Though we couldn't relocate the Barnacle or Pink-footed Geese that were seen in the area last week, the Aroostook Birders and some special guests had a decent day in the field on Saturday.
-- Best birds of the day were a Cackling Goose seen off the West Limestone Road in Fort Fairfield, four Dunlin seen with a Greater Yellowlegs and a couple late-ish Semipalmated Plovers and a flock of 50+ Gadwall in a single flock at Lake Josephine in Easton. There were lots of diving ducks around with high counts being 330+ Ring-necked Ducks in one flock at Monson Pond in Fort Fairfield, 50+ Common Mergansers fishing in the mouth of a tributary to the Aroostook River in Fort Fairfield, and a dozen Lesser Scaup and six Ruddy Ducks at Lake Jo.
Northern Harriers were seen well at a couple stops and American Pipits and Horned Larks were steadily passing overhead for most of the morning.
A Cattle Egret was reported seen on a lawn on the shore of Long Lake in St. Agatha on Sunday. The bird was well described (yellow bill and legs).
The sparrow pulse continues with lots of Slate-colored Juncos and a decent number of lingering Chipping, Savannah, Song, White-throated and White-crowned Sparrows. A Fox Sparrow was scratching under one of my feeders here in Woodland on Sunday AM.
A photo of the plump little goose can be seen with this list:
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