[Maine-birds] This Week's Highlights and New Arrivals, 5/20-25

Hi all,

My observations of note over the past seven days included the following:

- 1 EVENING GROSBEAK, Old Town House Park, North Yarmouth, 5/20 (with Saturday Morning Birdwalk group).

- 1 pair ORCHARD ORIOLES, Capisic Pond Park, Portland, 5/21 (with clients from Massachusetts).

- 1 male ORCHARD ORIOLE, Evergreen Cemetery, Porland, 5/22 (with Zane Baker and Jeannette).

- Shorebird fallout in Scarborough Marsh on 5/22, with high counts of most species (Least Sandpiper =60+ from Eastern Road Trail) from Pine Point at outgoing tide. One of my best spring shorebird mornings ever in Maine (with Zane Baker, John Berry, and Jeannette):

750 Short-billed Dowitchers

650 Black-bellied Plovers

400 Dunlin

80 Semipalmated Sandpipers

20+ Ruddy Turnstones

15+ Semipalmated Plovers

10+ Least Sandpipers

x "Eastern" Willets

- 1 pair Gadwall, Pelreco Marsh, Scarborough Marsh, 5/22-23 (with Zane Baker and Jeannette).

- Remnants of shorebird fallout at Pine Point still impressive on 5/23 (with Zane Baker and Jeannette):

400 Short-billed Dowitchers

300 Dunlin

250 Black-bellied Plovers

100 Ruddy Turnstones

60 Semipalmated Sandpipers

20 Semipalmated Plovers

2 White-rumped Sandpipers

x "Eastern" Willets

- 106 White-winged Scoters, Wharton Point, Brunswick, 5/24.

And my other personal FOY's this week also included:

- 2 Willow Flycatchers, Old Town House Park, 5/20 (with Saturday Morning Birdwalk group).

- 1 Bay-breasted Warbler, Florida Lake Park, Freeport, 5/21 (with clients).

- 1 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, our yard in Pownal, 5/21.

- 2 Nelson's Sparrows, Eastern Road Trail, Scarborough Marsh, 5/22 (with Zane Baker and Jeannette). 

- 2 White-rumped Sandpipers, Pelreco Marsh, 5/22 (with Zane Baker and Jeannette).

- 1 Marsh Wren, Pelreco Marsh, 5/22 (with Zane Baker and Jeannette). 

- 3 Yellow-throated Vireos, Morgan Meadow WMA, Raymond, 5/23 (with Zane Baker and Jeannette).

- 2 Common Nighthawks, over our yard in Pownal, 5/24.

- 24+ BLACK TERNS, Messalonskee Lake, 5/25.

- 1 Black-billed Cuckoo, Depot Rd, Belgrade, 5/25.

-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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