[Maine-birds] Highlights from Augusta's CBC

Compiled by Cheryl Ring:

- 1st ever Boreal Chickadee and Sandhill Cranes for count day

- More than double the previous record high count for Bald Eagles

- Record count for Red-bellied Woodpeckers

- Species of note on count day: Barred Owl, Great Horned Owl, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Iceland Gull, Glaucous Gull, Northern Shrike, Eastern Bluebird, Northern Mockingbird, Snow Bunting, Pine Grosbeak, Pine Siskin, Common Redpoll

Also, Today as I was traveling on 202 in Winthrop, I stopped at the open water crossing at Cobbosseecontee Lake, and was pleased to see:

a pair of Hooded Mergansers in amonst the mallards, 

a juvenile eagle on the ice

and a Belted kingfisher!  

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