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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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:-Derek*****************************************Derek and Jeannette LovitchFreeport Wild Bird Supply541 Route One, Suite 10Freeport, ME 04032207-865-6000****************************************
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