Maine birds And MOAC mountainbiking

Friday, 30 September 2016

RE: [Maine-birds] Re: notes on viewing the Swainson's Hawk

And to hop on the chain. I stayed with it a bit longer. Kyle and I had diverted to check a flock of Horned Larks in the cemetery before he left and then I walked back to my truck. The hawk was foraging nearer the airport and there were some people out on the tarmac taking pictures. I decided to see if there was a decent view from there. The gentleman who works at the airport stated that there were a few areas inside the...

[Maine-birds] Re: notes on viewing the Swainson's Hawk

Hello all,Just wanted to add to what Doug said, and throw out an update on the bird. When I arrived just before 2:00PM the bird was perched on the fence along the Medway Road, so it had returned by that time. The fellows with the model planes were flying them throughout most of the 2.5 hours I spent there, and the bird continued to forage seeming to not mind their presence too much. It was still there when I left chasing grasshoppers...

[Maine-birds] notes on viewing the Swainson's Hawk

Hey everyone:Given the lack of updates I thought I'd post some tips from my (and other's) experiences looking for the Swainson's Hawk in Millinocket today:Location:In the nearly 5 hours we spent looking for/watching the hawk, it never left the northwest region of the Millinocket Municipal Airport. We first found the bird around 7:30AM roosting in the trees (I think a hemlock) on the north side of a grassy field between the airport...

[Maine-birds] Capisic Pond - FISP and WCSP

Despite the continued construction at Capisic, there was plenty of activity there this morning. Seven species of sparrow tallied total, including a Field Sparrow and two immature White-crowned Sparrows. Most of the activity was around the wooden bridge, near the trail down from Rockland Ave. eBird checklist; http://ebird.org/ebird/me/view/checklist/S31825394Good fall birding! -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com...

[Maine-birds] SWAINSONS'S HAWK - Millinocket, 9/30

The SWAINSON'S HAWK is continuing this morning on the west side of Medway Road in Millinocket, across from the airport. Louis, Josh, and I got here before sunrise but the bird didn't show until 7:30AM. Good birding,Doug Hitchcox Sent from my iPh...

Thursday, 29 September 2016

[Maine-birds] SWAINSON'S HAWK - Millinocket, 9/29

Hey everyone:Rhonda Little-Aifd just posted some stunning photos of a SWAINSON'S HAWK on the MAINE Birds Facebook Group that were taken at the Millinocket airport (Medway Road in Millinocket). She posted the bird "has been there a few days and probably will be there tomorrow."Photos are available here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MAINEBirds/permalink/1095683360513765/Good birding!Doug HitchcoxPortland,...

[Maine-birds] Petition for bird-friendly glass on new University of New England campus in Biddeford

Hi all,I'm not usually a fan of online petitions, but I think this one could make a difference. I also think it's one of the examples where the Maine birding community could effect the plans for a potentially very destructive building near one of the state's most popular birding destinations.Please sign (and share widely!) this petition to encourage the University of New England in Biddeford to add bird-safe glass to their new...

Tuesday, 27 September 2016

[Maine-birds] Biddeford: Marbled Godwit and Caspian Terns

Hi all, I birded the Basket Island Causeway, Hills Beach, Biddeford on the falling tide from 11am-1pm today. Here are some highlights: 1 Northern Harrier 1 Bald Eagle 80+ Black-bellied Plovers 1 American Golden-Plover 1 Marbled Godwit 15 Ruddy Turnstones 6+ Red Knots 60+ Dunlin 2 White-rumped Sandpipers 3 Caspian Terns (2 adults, 1 juvenile) 1-2 Peregrine Falcons 1 Horned Lark (flyover) 1000+ Tree Swallows (mostly on/over Basket...

[Maine-birds] Brown Creeper

In February and March of last winter, for the first time in thirty years I had a Brown Creeper coming to a window feeder, take one husked sunflower seed and leave for the day. I a put that feeder up recently and today I had a Brown Creeper come and take one seed and leave. Same bird. I hope so. Bob Crowley Chatham, NH ...

[Maine-birds] Monhegan yesterday

I had a wonderful blue-sky day yesterday wandering Monhegan village by myself. Birds were plentiful, especially flickers, nuthatches, and sapsuckers were everywhere. At the Ice Pond I watched what I believe was a Solitary Sandpiper, foraging along the shore. At the same spot was a Brown Thrasher, Catbird, Brown Creeper (on a birch), waxwings, and a zillion yellow-rumps. In the center...

