On 12/10/2014 11:39 AM, Bill Grabin wrote:
A birder in Saco has reported "a Chihuahuan raven in her woods. Could be but if so it is well out of its range. Off Ferry Rd in Saco. It's been there for a few days."
I responded "Can you tell us why she thinks that's what it is? Looking at eBird, there's never been a report of one in the Northeastern US:
http://ebird.org/ebird/map/chirav?neg=true&env.minX=&env.minY=&env.maxX=&env.maxY=&zh=false&gp=false&ev=Z&mr=1-12&bmo=1&emo=12&yr=all&byr=1900&eyr=2014
They responded:
It arrived yesterday morning. When the wind blew it ruffled its feathers enough that there were clear white feathers around its neck. It had a Ravens beak, not a crows. It moved to a heavy branch because it was a very large bird and it stayed until around 3pm. My mom has been an observant birder for decades and felt this was exactly what she identified even though it is well out of its normal range. Hopefully someone else will spot it & let you know.
The birder is located at the Atlantic Heights retirement community at 100 Harbor Drive in Saco, which has lots of woods behind it:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Atlantic+Heights+Retirement/@43.49455,-70.421491,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xbc964e8da9d811c5
Please post if you see this bird or have any thoughts as to what it might be. Thanks, Bill Grabin
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