[Maine-birds] Additional Highlights and Shorebird High Counts this Week, 8/20-25

Hi all,

My observations of note over the past six days included:

- 1000+ Tree Swallows, Biddeford Pool, 8/22 (with client from New Mexico).

- 1 continuing Red-necked Grebe, Ocean Ave, Biddeford Pool, 8/22 (with client).

- Presumed TRICOLORED HERON X SNOWY EGRET Hybrid, Pelreco Marsh, Scarborough Marsh, 8/23 (with Jeannette)

My shorebird high counts over the past week were as follows:

Black-bellied Plover: 161, Wharton Point, Brunswick, 8/20 (with Saturday Morning Birdwalk group).

Semipalmated Plover: 311, Hill's Beach, Biddeford, 8/22 (with client from New Mexico).

Piping Plover: 7 (all or mostly juvenile), Hill's Beach, 8/22 (with client).

Killdeer: 11, Highland Road, Brunswick, 8/20 (with Saturday Morning Birdwalk group).

Greater Yellowlegs: 8, Wharton Point, 8/20 (with Saturday Morning Birdwalk group).

Lesser Yellowlegs: 9, off Eastern Road Trail, Scarborough Marsh, 8/23 (with Jeannette).

Solitary Sandpiper: 1, Sandy Point Beach, Yarmouth, 8/23.

"Eastern" Willet: 7 (plus one unidentified willet), Pine Point, Scarborough, 8/25.

Whimbrel: 2, The Pool, Biddeford Pool, 8/22 (with client).

Ruddy Turnstone: 1, Pine Point, 8/25.

Red Knot: 2 (one adult, 1 juv), Pine Point, 8/25.

Sanderling: 18, Hill's Beach, 8/22 (with client).

Semipalmated Sandpiper: 300+, off Eastern Road Trail, 8/23 (with Jeannette).

Least Sandpiper: 191, off Eastern Road Trail, 8/23 (with Jeannette).

White-rumped Sandpiper: 34, Pine Point, 8/25.

BAIRD'S SANDPIPER: 1 juvenile each at Biddefprd Pool Beach, 8/22 (with client) and off Eastern Road Trail, 8/23 (with Jeannette. Her photo at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/freeportwildbird/28916888990/in/album-72157625893020187/)

Pectoral Sandpiper: 2 juvs, off Eastern Road Trail, 8/23 (with Jeannette).

Short-billed Dowitcher: 38, Wharton Point, 8/20 (with Saturday Morning Birdwalk group).

-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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