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Monday, 31 August 2015

Re: [Maine-birds] Bats...or not!

Search "bat houses Bangor daily news" for an article published last week; search Maine Audubon for bat programs & presentations; and search Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife for their work regarding bats. There's much going on, with bats possibly gaining a little this year after disastrous declines due to white nose syndrome.

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On Aug 31, 2015, at 1:13 PM, Boots. <bootsg@gmail.com> wrote:

I saw one bat, just last night (8/30/2015). I was astounded! And excited. I actually yelled to no one: BAT!

And I saw one bat on July 31 at 8:28 PM flying across the East Side Rd in Hancock

I have had a small bachelor colony living in my bedroom wall for 16 years. Until about 3 years ago. I have not seen a single bat. I used to get calls from neighbors on a regular basis to come get a bat out of their house or their wood stove. Now? Never.

I, too am horribly sad and deeply concerned about the loss of bats. Maine doesn't seem to be big on bat research. I haven't even been able to find anyone who knows where "our" bats go to hibernate.

Is anyone in Maine studying bats?

Boots.
Franklin

On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 12:13 PM, Lynn Havsall <lhavsall@gmail.com> wrote:
Haven't seen or heard a bat all summer in Eastbrook or Ellsworth.
Mosquitoes are so bad that you can nearly be exsanguinated in the
Hannaford parking lot in Ellsworth at night...several acres of nothing
but concrete.

I'm so sad and worried about the loss of our bats.

Lynn Havsall
Eastbrook

On 8/31/15, welaverty@gmail.com <welaverty@gmail.com> wrote:
> We have had a resident bat at our home in Cape Elizabeth for several years
> but have not seen any at our camp near Moosehead for several years
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Aug 30, 2015, at 10:05 PM, rob speirs <rspeirs1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Folks,
>>
>> Sitting on the float tonight watching the full moon rise on the eastern
>> horizon I was struck by the total absence of the familiar squeaks of bats.
>>
>>
>> We've always had bats at camp. At dusk we would see them in erratic
>> flight, in front of the porch and over the float on the waterfront.
>> Sometimes we would, to the dismay of many, find them fluttering about
>> inside our camp.
>>
>> When we were young there were so many, we could sit quietly on the float
>> with a long handled fishing net, and wait patiently for one of the many
>> bats to come close. With a quick flip of the net, by the most articulate,
>> we would capture a bat.
>>
>> They were put into a large glass jugs, with a long diagonal stick and
>> leaves. The jugs were of the kind which we used to carry water from the
>> spring, the wire handles on full jugs practically cutting off our young
>> fingers, or so it seemed. I'm confident some of you remember those
>> days.The bats were released the next day, unharmed, after camp friends
>> came to ooh and ahh over our treasures.
>>
>> Tonight, not a squeak, not a sighting.. nothing. Up until 2 years ago we
>> had a bat(s) roosting up under the roof of camp's back porch, their
>> droppings a nuisance to sweep away every morning. As much as we were
>> unhappy about the droppings, we were more unhappy about the absence of
>> bats. White nose fungus is, apparently, the culprit.
>>
>> Let's hope this is cyclical and our mosquito eating friends recover. What
>> has been your experience???
>>
>> Rob

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[Maine-birds] Buff-breasted Sandpiper this evening

Brad Moser and I enjoyed stellar views (within 10 ft) of the Buff-breasted Sandpiper this evening at the Biddeford Land Trust beach from 6:00-6:30 pm. The bird was actively foraging among the dry wrack, near the dune grass. Coming out from the boardwalk, go right, and continue for 25-50 yards. This is the zone in which the buffy was feeding. (Thank you, Leon, your directions were perfect!) Hope this rewarding bird sticks around for more folks to see... it sure is a beauty.

Lena Moser

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[Maine-birds] Falcon aerial acrobatics over Flat Bay and other sightings!

Raptors ruled over Flat Bay today - we counted 2 adult and 3 non-adult Bald Eagles harassing gulls this morning, 4 Osprey soaring and playing in the strong winds this afternoon and a falcon duel around 4:30 pm.

A Merlin was chasing peeps on the other side of the bay (Merle was following this through his spotting scope!) and caught one. Then a Peregrine swooped in and started chasing the Merlin. Both birds flew towards our side of the bay (to the east) and the Merlin dove into trees on our property. The Peregrine swooped up and glided overhead. Then the Merlin (minus the peep that was in its talons during the chase) rose up behind the Peregrine and started to dive on it. Both birds soared and swooped at each other until they just broke off and each soared away.

Anne Archie

Harrington, ME

[Maine-birds] Biddeford Pool: Buff-breasted Sandpiper

The previously reported Buff-breasted Sandpiper was present at
Biddeford Pool Beach from 5-5:40pm today. A stunning bird!

And a juvenile Black-crowned Night-Heron was hanging out with some
gulls on rocks near South Point.

--Josh
Kennebunkport

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[Maine-birds] Bats

I have seen a couple of bats this summer in Sidney --I think they roost in my neighbor's old chicken house because I see them over that way. I also counted six bats along Rt. 137 from the S. Gage Road in Oakland to Alden Camps the other night. They were feeding over the road. I've seen some on the Pond Road in Sidney/Oakland as well. Unfortunately we don't have them at our house any more, not since spring 2014.

