RE: [Maine-birds] Digest for maine-birds@googlegroups.com - 4 updates in 4 topics

10/23/2016 – First few Slate-colored Juncos stopped by the feeders today – Cape Neddick, west of turnpike, 3 miles from Ogunquit Beach.

 

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·         Peak's Island, 10/23 (CCSP, YBCH, OCWA, etc). - 1 Update

·         Western Willet - 1 Update

·         Snow goose - 1 Update

·         Northern Maine Birds: NO Barnacle Geese at Collins Pond - 1 Update

Peak's Island, 10/23 (CCSP, YBCH, OCWA, etc).

Derek and Jeannette Lovitch <freeportwildbird@yahoo.com>: Oct 23 08:17PM Hi all, Phil McCormack and I spent a very productive morning birding the southern 1/3 of Peak's Island in Casco Bay today. In sheltered areas, there were plenty of birds, and we found a few real goodies. Highlights included a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW along Seashore Avenue, a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER in the Battery Steele Conservation Area, and a flock of 57 Brant flying by. A total of 6 species of warblers also included a single Nashville and one Palm. -Derek ***************************************** 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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Western Willet

Richard <rjduddy@rjduddy.com>: Oct 23 12:49PM -0400 I just had a Western Willet at Pine Point on the Jones Creek side.   Turk Duddy Cape Porpoise, ME   Sent from my iPhone

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Snow goose

David Gulick <dvdgu741@gmail.com>: Oct 23 10:32AM -0400 Dark adult Snow Goose in with 100s of Canada Geese opposite the entrance to Springbrook recreation area on Greely Road in Cumberland. 10:30 AM. Have pictures if anybody wants.   Sent from my iPhone

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Northern Maine Birds: NO Barnacle Geese at Collins Pond

Bill Sheehan <bill.j.sheehan@gmail.com>: Oct 23 07:28AM -0400 Birders from Oregon and Michigan spent the day at Collins Pond in Caribou with no luck sighting the Barnacle Geese on Saturday. The large midday concentration of waterfowl did not occur. This absence is probably due to the rainy conditions (which allows the geese to drink at the fields where they feed) rather than any exodus of the flocks from the area.   Geese did return to the pond in the evening, but it was too dark/rainy to ID to species.   The Cackling Goose was seen here early on Saturday.   Five species of gulls including 5 Lesser Black-backed and a juvenile Iceland Gull were present later in the day. A late-for-northern-Maine Belted Kingfisher was also spotted around noon. A few shorebirds were reported, including Wilson's Snipe, Pectoral Sandpiper and Lesser Yellowlegs. A young Lincoln's Sparrow was the only other bird of note here.   I expect the conditions to remain the same for a couple days, at least, before dependable midday goose flocks reappear at Collins Pond.   Bill   -- Bill Sheehan Woodland, Aroostook Co., Maine http://northernmainebirds.blogspot.com/

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