhile, over 1,000 Canada Geese were along Mayall Rd in Gray/New Gloucester today as well.  The birds were far, but I could not tease anything of note out from the masses.  There's little doubt a Cackling Goose would have been hard to pick out at that distance, but nothing more outstanding was present.

CACG photo from 10/17: http://www.facebook.com/Freeportwildbird/photos/a.764276326935657.1073741835.198877036808925/926854950677793/?type=3&theater

 

-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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