We saw at least two bats up at Baxter this summer--we had to escort them out of the bunkhouse at South Branch pond. We observed bats feeding each night we were there, but hard to tell if there were more than "our" bats. Bats used to roost behind a sign on the gatehouse at Matagamon. When we arrived I checked on them, but there weren't any. Dana (at the gatehouse) said it had been years.

Last summer we had a kind of magical experience with some that I think were passing through. My son and I were conducting frog rescue (moving frogs out of the road) when a group of four to six bats came swooping low among us foraging. We stood there as they flew around us enjoying them all the more because we hadn't had any bats for most of the summer.

Julia

RE: [Maine-birds] 1 bat Kennebunkport last evening 8/29...my first this year.

What is presumably a pair have occupied the bat house on my neighbor's house all summer; have had 4 or more in prior years.
In the wilds of West Kennebunk-Sharon F.

Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2015 10:18:57 -0700
From: davidd@roadrunner.com
To: maine-birds@googlegroups.com
Subject: [Maine-birds] 1 bat Kennebunkport last evening 8/29...my first this year.

1 bat Kennebunkport last evening 8/29...my first this year.

[Maine-birds] While on the subject of Bats

Bats on the Brink at Maine Audubon, Falmouth

Thursday, Sep 17, 2015 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Location: Gilsland Farm
Members: $5 Non-members: $8

Maine's bats population is in peril. Biologists will present an overview of the impact of White Nose Syndrome on our native bats and some of the exciting research being conducted. We will also have a short venture outdoors with an audio detector to explore our own night sky.

Featuring: Trevor Peterson, Senior WIldlife Biologist at Stantech and PhD Candidate, University of Maine

Stella

[Maine-birds] 1 bat Kennebunkport last evening 8/29...my first this year.

1 bat Kennebunkport last evening 8/29...my first this year.

Re: [Maine-birds] Bats...or not!

I saw one bat, just last night (8/30/2015). I was astounded! And excited. I actually yelled to no one: BAT!

And I saw one bat on July 31 at 8:28 PM flying across the East Side Rd in Hancock

I have had a small bachelor colony living in my bedroom wall for 16 years. Until about 3 years ago. I have not seen a single bat. I used to get calls from neighbors on a regular basis to come get a bat out of their house or their wood stove. Now? Never.

I, too am horribly sad and deeply concerned about the loss of bats. Maine doesn't seem to be big on bat research. I haven't even been able to find anyone who knows where "our" bats go to hibernate.

Is anyone in Maine studying bats?

Boots.

Franklin

On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 12:13 PM, Lynn Havsall <lhavsall@gmail.com> wrote:

Haven't seen or heard a bat all summer in Eastbrook or Ellsworth.
Mosquitoes are so bad that you can nearly be exsanguinated in the
Hannaford parking lot in Ellsworth at night...several acres of nothing
but concrete.

I'm so sad and worried about the loss of our bats.

Lynn Havsall
Eastbrook

On 8/31/15, welaverty@gmail.com <welaverty@gmail.com> wrote:
> We have had a resident bat at our home in Cape Elizabeth for several years
> but have not seen any at our camp near Moosehead for several years
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Aug 30, 2015, at 10:05 PM, rob speirs <rspeirs1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Folks,
>>
>> Sitting on the float tonight watching the full moon rise on the eastern
>> horizon I was struck by the total absence of the familiar squeaks of bats.
>>
>>
>> We've always had bats at camp. At dusk we would see them in erratic
>> flight, in front of the porch and over the float on the waterfront.
>> Sometimes we would, to the dismay of many, find them fluttering about
>> inside our camp.
>>
>> When we were young there were so many, we could sit quietly on the float
>> with a long handled fishing net, and wait patiently for one of the many
>> bats to come close. With a quick flip of the net, by the most articulate,
>> we would capture a bat.
>>
>> They were put into a large glass jugs, with a long diagonal stick and
>> leaves. The jugs were of the kind which we used to carry water from the
>> spring, the wire handles on full jugs practically cutting off our young
>> fingers, or so it seemed. I'm confident some of you remember those
>> days.The bats were released the next day, unharmed, after camp friends
>> came to ooh and ahh over our treasures.
>>
>> Tonight, not a squeak, not a sighting.. nothing. Up until 2 years ago we
>> had a bat(s) roosting up under the roof of camp's back porch, their
>> droppings a nuisance to sweep away every morning. As much as we were
>> unhappy about the droppings, we were more unhappy about the absence of
>> bats. White nose fungus is, apparently, the culprit.
>>
>> Let's hope this is cyclical and our mosquito eating friends recover. What
>> has been your experience???
>>
>> Rob

Re: [Maine-birds] Bats...or not!

Haven't seen or heard a bat all summer in Eastbrook or Ellsworth.
Mosquitoes are so bad that you can nearly be exsanguinated in the
Hannaford parking lot in Ellsworth at night...several acres of nothing
but concrete.

I'm so sad and worried about the loss of our bats.

