[Maine-birds] Additional Highlights this Week Plus, 6/28-7/8

Hi all,

My other observations of note over the past over the past 10 days included the following:

- 4 Upland Sandpipers, 10 Grasshopper Sparrows, 19 Vesper Sparrows, etc, Kennebunk Plains, 6/30.

- 1 pair Blue-gray Gnatcatchers carrying food, Sanford Lagoons, 6/30.

- 5 Surf Scoters, Simpson's Point, Brunswick, 7/1.

- 1 American Woodcock, Bradbury-Pinelands Corridor Trail, 7/2 (with Saturday Morning Birdwalk group).

- 1 FOX SPARROW, Sugarloaf Mountain, 7/3 (with Paul Doiron, Kristen Lindquist, and Jeannette). 

- 1 drake AMERICAN WIGEON, Carrabassett Valley Snowfluent Ponds, 7/3-5 (with Paul Doiron, Kristen Lindquist, and Jeannette).

- 1 Horned Lark, flyover at Spillover Motel, Eustis, 7/3 (with Kristen Lindquist).

- 1 Mourning Warbler, Burnt Mountain, Carrabassett Valley, 7/4 (with Jeannette).

- 12 RED CROSSBILLS and 1 Solitary Sandpiper (first of "fall"), Carrabassett Valley Snowfluent Ponds, 7/5 (with Jeannette). 

- 1 Pied-billed Grebe, Gilman Pond, New Portland, 7/5 (with Jeannette).

- 20+ Black Terns, Messalonskee Lake, Belgrade, 7/5 (with Jeannette).

-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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