Re: [Maine-birds] Bob Knight want to share 10295 Rev. H (26-Sept-2016) with you

Hi Birders,Somebody hacked my email account yesterday and sent this phishing letter out to 790 people in my email lists, and unfortunately it got onto thislist serve. Sorry . Just ignore or delete it.Bob KnightOn Monday, September 26, 2016 at 1:39:26 PM UTC-4, Steve Plumb wrote:This seems suspicious. The dropbox address is lubovna.eu...

Monday, 26 September 2016

[Maine-birds] Rusty blackbird

Feeding under our feeder-- a first for me! Mary Lou in Sullivan Sent from my iPad -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For...

[Maine-birds] Sandy Point Morning Flight, 9/26 (over 1300 plus two DICK)

Hi all,A great flight passed over and through Sandy Point Beach, Cousin's Island, Yarmouth this morning. Far too under the weather yesterday to make it on what was undoubtedly also a great flight, I hoped to pick up the dregs this morning. Instead, the flight greatly surpassed my expectations. Birds were coming in waves at all levels and on both sides, at least 3 Merlins were hunting the crossing, and a stiff (and rather chilly!)...

Re: [Maine-birds] Bob Knight want to share 10295 Rev. H (26-Sept-2016) with you

I immediately trashed itBillSent from my iPhoneOn Sep 26, 2016, at 1:39 PM, Steve Plumb <voiceofthefair@gmail.com> wrote:This seems suspicious. The dropbox address is lubovna.eu in the EU domain and "10295 Rev. H (26-Sept-2016)" doesn't sound bird related. Is this spam? -------Steve PlumbNobleboro, ME 04555 On Sep 26,...

Re: [Maine-birds] Bob Knight want to share 10295 Rev. H (26-Sept-2016) with you

Thanks for pointing this out, Steve. Everyone on Maine-birds should be advised to NOT click on any links unless you know where you are being directed. Anything that seems suspicious or directs you to an unknown site should be deleted.We have been fortunate to have very little spam come through Maine-birds. Google does a great job flagging suspicious message and I am fairly surprised this made it through.Thanks,Doug HitchcoxMaine-birds...

Re: [Maine-birds] Bob Knight want to share 10295 Rev. H (26-Sept-2016) with you

This seems suspicious. The dropbox address is lubovna.eu in the EU domain and "10295 Rev. H (26-Sept-2016)" doesn't sound bird related. Is this spam? -------Steve PlumbNobleboro, ME 04555 On Sep 26, 2016, at 11:51 AM, Bob Knight <bob@knightarchitect.com> wrote:Hi,Bob just shared a folder called "10295 Rev. H (26-Sept-2016)...

[Maine-birds] Bob Knight want to share 10295 Rev. H (26-Sept-2016) with you

Hi,Bob just shared a folder called "10295 Rev. H (26-Sept-2016) with you using Dropbox."View filesEnjoy!- The Dropbox Team© 2016 Dropbox -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you...

Sunday, 25 September 2016

[Maine-birds] Monhegan Island, 9/19-24

Hi all, I enjoyed six glorious days on Monhegan Island with my biennial WINGS tour. We finished with 111 species on the island. Highlights for our group each day included: 9/19: Balmy Days ferry from Boothbay Harbor: - 1 Long-tailed Duck (FOF) - 1 Pomarine Jaeger - 1 Cory's Shearwater Island: - 1 female Orchard Oriole - 1 Lark Sparrow -1 Clay-colored Sparrow - 1 Carolina Wren 9/20: - 1 CONNECTICUT WARBLER - 2 juvenile Yellow-crowned...

[Maine-birds] Broad-winged Hawks over Casco Bay

I spent about an hour after lunch watching hawks ( On Cliff Island). 13 Sharp shinned, 9 kestrel, 2 Perigrine, 1 merlin, 4 bald eagles, 5 Harrier, 4 Osprey. This is typical for the island with this wind in mid September. I usually do not see many Buteos over the bay. Then 11 Broad wings came by. Then just after three pm I looked up from work I was doing and started counting - 47 Broad-wing followed soon by...

[Maine-birds] Ruddy Ducks

9 or 10 Ruddy Ducks, most, if not all, males, were at Sebasticook Lake this afternoon; easily visible from the boat landing in Newport. Not much else. The water level is still too high. Wally S. -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google...

