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Friday, 31 August 2018

Re: [Maine-birds] Additional Highlights This Week, 8/25-8/31

Thank you guys. I don't have the opportunity to observe much lately but am following your records and appreciate your diligence and devotion.

I'm trying to decipher gulls by flight. I'm in Augusta and there are some interesting patterns with flocks but I don't yet know 'who's who and what's what,' if you will.

On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 9:21 PM, 'Derek Lovitch' via Maine birds <maine-birds@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Sorry for the second post, that was an earlier draft that in addition to be less cleaned up, did not include the 2 juvenile BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS (FOY) that I had at Weskeag Marsh on 8/29.

-Derek

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On Aug 31, 2018, at 9:14 PM, 'Derek and Jeannette Lovitch' via Maine birds <maine-birds@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Hi all,

My observations of note over the past seven days also included:
-2 Great Egrets and 4 Blue-winged Teak, Essex Marsh, Bangor, 8/26 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).
-1 Great Egret, Machias River Inn, Machias, 8/26 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).
- Head Harbor Passage, Eastport to East Quoddy Head, Campobello Island, 8/27 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Chris Bartlett, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette):
3 LITTLE GULLS (one Maine, two in New Brunswick)**
40-60 Common Murre (mostly adults with chicks) - very high number for here.**
2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (both in NB)**
100+ Sooty Shearwaters (mostly in NB; very high count for the passage).**
- Head Harbor Passage and around Campobello through Lubec Narrows on whale watch with Eastport Windjammers, 8/26 ((with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette):
1 Manx Shearwater**
1 Pomarine Jaeger
400+ Sooty and 100+ Great Shearwaters, etc (all of the above in Canadian waters).
- 1 SPRUCE GROUSE, Boot Head Preserve, Lubec, 8/28 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).**
- steady trickle of Sooty Shearwaters from Quoddy Head Light, 8/28 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).
- 3 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS ( 1st cycle, 3rd cycle, and 3rd/4th cycle), Lubec Bar and Flats, Lubec, 8/28 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).
- 2 adult SANDHILL CRANES, Mayall Road, Gray/New Gloucester, 8/30.

And my shorebird high counts this week were as follows:
Black-bellied Plover: 40, Lubec Bar and Flats, Lubec, 8/28 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).
Semipalmated Plover: 125, Lubec Bar and Flats, Lubec, 8/28 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).
Piping Plover:
Killdeer: 11, Mayall Road, Gray/New Gloucester, 8/30.
Spotted Sandpiper: 2, Boot Head Preserve, Lubec, 8/28 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).
Solitary Sandpiper: 2, East River Road, Sebec, 8/29 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).
Greater Yellowlegs: 6, Weskeag Marsh, South Thomaston, 8/29.
"Eastern" Willet:
Lesser Yellowlegs: 18, Weskeag Marsh, South Thomaston, 8/29.
Whimbrel:
Ruddy Turnstone: 2, Lubec Bar and Flats, Lubec, 8/28 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).
RED KNOT:
Sanderling: 12, Lubec Bar and Flats, Lubec, 8/28 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).
Semipalmated Sandpiper: 3000, Lubec Bar and Flats, Lubec, 8/28 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).
WESTERN SANDPIPER: 1 juv, Lubec Bar and Flats, Lubec, 8/28 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).
Least Sandpiper: 100, Lubec Bar and Flats, Lubec, 8/28 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).
White-rumped Sandpiper: 150, Lubec Bar and Flats, Lubec, 8/28 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).
Pectoral Sandpiper:
*PURPLE SANDPIPER: 1 presumed 1st summer, Black Rock, Head Harbor Passage, New Brunswick. My first ever in summer and Chris's first ever in summer in the area. Life plumage for all! Incredible record and - along with sightings on offshore Maine islands - perhaps related to reported widespread breeding failure/snow pack in far eastern Canadian Arctic and Greenland this summer. (with Lucas Ahlsen, Chris Bartlett, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).**
Short-billed Dowitcher: 13, Lubec Bar and Flats, Lubec, 8/28 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).

** Will post photos soon.

-Derek

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[Maine-birds] Good nocturnal migration tonight

At about 10 PM hearing 6-10 flight calls per minute, virtually all warblers so far.

In Gardiner. Beautiful sky.

Jeff Wells

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Re: [Maine-birds] Additional Highlights This Week, 8/25-8/31

Sorry for the second post, that was an earlier draft that in addition to be less cleaned up, did not include the 2 juvenile BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS (FOY) that I had at Weskeag Marsh on 8/29.

-Derek

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On Aug 31, 2018, at 9:14 PM, 'Derek and Jeannette Lovitch' via Maine birds <maine-birds@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Hi all,

My observations of note over the past seven days also included:
-2 Great Egrets and 4 Blue-winged Teak, Essex Marsh, Bangor, 8/26 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).
-1 Great Egret, Machias River Inn, Machias, 8/26 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).
- Head Harbor Passage, Eastport to East Quoddy Head, Campobello Island, 8/27 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Chris Bartlett, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette):
3 LITTLE GULLS (one Maine, two in New Brunswick)**
40-60 Common Murre (mostly adults with chicks) - very high number for here.**
2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (both in NB)**
100+ Sooty Shearwaters (mostly in NB; very high count for the passage).**
- Head Harbor Passage and around Campobello through Lubec Narrows on whale watch with Eastport Windjammers, 8/26 ((with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette):
1 Manx Shearwater**
1 Pomarine Jaeger
400+ Sooty and 100+ Great Shearwaters, etc (all of the above in Canadian waters).
- 1 SPRUCE GROUSE, Boot Head Preserve, Lubec, 8/28 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).**
- steady trickle of Sooty Shearwaters from Quoddy Head Light, 8/28 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).
- 3 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS ( 1st cycle, 3rd cycle, and 3rd/4th cycle), Lubec Bar and Flats, Lubec, 8/28 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).
- 2 adult SANDHILL CRANES, Mayall Road, Gray/New Gloucester, 8/30.

