[Maine-birds] Re: Matinicus - LeConte's Sparrow, etc.

After considerable back & forth w/ Louis Bevier, and re-evaluation of the "LeConte's" Sparrow mentioned from Matinicus, I've changed this ID to Grasshopper Sparrow. 
It's OK, any Ammodrammus on Matinicus in the fall, should be reckoned as special.
Sorry for any confusion.

On Friday, October 9, 2015 at 3:08:29 PM UTC-4, Mike Fahay wrote:

3 days of glorious weather (Oct 6-8), almost too nice to see anything good, bird-wise. Diversity might have been better, I suppose, but within the masses of Myrtle Warblers, the Highlights included:

An adult LeConte's Sparrow, picking up grit in front of the church.  Going to be a difficult sell based on my terrible photos.

An ever-changing ratio of Great Cormorants (Ad and Juv), DCCormorants, and Bald Eagles on Two-Bush Ledge.  The latter seemed to be shadowing the Greats. 

A Lark Sparrow, bursting into song no less; present 2 days, south weed fields

A fly-by Dickcissel

A solo Wood Duck on a small cat-tail lily-pad pond; a lone Canada Goose there the next day

Multiple WCSparrows; YBSapsuckers, Rusty Blackbirds (2), Balt Orioles (2), Winter Wrens

Raptors (Sharpies and Merlins) low in number

Although well-established on the island, only one male Red-Bellied Woodpecker seen or heard

Robins only on the third day, then only a few 

A few each of Black and White-winged scoters 

Needed more birders!

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