Thursday, 25 May 2017

[Maine-birds] Ancient Murrelet still in the Gulf of Maine

John Drury, who found this bird last year, saw the Ancient Murrelet at Matinicus Rock yesterday, 24 May. Unless some North Pacific wormhole exists in the Gulf of Maine, one would assume this is the same bird as last year and the same as found by Kyle Lima and others on Sunday, 21 May, off Machias Seal Island (MSI) 100 miles east-northeast of Matinicus Rock. I know the New Brunswick crew tried on the 23rd at MSI and didn't see the little guy there.

Here is a blog entry by John with photos of the Ancient Murrelet in flight, on the water, and on the rocks (!!!).
John runs boat tours out of Vinalhaven, and his contact info is there on the blog.

There will be a dedicated pelagic trip to Petit Manan, another site visited by the murrelet last year, out of Bar Harbor on Saturday, June 3rd, as part of the Acadia Birding Festival. Registration and info is here:

Another opportunity to visit Matinicus Rock and the seabird colony there is with Maine Audubon on Friday, June 9th. Details here:

Good birding!

Louis Bevier
Fairfield
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