Lynn Havsall
Eastbrook

On 8/31/15, welaverty@gmail.com <welaverty@gmail.com> wrote:
> We have had a resident bat at our home in Cape Elizabeth for several years
> but have not seen any at our camp near Moosehead for several years
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Aug 30, 2015, at 10:05 PM, rob speirs <rspeirs1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Folks,
>>
>> Sitting on the float tonight watching the full moon rise on the eastern
>> horizon I was struck by the total absence of the familiar squeaks of bats.
>>
>>
>> We've always had bats at camp. At dusk we would see them in erratic
>> flight, in front of the porch and over the float on the waterfront.
>> Sometimes we would, to the dismay of many, find them fluttering about
>> inside our camp.
>>
>> When we were young there were so many, we could sit quietly on the float
>> with a long handled fishing net, and wait patiently for one of the many
>> bats to come close. With a quick flip of the net, by the most articulate,
>> we would capture a bat.
>>
>> They were put into a large glass jugs, with a long diagonal stick and
>> leaves. The jugs were of the kind which we used to carry water from the
>> spring, the wire handles on full jugs practically cutting off our young
>> fingers, or so it seemed. I'm confident some of you remember those
>> days.The bats were released the next day, unharmed, after camp friends
>> came to ooh and ahh over our treasures.
>>
>> Tonight, not a squeak, not a sighting.. nothing. Up until 2 years ago we
>> had a bat(s) roosting up under the roof of camp's back porch, their
>> droppings a nuisance to sweep away every morning. As much as we were
>> unhappy about the droppings, we were more unhappy about the absence of
>> bats. White nose fungus is, apparently, the culprit.
>>
>> Let's hope this is cyclical and our mosquito eating friends recover. What
>> has been your experience???
>>
>> Rob
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Re: [Maine-birds] Bats...or not!

We have had a resident bat at our home in Cape Elizabeth for several years but have not seen any at our camp near Moosehead for several years

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On Aug 30, 2015, at 10:05 PM, rob speirs <rspeirs1@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello Folks,

Sitting on the float tonight watching the full moon rise on the eastern horizon I was struck by the total absence of the familiar squeaks of bats.

We've always had bats at camp. At dusk we would see them in erratic flight, in front of the porch and over the float on the waterfront. Sometimes we would, to the dismay of many, find them fluttering about inside our camp.

When we were young there were so many, we could sit quietly on the float with a long handled fishing net, and wait patiently for one of the many bats to come close. With a quick flip of the net, by the most articulate, we would capture a bat.

They were put into a large glass jugs, with a long diagonal stick and leaves. The jugs were of the kind which we used to carry water from the spring, the wire handles on full jugs practically cutting off our young fingers, or so it seemed. I'm confident some of you remember those days.The bats were released the next day, unharmed, after camp friends came to ooh and ahh over our treasures.

Tonight, not a squeak, not a sighting.. nothing. Up until 2 years ago we had a bat(s) roosting up under the roof of camp's back porch, their droppings a nuisance to sweep away every morning. As much as we were unhappy about the droppings, we were more unhappy about the absence of bats. White nose fungus is, apparently, the culprit.

Let's hope this is cyclical and our mosquito eating friends recover. What has been your experience???

Rob

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Re: [Maine-birds] Bats...or not!

Our resident bat returned to its spot above our back porch only briefly in June, but we have not had many mosquitoes this year either.

Maggie Strickland

Harmony ME

On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 8:17 AM, Jim Bright <bright6775@gmail.com> wrote:

Very interesting, but on Islesford, Little Cranberry Island, which in the last few years has been absolutely so overrun by mosquitos that people took to walking around with two of those electric paddles there are virtually no mosquitoes. There are still plenty in the marsh and in the tall grasses but there has definitely been a big die off and the bats are still missing. Cold icy spring seems to be the answer

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On Aug 30, 2015, at 10:05 PM, rob speirs <rspeirs1@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello Folks,

Sitting on the float tonight watching the full moon rise on the eastern horizon I was struck by the total absence of the familiar squeaks of bats.

We've always had bats at camp. At dusk we would see them in erratic flight, in front of the porch and over the float on the waterfront. Sometimes we would, to the dismay of many, find them fluttering about inside our camp.

When we were young there were so many, we could sit quietly on the float with a long handled fishing net, and wait patiently for one of the many bats to come close. With a quick flip of the net, by the most articulate, we would capture a bat.

They were put into a large glass jugs, with a long diagonal stick and leaves. The jugs were of the kind which we used to carry water from the spring, the wire handles on full jugs practically cutting off our young fingers, or so it seemed. I'm confident some of you remember those days.The bats were released the next day, unharmed, after camp friends came to ooh and ahh over our treasures.

Tonight, not a squeak, not a sighting.. nothing. Up until 2 years ago we had a bat(s) roosting up under the roof of camp's back porch, their droppings a nuisance to sweep away every morning. As much as we were unhappy about the droppings, we were more unhappy about the absence of bats. White nose fungus is, apparently, the culprit.

Let's hope this is cyclical and our mosquito eating friends recover. What has been your experience???

Rob

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Re: [Maine-birds] Black NOT Juvenile turkey vulture

Thanks, Dave!

Just in case there is some confusion out there, Dave's vulture is a Black Vulture NOT and a juvenile Turkey Vulture.

