[Maine-birds] Additional Highlights This Week and Goose Fields Update, 11/29-12/5.

 Hi all,

Just a few additional observations of note from me, not previously reported here, over the past seven days included:

- 4 Hermit Thrushes, Portland peninsula, 11/30 (with Pat Moynahan).

- 16 Horned Larks and 4 Snow Buntings, Spring Point Light, South Portland, 11/30 (with Pat Moynahan).

- 1 Merlin, campus of Southern Maine Community College, South Portland, 11/30 (with Pat Moynahan).

- 1 1st winter Iceland Gull (first of season), Pond Cove, Cape Elizabeth, 11/30 (with Pat Moynahan).

- 1 FIELD SPARROW, Peak's Island, 12/2 (with Jeannette).

- 1 adult Iceland Gull, Old Port, Portland, 12/2 (with Jeannette).

- 1 immature male Red-winged Blackbird, feeders here at the store, 12/3.

And the final (most likely) "Greater Yarmouth Goose Fields" Update of the season:

- By Monday, 145 Canada Geese - likely local, pseudo-migratory residents - had returned to the fields of Thornhurst Farm, but Wednesday's ice and snow cover pushed them away again for the time being.

-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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