[Maine-birds] Katahdin Woods & Waters National Monument

Over the weekend (Saturday), we made a foray up to Katahdin Woods & Waters National Monument. What a wonderful area of Maine! We arrived in the area about 8:00 a.m. and were there for most of the day. A high temperature of 62F with a complete and high overcast was coupled with a southerly breeze, which kept the bugs down but made it challenging to hear the birds. We dipped on target birds such as Gray Jay, Spruce Grouse, and Black-backed Woodpecker, but we still managed 15 species of warbler! We hit many of the stops Jeff Wells mentioned in his June email, as well as visiting a number of other likely birding spots. Our day’s tally: _______. Red Crossbills may just possibly have been the most numerous species of the day!

For what it is worth, here is our complete list:

1. American Black Duck
2. Hooded Merganser (we would have missed the lone HOME if we had not had a spotting scope)
3. Ruffed Grouse (a hen with four chicks was fun to watch as the spent a lot of time along the edge of the road)
4. Turkey Vulture
5. Broad-winged Hawk
6. Spotted Sandpiper
7. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
8. Downy Woodpecker
9. Hairy Woodpecker
10. Northern Flicker
11. Pileated Woodpecker
12. American Kestrel
13. Merlin
14. Olive-sided Flycatcher
15. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
16. Eastern Phoebe
17. Warbling Vireo
18. Red-eyed Vireo
19. Blue Jay
20. American Crow
21. Common Raven
22. Tree Swallow
23. Black-capped Chickadee
24. Red-breasted Nuthatch
25. Winter Wren
26. Golde-crowned Kinglet
27. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
28. Veery
29. Swainson’s Thrush
30. Hermit Thrush
31. Wood Thrush
32. American Robin
33. Gray Catbird
34. Cedar Waxwing
35. Ovenbird
36. Northern Waterthrush
37. Black-and-white Warbler
38. Nashville Warbler
39. Mourning Warbler
40. Common Yellowthroat
41. American Redstart
42. Northern Parula
43. Magnolia Warbler
44. Chestnut-sided Warbler
45. Blackpoll Warbler (a lone male was a nice find)
46. Black-throated Blue Warbler
47. Pine Warbler
48. Yellow-rumped Warbler
49. Black-throated Green Warbler
50. White-throated Sparrow
51. Savannah Sparrow
52. Song Sparrow
53. Swamp Sparrow
54. Red-winged Blackbird
55. Common Grackle
56. Purple Finch
57. Red Crossbill
58. White-winged Crossbill
59. American Goldfinch

Richard MacDonald

The Natural History Center

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