This might make a good time to review the ID marks, some of which we don't employ unless close to these birds. The whitish (pale silvery gray) patch on Black Vulture is on the underside of the outermost primaries (outer 6). Let's say we can't be sure if there is or isn't white there, as in Dave's case. Then it is useful to note how Black Vulture has the pale area ONLY on those outer primaries, ABRUPTLY changing to solid black across the rest of the flight feathers. You can see that abrupt contrast on the underside of the left wing in Dave's photo. Turkey Vulture is pale, silvery gray across the entire underside of the flight feathers (the wing linings are black and contrast with those flight feathers, unlike Black Vulture which is all black across the inner under wing). There are shape and flight style differences between the species, but for the sake of this situation, those don't help.

Okay, that's how the underwing differs. What about the upperwing? Look at the uplifted right wing in Dave's photo. The ivory white shaft in each outer primary is prominent; the rest of the flight feathers have black shafts, and again the shift is abrupt from outer to inner primaries. Compare that to Turkey Vulture of any age. TV's have dark brown primary shafts, which sometimes reflect light and look pale, but never appear bright white like this bird. See for yourself: dorsal view of Black Vulture primaries--http://www.fws.gov/lab/featheratlas/feather.php?Bird=BLVU_wing_adult; dorsal view of Turkey Vulture primaries--http://www.fws.gov/lab/featheratlas/feather.php?Bird=TUVU_primary_adult

Still not convinced? Let's look at the head. Turkey Vultures, even juveniles, have LARGE NOSTRILS, all the better to smell carrion with. Black Vulture shows only narrow slits, like Dave's bird. Turkey Vultures have acute olfactory senses and locate rotting flesh from great distances using those big nostrils. Lastly, the skin around the head on Dave's bird is clearly coarse and wrinkled around the base. Young Turkey Vultures have a sort of gray fuzz and lack the "beautiful" corrugations of the Black Vulture's neck.

How has the status of these vultures changed in New England?
When I moved to Connecticut in the mid 1980s, there were still fewer than 30 records of Black Vulture for that state. Most records then were from mid-summer to early winter (December). By comparison to Maine's north, I think there were only four records of Black Vulture in Nova Scotia up through the mid 1980s. Over the past 30 years, Black Vulture has become a regular, even common sight in Connecticut and southern New England. We are slowly seeing them occur with more frequency in Maine, but they are still rare. Turkey Vulture advanced its range similarly but starting 80 years earlier. Up through the 1920s, there were under 20 records for Connecticut; it first nested there in the late 1940s and continued to increase and spread northward into New England subsequently. The spread of Turkey Vulture north has continued in the past 15 years in Maine. By the turn of the century, it was a routine sight for me only from Augusta south; now Turkey Vulture is a prominent harbinger of spring over central Maine and the Mid-coast, with birds as far north as Aroostook County not unexpected. Here's to global warming!

Louis Bevier
Fairfield

> On Aug 31, 2015, at 6:37 AM, David Small <docfinsdave@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks everyone who commented. Here's some additional information:
> the photo was backlight, I did not see any white on the under wings and the bird seemed as large as the adult t.v. that flew off.
> It was photographed on the old I.P. road in Eustis where it had been feeding on a moose carcass.
>
> Here's a link.
>
> http://photosbychance.zenfolio.com/p432832521/h557b4ce5#h557b4ce5
>
> Cheers,
> Dave

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Re: [Maine-birds] Bats...or not!

Very interesting, but on Islesford, Little Cranberry Island, which in the last few years has been absolutely so overrun by mosquitos that people took to walking around with two of those electric paddles there are virtually no mosquitoes. There are still plenty in the marsh and in the tall grasses but there has definitely been a big die off and the bats are still missing. Cold icy spring seems to be the answer

Sent from Jim's iPhone

On Aug 30, 2015, at 10:05 PM, rob speirs <rspeirs1@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello Folks,

Sitting on the float tonight watching the full moon rise on the eastern horizon I was struck by the total absence of the familiar squeaks of bats.

We've always had bats at camp. At dusk we would see them in erratic flight, in front of the porch and over the float on the waterfront. Sometimes we would, to the dismay of many, find them fluttering about inside our camp.

When we were young there were so many, we could sit quietly on the float with a long handled fishing net, and wait patiently for one of the many bats to come close. With a quick flip of the net, by the most articulate, we would capture a bat.

They were put into a large glass jugs, with a long diagonal stick and leaves. The jugs were of the kind which we used to carry water from the spring, the wire handles on full jugs practically cutting off our young fingers, or so it seemed. I'm confident some of you remember those days.The bats were released the next day, unharmed, after camp friends came to ooh and ahh over our treasures.

Tonight, not a squeak, not a sighting.. nothing. Up until 2 years ago we had a bat(s) roosting up under the roof of camp's back porch, their droppings a nuisance to sweep away every morning. As much as we were unhappy about the droppings, we were more unhappy about the absence of bats. White nose fungus is, apparently, the culprit.

Let's hope this is cyclical and our mosquito eating friends recover. What has been your experience???

Rob

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[Maine-birds] Buff breasted Sandpiper

The bird is present this morning at Biddeford Pool beach. When I arrived just before sundown last night and sunrise this morning, the bird has been just to the left of the 7th St trail head feeding in the wrack. Just had the bird within 10 feet!

