In support of Tom's point -
Thursday afternoon's location sounds like the general spot where the Surfbird and 7-8 Turnstones were feeding late Sunday afternoon when the tide was very high but dropping. At that time, although there were many rocks exposed above the high tide line, there were few with seaweed and other sealife where "rock sandpipers" might like to feed. So a good strategy could be to go there near a high tide, and look at the last rocks to be submerged on the advancing high tide, or the first rocks to be exposed on a falling tide just after full high tide. Otherwise at lower tides, there are LOTS of rocks where the Surfbird, Turnstones, and Purples can be feeding.
Details on where we had the bird on Sunday late afternoon -
About 1/2 way to the point, about 100 yards past the golf course. There is brush on the left (north) side of the trail, but no brush on the right (south) side and the rocks are visible right from the trail. There is a lone short scrubby pine tree in the brush on the left roughly even with where the bird was on the rocks on the right.
Good luck -
Mike Resch
Pepperell, MA
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Subject: [Maine-birds] Surfbird
The Surfbird was present at Biddeford Pool with its seven turnstone friends at 2:30 today just before the rain started. They were hanging out on the flat rocks about halfway out to the point. There was no sign of them from 8:00 to 9:00 AM. It seems they move to these rocks to roost and feed before high tide.
There were also two Snowy Owls on houses on Mile Stretch Rd. including the sub-adult male. A pair of Fish Crows were calling back and forth at the Dunkin' Donuts in Biddeford near the Saco River and a male Barrow's Goldeneye was in the river.
I checked Wells for the Gyr without luck.
Good birding,
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