[Maine-birds] Additional Highlights This Week and Goose Fields Update, 10/25-31

Hi all,

Some additional highlights of note from me over the past seven days included:

- 1 Indigo Bunting and 1 "Ipswich" Savannah Sparrow, Biddeford Pool Beach, 10/26.

- 1 Lapland Longspur, behind "Hattie's," Biddeford Pool, 10/26.

- 1 TENNESSEE WARBLER, 1 Snow Bunting (first of fall), 1 Semipalmated Plover, 473 Sanderlings, etc, Reid State Park, Georgetown, 10/28 (with Jeannette).

- 150+ Horned Larks and 75+ American Pipits, Mayall Rd, Gray/New Gloucester, 10/30 (with Lois Gerke).

- 2 Semipalmated Sandpipers, 3 White-rumped Sandpipers, 1 Semipalmated Plover, 15 Black-bellied Plovers, 1 "Ipswich" Savannah Sparrow, Pine Point, Scarborough, 10/31.

- 2 Snow Buntings and 1 "Ipswich" Savannah Sparrow, Pine Point Beach, 10/31.

- 1 Great Egret, Dunstan Landing, Scarborough Marsh, 10/31.

And the "Greater Yarmouth Goose Fields Update" for the week:

- The CACKLING GOOSE has apparently departed. Hopefully, others will soon follow.

- The spiffy leucistic Canada Goose continued through at least mid-week.

- Canada Goose numbers decreased over the course of the week following a high count of 654 on 10/27.

- 1 Killdeer continues at Thornhurst Farm, while Horned Larks and American Pipits were here and there.

-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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