Bird haahd,

Noah Gibb-Portland

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Re: [Maine-birds] Bats...or not!

A few years ago we would see several flying around our camp in Rome at dusk. I do still have ONE resident bat that lives in the crack between the joints near our front door light. I can see him peeking out right now.

Margaret Viens

Rome

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On Aug 31, 2015, at 7:35 AM, Ralph Eldridge <lightrae1@gmail.com> wrote:

Ditto!
Here on MSI there were never many but always a steady, resident population. Now they are none.
Until a couple years ago, I never saw a single mosquito on the island and over 16 summers, I only heard tell of one or two sightings. Now you absolutely must Deet-up if you go near long vegetation, mow the lawn or just spend much time outside.
Compounding things here, there are virtually no other mosquito eating critters on the island.

It's pretty much the same story throughout my home range of South Western New Brunswick. (The whole Eastern Seaboard, I guess).

On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 11:05 PM, rob speirs <rspeirs1@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello Folks,

Sitting on the float tonight watching the full moon rise on the eastern horizon I was struck by the total absence of the familiar squeaks of bats.

We've always had bats at camp. At dusk we would see them in erratic flight, in front of the porch and over the float on the waterfront. Sometimes we would, to the dismay of many, find them fluttering about inside our camp.

When we were young there were so many, we could sit quietly on the float with a long handled fishing net, and wait patiently for one of the many bats to come close. With a quick flip of the net, by the most articulate, we would capture a bat.

They were put into a large glass jugs, with a long diagonal stick and leaves. The jugs were of the kind which we used to carry water from the spring, the wire handles on full jugs practically cutting off our young fingers, or so it seemed. I'm confident some of you remember those days.The bats were released the next day, unharmed, after camp friends came to ooh and ahh over our treasures.

Tonight, not a squeak, not a sighting.. nothing. Up until 2 years ago we had a bat(s) roosting up under the roof of camp's back porch, their droppings a nuisance to sweep away every morning. As much as we were unhappy about the droppings, we were more unhappy about the absence of bats. White nose fungus is, apparently, the culprit.

Let's hope this is cyclical and our mosquito eating friends recover. What has been your experience???

Rob

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Re: [Maine-birds] Bats...or not!

Ditto!

Here on MSI there were never many but always a steady, resident population. Now they are none.

Until a couple years ago, I never saw a single mosquito on the island and over 16 summers, I only heard tell of one or two sightings. Now you absolutely must Deet-up if you go near long vegetation, mow the lawn or just spend much time outside.

Compounding things here, there are virtually no other mosquito eating critters on the island.

It's pretty much the same story throughout my home range of South Western New Brunswick. (The whole Eastern Seaboard, I guess).

On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 11:05 PM, rob speirs <rspeirs1@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello Folks,

Sitting on the float tonight watching the full moon rise on the eastern horizon I was struck by the total absence of the familiar squeaks of bats.

We've always had bats at camp. At dusk we would see them in erratic flight, in front of the porch and over the float on the waterfront. Sometimes we would, to the dismay of many, find them fluttering about inside our camp.

When we were young there were so many, we could sit quietly on the float with a long handled fishing net, and wait patiently for one of the many bats to come close. With a quick flip of the net, by the most articulate, we would capture a bat.

They were put into a large glass jugs, with a long diagonal stick and leaves. The jugs were of the kind which we used to carry water from the spring, the wire handles on full jugs practically cutting off our young fingers, or so it seemed. I'm confident some of you remember those days.The bats were released the next day, unharmed, after camp friends came to ooh and ahh over our treasures.

Tonight, not a squeak, not a sighting.. nothing. Up until 2 years ago we had a bat(s) roosting up under the roof of camp's back porch, their droppings a nuisance to sweep away every morning. As much as we were unhappy about the droppings, we were more unhappy about the absence of bats. White nose fungus is, apparently, the culprit.

Let's hope this is cyclical and our mosquito eating friends recover. What has been your experience???

Rob

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[Maine-birds] Black or Juvenile turkey vulture

Thanks everyone who commented. Here's some additional information:

the photo was backlight, I did not see any white on the under wings and the bird seemed as large as the adult t.v. that flew off.

It was photographed on the old I.P. road in Eustis where it had been feeding on a moose carcass.

Here's a link.

http://photosbychance.zenfolio.com/p432832521/h557b4ce5#h557b4ce5

Cheers,

Dave

[Maine-birds] Buff Breasted Sandpiper

Thanks to the gentleman from Canada who pointed out the Buff-breasted sandpiper at Biddeford pool beach. He said he saw it at about 11:00/11:30 and it had remained in the rack line all day. Taking the boardwalk that leads to the beach from the BP land trust go right off the boardwalk for about twenty five yards. The bird was going back and forth in the dry rack line. Leon
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Sunday, 30 August 2015

[Maine-birds] Bats...or not!

Hello Folks,

Sitting on the float tonight watching the full moon rise on the eastern horizon I was struck by the total absence of the familiar squeaks of bats.

We've always had bats at camp. At dusk we would see them in erratic flight, in front of the porch and over the float on the waterfront. Sometimes we would, to the dismay of many, find them fluttering about inside our camp.

