[Maine-birds] Re: Ducktrap River Preserve, Lincolnville, 5.17.17

My local Scarlet Tanager in my yard in Belgrade just appeared yesterday and I have been listening for him.  

On Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at 12:08:12 PM UTC-4, Kristen Lindquist wrote:

Cloe Chunn of Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition and I co-led our annual bird walk this morning for BBWC's Bird Week on Coastal Mountains Land Trust's Ducktrap River Preserve off Route 52 in Lincolnville. Beautiful morning to be on the trail!

We heard/saw 36 species total (according to my tally, at least), including 11 species of warbler (Black-throated Green W and Ovenbirds ruled the woods). While the black flies were swarming, warbler diversity in particular seemed down this year, maybe because it's 3-4 days earlier than we usually do this walk. 

Highlights included:

Winter Wren - 3 FOY

Least Flycatcher - 6 FOY

Veery - 2-3 FOY

Eastern Wood-pewee - 1-2 FOY

Baltimore Oriole - 1 singing near trailhead

Blackburnian Warbler - 12-15 in the hemlocks and white pines

Black-throated Blue Warbler - 6-8

Wild Turkey - 1 heard

Red-shouldered Hawk - 1 overhead

Common Raven - 1 pair, cavorting (notable to me b/c ravens were the theme of Paul's and my wedding 14 years ago today) (and ravens are cool)

Osprey - 2 patrolling the river along with...

Belted Kingfisher - 1, leading us to wonder if the alewifes are running

Also notable: 

​Garter Snake

Red-backed Salamander

lingering Trout Lilies

Notable miss this year: Scarlet Tanager. We've almost always had these on this walk, in the mature forest along the river. Also dipped on Nashville and Magnolia Warblers for the first time in years.

And too early yet, apparently, for Painted Trillium​, which is usually in bloom for this walk. 

​Kristen​

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