[Maine-birds] Popham birding

Nice walk around Popham beach today, with extremely low tide. Here some highlights:

From the rock island:

1 black guillemot
4-5 red-throated loons
4 snow bunting
2 horned larks
4 horned grebes
1 surf scoter
7 common mergansers

Around the lagoon:

12+ bufflehead
1 chipping sparrow (?)
2 semipalmated plovers
1 white-rumped sandpiper (?)

and various gulls (still working on identifying those). I was not expecting to see any waders… and I have a little doubt about the sandpiper: I was pretty close, but could not see any orange spot on the bill. If anybody would like to help me with ID, I just uploaded some pics of the sandpiper (and a late chipping sparrow?) here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/travelingpigeon/sets/72157648901539898/

Good birding,

Francesco





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