When we were young there were so many, we could sit quietly on the float with a long handled fishing net, and wait patiently for one of the many bats to come close. With a quick flip of the net, by the most articulate, we would capture a bat.

They were put into a large glass jugs, with a long diagonal stick and leaves. The jugs were of the kind which we used to carry water from the spring, the wire handles on full jugs practically cutting off our young fingers, or so it seemed. I'm confident some of you remember those days.The bats were released the next day, unharmed, after camp friends came to ooh and ahh over our treasures.

Tonight, not a squeak, not a sighting.. nothing. Up until 2 years ago we had a bat(s) roosting up under the roof of camp's back porch, their droppings a nuisance to sweep away every morning. As much as we were unhappy about the droppings, we were more unhappy about the absence of bats. White nose fungus is, apparently, the culprit.

Let's hope this is cyclical and our mosquito eating friends recover. What has been your experience???

Rob

[Maine-birds] Western Sandpiper and Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Two juvenile Western Sandpipers were present today at Timber Point in Curtis cove from 3-4pm. At the eastern end of Biddeford Pool beach there was a Buff-breasted Sandpiper foraging along the wrack line, about 30-50 feet to the right when leaving the path from 7th St.

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Re: [Maine-birds] Eustis-gray jay

Dave,

That is a BLACK VULTURE! It might be worth following up with a more precise locality. That's still a scarce species in Maine.

Louis Bevier

Fairfield

On Aug 30, 2015, at 4:26 PM, David Small <docfinsdave@gmail.com> wrote:

After a fairly quiet Eustis adventure, we had some gray jays show up in the camp door yard this morning. As usual, they provided some special entertainment.
Also, yesterday I stumbled onto several turkey vultures feeding on a moose carcass. After photographing one that looked different, I discovered, think I imaged a juvenile...dark head.

http://photosbychance.zenfolio.com/p432832521/h557b3ca9#h557b3ca9

Cheers,
Dave 📷

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[Maine-birds] Eustis-gray jay

After a fairly quiet Eustis adventure, we had some gray jays show up in the camp door yard this morning. As usual, they provided some special entertainment.

Also, yesterday I stumbled onto several turkey vultures feeding on a moose carcass. After photographing one that looked different, I discovered, think I imaged a juvenile...dark head.

http://photosbychance.zenfolio.com/p432832521/h557b3ca9#h557b3ca9

Cheers,

Dave 📷

[Maine-birds] Kennebunk-Biddeford, 8/30 (3 WESA, BASA, BLSC, WWSC, RBME

Hi all,

Phil McCormack and I spent a productive morning birding from Kennebunk to Biddeford Pool, with the following highlights:

- 3 White-winged Scoters and 1 Peregrine Falcon, Parson's Beach, Kennebunk.
- 2 juvenile WESTERN SANDPIPERS, Timber Point, Biddeford (photos).
- 1 juvenile WESTERN SANDPIPER and 2 juv BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, Biddeford Pool Beach.
- 4 Black Scoters, Biddeford Pool Beach.
- 1 female Red-breasted Merganser, Ocean Avenue, Biddeford Pool.
- fairly big Tree Swallow migration/staging throughout the day.

-Derek

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Saturday, 29 August 2015

[Maine-birds] Western Sandpipers, Scarborough Marsh

Today on the receding tide at Pine Point, we had three western sandpipers, half a dozen white-rumps and the other usual suspects. What a great location to observe peeps at close range.

Joe Scott

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[Maine-birds] Western Sandpiper Pine Point Scarborough

Juvenile Western in Jones Creek near the Baileys pier.

Bird haahd,

Noah Gibb-Portland

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Re: [Maine-birds] Golden Swamp Warbler

Timber Point is a part of Rachel Carson NWR. Parking (very limited) is at the end of Granite Point Rd, Biddeford. Lost of differing habitats with a diversity of species on a relatively small parcel of land and shoreline. Come on out and join us ...

Steve Norris Sue Keefer

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On Saturday, August 29, 2015 at 7:30:48 AM UTC-4, Bill Blauvelt wrote:

Where is Timber Point?
Thanks,
Bill

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[Maine-birds] Buff-breasted Sandpiper and Western Sandpiper at Seawall Beach in Phippsburg

Saturday morning near high tide, two very nice-looking juvenile birds, a Buff-breasted Sandpiper and a Western Sandpiper were located at Seawall Beach near the Morse River. The Western Sandpiper was preening and resting with other sandpipers and plovers in the wrack line, while the Buff-breasted Sandpiper foraged nearby. The Buff-breasted Sandpiper allowed approach as close as 30 feet. Further down the beach closer to the Sprague River, a group of 16 Whimbrels (a high count for this location) foraged in the wrack line.

Earlier, an adult Caspian Tern was observed resting with several hundred gulls on a sandbar next to the Morse River at the back side of Popham Beach. After 10 minutes, the bird took off across the river (while uttering harsh flight calls), and proceeded south along Seawall Beach.

