[Maine-birds] This Week's Highlights and New Arrivals, 5/23-30

Hi all,

Sorry about the previous old post, there was apparently a little snafu in my draft folder there.  Anyway, these are actually my sightings of note from me over the most recent seven days:

- 1 NORTHERN SHOVELER, Florida Lake Park, Freeport, 5/24 (Patch Bird #157, thanks to Zane Baker!).

- 4 Brant, Pine Point, Scarborough, 5/24 (with Gabriel Willow and NYC Audubon group).

- 2 Semipalmated Sandpipers (FOY), Pine Point, 5/24.

- 2+ Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Fort Foster, Kittery, 5/25 (with Jeannette).

- 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, The Nubble neighborhood, 5/25 (with Jeannette).

- 7 NORTHERN SHOVELERS (4 hens and 3 drakes), Shore Road, Ogunquit, 5/25 (with Jeannette).

- 1 Willow Flycatcher, Florida Lake Park, 5/26 (Patch Bird #158! With Jeannette).

- 1 pair SANDHILL CRANES and 20+ Black Terns, Messalonskee Lake, Belgrade, 5/26 (with Jeannette).

- 20+ PURPLE MARTINS, Depot Road, Belgrade, 5/26 (with Bob Lewis, Don Mairs, Ed Slattery, and Jeannette).

- 1 Black-billed Cuckoo (FOY), Mount Agamenticus, York, 5/28.

Also, I posted a little wrap-up for the 2015 Bradbury Mountain Spring Hawkwatch on my blog, here:

https://mebirdingfieldnotes.wordpress.com/2015/05/29/2015-bradbury-mountain-hawkwatch-season-in-review/

-Derek

 

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Derek and Jeannette Lovitch
Freeport Wild Bird Supply
541 Route One, Suite 10
Freeport, ME 04032
207-865-6000
www.freeportwildbirdsupply.com

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