[Maine-birds] Scarborough to Biddeford (LIEG, LIGU, BASA, STSA, RNGR, etc), 8/6.

Hi all,

It was an exceptional day out in the field today, as I guided for a client from here in Maine on a shorebird "workshop."  We ended up with

15 species of shorebirds, and some other "incidental" highlights:

- 2 adult STILT SANDPIPERS (FOY), Eastern Road Trail, Scarborough Marsh (photos)

- 1 continuing LITTLE EGRET, Pelreco marsh, Scarborough Marsh (photos)

- 1 1st-summer LITTLE GULL, Pine Point co-op (photos).

- 650++ Semipalmated Sandpipers, Pine Point and Jones Creek.

- 50+ Roseate Terns, including fledglings, with several hundred Common Terns, Pine Point.

- 1 ADULT BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, Ocean Avenue, Biddeford Pool.

- 1 breeding plumaged RED-NECKED GREBE, Ocean Avenue.

- 1 Monarch butterfly (sadly, my first of the year), Biddeford Pool neighborhood.

- did not see the Great Pond Yellow-crowned Night Heron.

What a day!

-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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