Gordon Smith

Brunswick

[Maine-birds] Sabine's gull continues near Eastport

I was mackerel fishing with visiting family today when a Sabine's gull flew by us and landed near our boat. How lucky is that?! It looked like the same bird that I observed with others on August 27th based on the gull's appearance. Here's a photo:

https://flic.kr/p/xX9p9y

Chris Bartlett

[Maine-birds] Sandhill Cranes in Plymouth

Thee Sandhill cranes, two adults and one juvenile in hay filed at Loud And Flood roads in Plymouth. Spotted this morning around nine AM.

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[Maine-birds] World Shorebird Day/ Global Counting is just a week away

If you have a favorite shorebird spot--large or small--won't you register it and count shorebirds there next weekend? The Global Shorebird Counting is one of the key events of the World Shorebirds Day (September 6). This is not particularly a citizen science program, but rather an effort to rise awareness for the importance of regular bird monitoring as the core element of bird protection and habitat conservation. FMI: https://worldshorebirdsday.wordpress.com/global-shorebird-counting/ Bring a newbie, a local official, a journalist, and HAVE FUN!

[Maine-birds] Western Sandpiper at Timber Point in Biddeford

The juvenile Western Sandpiper that Pat Moynahan found yesterday at Timber Point beach (located at the end of Granite Point Rd near Biddeford Pool) was present this morning when I was there ~ 8:30-9:10. The bird was with a flock of a couple hundred Semi-sands interspersed with Least, White-Rumped, Semi-plovers, and Sanderlings. Look for the bird with the long drooping, fine-tipped bill and very bright rusty stains on the scapulars. Also the Semi-sands tend to be an aggressive species, the Western often appears to shy away from confrontations, just seems to lift it's wings when agitated.

Bird haahd,

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[Maine-birds] Little green heron

A little green is hanging out in our drying out beaver pond.
Also, a pair of sharp shined Hawks.
HLD

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Re: [Maine-birds] Golden Swamp Warbler

Where is Timber Point?
Thanks,
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Friday, 28 August 2015

Re: [Maine-birds] Additional Highlights and Shorebird High Counts This Week, 8/22-28

Speaking of oddities, this morning as I was driving to work on a narrow 25 mph lane I had a sandpiper fly towards me in the other lane. It flew like a spotted. Seconds after it passed it must have turned around because it came from behind and passed me and a short way ahead it turned right up another street and was gone. Now I can't be sure because I didn't get anything but a couple quick looks but it flew just like a Spotted Sandpiper does along the shore of a lake.

Hope everyone else get an amazing look at a bird this year too!

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On Aug 28, 2015, at 7:43 PM, 'Derek Lovitch' via Maine birds <maine-birds@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Hi all,
Sorry, there was a typo in my post...that was a WHIMBREL and not a Willet atop Sugarloaf.
-Derek

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On Aug 28, 2015, at 6:43 PM, 'Derek and Jeannette Lovitch' via Maine birds <maine-birds@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Hi all,
Some more observations of note for me in the past seven days included:

- 1 Wilson's Warbler and 14+ Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, Old Town House Park, North Yarmouth, 8/22 (with Saturday Morning Birdwalk Group).
- 1 Cape May Warbler, Poplar Hut of Maine Huts & Trails, Carrabassett Valley, 8/23 (with tour group).
- 1 Willet, foraging at summit of (mossberry?) of SUGARLOAF MOUNTAIN, 8/23 (with Paul Doiron and Kristen Lindquist).
- 1 presumed TRICOLORED HERON x SNOWY EGRET HYBRID ("Splotchy"), Rte 1/9 salt pannes, Scarborough Marsh, 8/24 (with Jeannette).
- 1 drake White-winged Scoter, Biddeford Pool Beach, Biddeford, 8/25 (with Jeannette).

And my shorebirds high counts over the past week were as follows (no Eastern Road Trail visit):
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER: 1 ad, Eastern Road Trail, Scarborough, 8/24 (with Jeannette).
Black-bellied Plover: 160, Pine Point, Scarborough, 8/24 (with Jeannette).
Semipalmated Plover: 350, Pine Point, 8/24 (with Jeannette).
Killdeer: 3, Pine Point, 8/24 (with Jeannette).
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER: 5, Pine Point, 8/11 (with Jeannette).
Greater Yellowlegs: 12, Wharton Point, Brunswick, 8/25 (with Jeannette).
Lesser Yellowlegs: 38, Eastern Road Trail, 8/24 (with Jeannette).
"Eastern" Willet: 8 juvs, Pine Point, 8/24 (with Jeannette).
"WESTERN" WILLET: 1 juv. (FOY), Pine Point, 8/24 (with Fyn Kind, Gary Roberts, and Jeannette).
Solitary Sandpiper: 4, Carrabassett Valley Snowfluent Ponds, 8/23 (with Poplar Hut Tour group).
Spotted Sandpiper: 5, Carrabassett Valley Snowfluent Ponds, 8/23 (with Poplar Hut Tour group).
Whimbrel: 8, Wells Harbor, 8/27.
Ruddy Turnstone: 8, Pine Point, 8/24 (with Jeannette).
Sanderling: 40, Biddeford Pool Beach, 8/25 (with Jeannette).
Semipalmated Sandpiper: 1000, Biddeford Pool Beach, 8/25 (with Jeannette)..
Least Sandpiper: 75 mostly juv, Eastern Road Trail, 8/24 (with Jeannette).
White-rumped Sandpiper: 80-100 adults, Eastern Road Trail, 8/24 (with Jeannette).
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER: 2 juveniles, Popham Beach State Park, Phippsburg, 8/28 (with Serena Doose. Photos at link below).
Pectoral Sandpiper: 6, Pine Point, 8/24 (with Jeannette).
STILT SANDPIPER: 4 ads, Eastern Road Trail, 8/24 (with Jeannette).
Short-billed Dowitcher: 19 juveniles, Pine Point, 8/24 (with Jeannette).
Wilson's Snipe: 1, Carrabassett Valley Snowfluent Ponds, 8/23 (with Poplar Hut Tour group).