[Maine-birds] Bald Eagle

Bald Eagle continues to be seen every few weeks from the 101 bridge traveling from NH to Maine, always on the Maine side in a dead tree. Again last night, late evening sky and pretty far away but sure was beautiful!Debhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/143862779@N08/29924988245/in/dateposted-public/https://www.flickr.com/photos/143862779@N08/29924988465/in/dateposted-public/https://www.flickr.com/photos/143862779@N08/29890031776/in/dateposted-public/...

Re: [Maine-birds] Mt. A hawks

I have had similar experiences in past years. Over my house in Portland about 25 years ago I counted 640 in roughly two hours on September 12th. I was seeing so many hawks I had to stop mowing the lawn and watch. Approximately 10 years ago on September 11th I counted 1040 in three hours over my house in Cumberland. One kettle was very high. My estimate was 500+ birds. I was counting in blocks of 50 and could only see the birds...

[Maine-birds] Midcoast warblers anyone?

I seem to be having a repeat of last year locally in Nobleboro. So I wonder if anyone knows of places where the migration has been at least steady. Somewhere between Bath and Rockland, preferably within half hour drive of the Pemaquid Peninsula. Cousins Island sounds very decent, but it's a ways. Thanks in advance, bab-- Bruce BartrugNobleboro, Maine, USAbbartrug@gmail.comwww.brucebartrug.com•The...

Saturday, 24 September 2016

[Maine-birds] Mt. A hawks

Great day at Mt. Agamenticus with almost 1000 Broadwings. Almost all of the birds came between 1:30 and 2:30 with two kettles that joined to make 300 and another of 500. Most birds were far and high, some streaming overhead. Other species, especially Sharpies and Kestrels zipping by on nice NNW and NW winds. Joanne -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 ---...

[Maine-birds] Birding at Pinkham Bay, Steuben, Washington County

This afternoon in Pinkham Bay we observed (among other birds) 3 Great Blue Herons, an unsuccessful Osprey fishing near the boat landing, a Sharp-shinned Hawk, 35+ Semipalmated Plovers, 8 Greater Yellowlegs, 1 Lesser Yellowlegs, 1 Spotted Sandpiper, 40+ Semipalmated Sandpipers, 12+ Least Sandpipers, 1 Dunlin and 2 Laughing Gulls. What a beautiful day to go birding and still see shorebirds!Merle and Anne Archie, Harrington...

[Maine-birds] Yellow-crowned night-heron, Eastport

My daughters and I flushed a juvenile yellow-crowned night-heron at Hillside Cemetery in Eastport today. We saw the bird land in a nearby spruce tree and took some photos of it. This is the first YCNH that I've seen in Washington County.A little while later we passed Woody Gillies and friends who were on a Fundy Chapter of Maine Audubon outing and so we stopped and led them to the night-heron. It's nice to see other...

[Maine-birds] MACHIAS SEAL ISLAND REPORT

I returned to MSI on Wednesday last but I've had little time or opportunity for birding due to construction work (lighthouse renovation) that's underway. That's also keeping most birds away from the immediate vicinity of the buildings. Some migrants are obvious; FLICKERS for example, and CEDAR WAXWINGS. RED BREASTED NUTHATCHES are still very abundant with several frequently in view. However, raptors are foremost. With generally...

Friday, 23 September 2016

[Maine-birds] Matinicus Seal Island 9/21

Standouts included: 1 peregrine (with unidentified prey) 20 sanderling 3 black bellied plovers 2 immature bald eagles (1 live, 1 dead) 1 immature lesser black backed gull 1 lesser yellow legs (heard) 1 minke whale Most harbor porpoise I've ever seen Richard Podolsky -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received...

Thursday, 22 September 2016

[Maine-birds] Schoodic Point

Passerine chips passing over campus (North Parking Lot) at about 10 chips per minute. Interrupted by calling Northern Saw-whet Owl. (8:30 to 9 PM). Star-filled night sky here at that time. -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To...

Re: [Maine-birds] 2 more Great Skuas on Sept.18 GOM ferry crossing

Thanks Louis!I hope your west coast trip went well.Our ferry trip crossings last week could not touch the super-successful Maine Audubon trip on 9/17, but we did pretty well for six birders on a new commercial ferry.I have a GPX track file and audio notes, on a minute-by-minute recorded log. The LTJA which I saw monday (I had lots of jaegers on 9/12) on this ferry was a spectacular adult (flight, shape, plumage,...