I birded Messalonskee Marsh from different locations along Rt 17; and the road that runs parallel to Rt 17 starting across from the Hammond Lumbar parking lot. I was present from 1:30 to 4:00 pm. Viewing conditions were excellent as temps started at 49 F and reached 50 when I departed.
Birds in the marsh were fairly sparse. Canada geese, common mergansers and bald eagles were the most abundant birds along the marsh.
Good birding,
Norm Famous
Messalonskee Marsh Count 3-9-16 1:30-4:00 pm Norm Famous
80% clear 49-50 F Winds 3-7 mph SW
46 Canada geese
3 Black ducks (in marsh pools)
3 Mallards (in marsh pools)
6 Common goldeneyes (mostly males)
14 Common mergansers (mostly males)
12 Bald eagles (12 were observed at one time by another birder/photographer that included 2 adults; 6-7 birds including 1 adult were associated with dead pickerel tossed onto the ice)
Five birds were associated with dead pickerel; remaining birds were seen on ice or the edge of marsh west of the Rt 17 bridge across the outlet stream.
3 adults
9 1 to 3 yr old birds
1 Ring-billed gull on ice
1 Hairy woodpecker (woods along marsh)
1 Mourning dove (woods along marsh)
7 Black-capped chickadees (4 along the road parallel to Rt. 17)
9 American crows (4 in the marsh)
8 American robins (along the road parallel to Rt. 17); 7 were very dark, good-looking males (not the Newfound morph); 1 dull female
~20 Red-winged blackbirds (along road parallel to Rt. 17)
1 Palm warbler (Along edge of marsh at the end of the access road before the visitor's center)
2 Dark eyed Juncos (along the road parallel to Rt. 17)
3 Song sparrows (1 along the marsh edge and 2 along the road parallel to Rt. 17)
Zero English sparrows (along the road parallel to Rt. 17)
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