I expanded upon this shorebird list a little and included some of Jeannette's photos from the week on my blog, here:
https://mebirdingfieldnotes.wordpress.com/2015/08/28/this-week-in-shorebirds-822-292015/

-Derek

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[Maine-birds] 8 whimbrels in Phippsburg

On western end of Sewall Beach this afternoon.

Kim Ridley

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[Maine-birds] Re: Golden Swamp Warbler

No Prothonotarys out here since the flurry several weeks ago. We'll be out tomorrow by 7:00 a.m. looking for what's around. Regular Saturday Bird Walk starts at 8.

On Friday, August 28, 2015 at 3:12:09 PM UTC-4, panteradeath666 wrote:

Any positive reports from Timber Point? Wanted to try for him tomorrow AM.

Re: [Maine-birds] Additional Highlights and Shorebird High Counts This Week, 8/22-28

Hi all,

Sorry, there was a typo in my post...that was a WHIMBREL and not a Willet atop Sugarloaf.

-Derek

Sent from my iPhone

On Aug 28, 2015, at 6:43 PM, 'Derek and Jeannette Lovitch' via Maine birds <maine-birds@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Hi all,
Some more observations of note for me in the past seven days included:

- 1 Wilson's Warbler and 14+ Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, Old Town House Park, North Yarmouth, 8/22 (with Saturday Morning Birdwalk Group).
- 1 Cape May Warbler, Poplar Hut of Maine Huts & Trails, Carrabassett Valley, 8/23 (with tour group).
- 1 Willet, foraging at summit of (mossberry?) of SUGARLOAF MOUNTAIN, 8/23 (with Paul Doiron and Kristen Lindquist).
- 1 presumed TRICOLORED HERON x SNOWY EGRET HYBRID ("Splotchy"), Rte 1/9 salt pannes, Scarborough Marsh, 8/24 (with Jeannette).
- 1 drake White-winged Scoter, Biddeford Pool Beach, Biddeford, 8/25 (with Jeannette).

And my shorebirds high counts over the past week were as follows (no Eastern Road Trail visit):
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER: 1 ad, Eastern Road Trail, Scarborough, 8/24 (with Jeannette).
Black-bellied Plover: 160, Pine Point, Scarborough, 8/24 (with Jeannette).
Semipalmated Plover: 350, Pine Point, 8/24 (with Jeannette).
Killdeer: 3, Pine Point, 8/24 (with Jeannette).
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER: 5, Pine Point, 8/11 (with Jeannette).
Greater Yellowlegs: 12, Wharton Point, Brunswick, 8/25 (with Jeannette).
Lesser Yellowlegs: 38, Eastern Road Trail, 8/24 (with Jeannette).
"Eastern" Willet: 8 juvs, Pine Point, 8/24 (with Jeannette).
"WESTERN" WILLET: 1 juv. (FOY), Pine Point, 8/24 (with Fyn Kind, Gary Roberts, and Jeannette).
Solitary Sandpiper: 4, Carrabassett Valley Snowfluent Ponds, 8/23 (with Poplar Hut Tour group).
Spotted Sandpiper: 5, Carrabassett Valley Snowfluent Ponds, 8/23 (with Poplar Hut Tour group).
Whimbrel: 8, Wells Harbor, 8/27.
Ruddy Turnstone: 8, Pine Point, 8/24 (with Jeannette).
Sanderling: 40, Biddeford Pool Beach, 8/25 (with Jeannette).
Semipalmated Sandpiper: 1000, Biddeford Pool Beach, 8/25 (with Jeannette)..
Least Sandpiper: 75 mostly juv, Eastern Road Trail, 8/24 (with Jeannette).
White-rumped Sandpiper: 80-100 adults, Eastern Road Trail, 8/24 (with Jeannette).
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER: 2 juveniles, Popham Beach State Park, Phippsburg, 8/28 (with Serena Doose. Photos at link below).
Pectoral Sandpiper: 6, Pine Point, 8/24 (with Jeannette).
STILT SANDPIPER: 4 ads, Eastern Road Trail, 8/24 (with Jeannette).
Short-billed Dowitcher: 19 juveniles, Pine Point, 8/24 (with Jeannette).
Wilson's Snipe: 1, Carrabassett Valley Snowfluent Ponds, 8/23 (with Poplar Hut Tour group).

I expanded upon this shorebird list a little and included some of Jeannette's photos from the week on my blog, here:
https://mebirdingfieldnotes.wordpress.com/2015/08/28/this-week-in-shorebirds-822-292015/

-Derek

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Freeport Wild Bird Supply
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Freeport, ME 04032
207-865-6000
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