[Maine-birds] Additional Highlights This Week and Goose Fields Update, 10/22-28

Hi all,

Some more observations of note from me over the past seven days included the following:

- 1 Lesser Yellowlegs, Wolfe's Neck Farm, Freeport, 10/22 (with Saturday Morning Birdwalk group).

- 1 BLUE GROSBEAK, 1 CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, 1 Indigo Bunting, etc, Private property in Cape Elizabeth, 10/24 (with Jeannette).

- 1000+ Common Grackles, Mitchell Field, Harpswell, 10/25 (with Curtis Library birdwalk group).

- 3 Horned Lark, 9 Black-bellied Plovers, and 1 "Yellow" Palm Warbler, Stover's Point, Harpswell, 10/25.

- 1 female Red-winged Blackbird, feeders here at the store, 10/26.

Greater Yarmouth Goose Fields Update:

Canada Goose numbers are finally increasing in the fields of North Yarmouth, Cumberland, and Falmouth. I had a season-to-date high count of 545 on 10/27, with one continuing adult "BLUE" SNOW GOOSE (at Thornhurst Farm on 10/27).

-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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