And my shorebird high counts this week were as follows:
Black-bellied Plover: 40, Lubec Bar and Flats, Lubec, 8/28 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).
Semipalmated Plover: 125, Lubec Bar and Flats, Lubec, 8/28 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).
Piping Plover:
Killdeer: 11, Mayall Road, Gray/New Gloucester, 8/30.
Spotted Sandpiper: 2, Boot Head Preserve, Lubec, 8/28 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).
Solitary Sandpiper: 2, East River Road, Sebec, 8/29 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).
Greater Yellowlegs: 6, Weskeag Marsh, South Thomaston, 8/29.
"Eastern" Willet:
Lesser Yellowlegs: 18, Weskeag Marsh, South Thomaston, 8/29.
Whimbrel:
Ruddy Turnstone: 2, Lubec Bar and Flats, Lubec, 8/28 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).
RED KNOT:
Sanderling: 12, Lubec Bar and Flats, Lubec, 8/28 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).
Semipalmated Sandpiper: 3000, Lubec Bar and Flats, Lubec, 8/28 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).
WESTERN SANDPIPER: 1 juv, Lubec Bar and Flats, Lubec, 8/28 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).
Least Sandpiper: 100, Lubec Bar and Flats, Lubec, 8/28 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).
White-rumped Sandpiper: 150, Lubec Bar and Flats, Lubec, 8/28 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).
Pectoral Sandpiper:
*PURPLE SANDPIPER: 1 presumed 1st summer, Black Rock, Head Harbor Passage, New Brunswick. My first ever in summer and Chris's first ever in summer in the area. Life plumage for all! Incredible record and - along with sightings on offshore Maine islands - perhaps related to reported widespread breeding failure/snow pack in far eastern Canadian Arctic and Greenland this summer. (with Lucas Ahlsen, Chris Bartlett, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).**
Short-billed Dowitcher: 13, Lubec Bar and Flats, Lubec, 8/28 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).

** Will post photos soon.

-Derek

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Derek and Jeannette Lovitch
Freeport Wild Bird Supply
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Freeport, ME 04032
207-865-6000
www.freeportwildbirdsupply.com
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[Maine-birds] Additional Highlights This Week, 8/25-8/31

Hi all,

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

-2 Great Egrets and 4 Blue-winged Teak, Essex Marsh, Bangor, 8/26 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).

-1 Great Egret, Machias River Inn, Machias, 8/26 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).

- Head Harbor Passage, Eastport to East Quoddy Head, Campobello Island, 8/27 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Chris Bartlett, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette):

3 LITTLE GULLS (one Maine, two in New Brunswick)**

40-60 Common Murre (mostly adults with chicks) - very high number for here.**

2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (both in NB)**

100+ Sooty Shearwaters (mostly in NB; very high count for the passage).**

- Head Harbor Passage and around Campobello through Lubec Narrows on whale watch with Eastport Windjammers, 8/26 ((with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette):

1 Manx Shearwater**

1 Pomarine Jaeger

400+ Sooty and 100+ Great Shearwaters, etc (all of the above in Canadian waters).

- 1 SPRUCE GROUSE, Boot Head Preserve, Lubec, 8/28 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).**

- steady trickle of Sooty Shearwaters from Quoddy Head Light, 8/28 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).
- 3 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS ( 1st cycle, 3rd cycle, and 3rd/4th cycle), Lubec Bar and Flats, Lubec, 8/28 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).
- 2 adult SANDHILL CRANES, Mayall Road, Gray/New Gloucester, 8/30.

And my shorebird high counts this week were as follows:

Black-bellied Plover: 40, Lubec Bar and Flats, Lubec, 8/28 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).

Semipalmated Plover: 125, Lubec Bar and Flats, Lubec, 8/28 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).

Piping Plover:

Killdeer: 11, Mayall Road, Gray/New Gloucester, 8/30.

Spotted Sandpiper: 2, Boot Head Preserve, Lubec, 8/28 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).

Solitary Sandpiper: 2, East River Road, Sebec, 8/29 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).

Greater Yellowlegs: 6, Weskeag Marsh, South Thomaston, 8/29.

"Eastern" Willet:

Lesser Yellowlegs: 18, Weskeag Marsh, South Thomaston, 8/29.

Whimbrel:

Ruddy Turnstone: 2, Lubec Bar and Flats, Lubec, 8/28 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).

RED KNOT:

Sanderling: 12, Lubec Bar and Flats, Lubec, 8/28 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).

Semipalmated Sandpiper: 3000, Lubec Bar and Flats, Lubec, 8/28 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).

WESTERN SANDPIPER: 1 juv, Lubec Bar and Flats, Lubec, 8/28 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).

Least Sandpiper: 100, Lubec Bar and Flats, Lubec, 8/28 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).

White-rumped Sandpiper: 150, Lubec Bar and Flats, Lubec, 8/28 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).

Pectoral Sandpiper:

*PURPLE SANDPIPER: 1 presumed 1st summer, Black Rock, Head Harbor Passage, New Brunswick. My first ever in summer and Chris's first ever in summer in the area. Life plumage for all! Incredible record and - along with sightings on offshore Maine islands - perhaps related to reported widespread breeding failure/snow pack in far eastern Canadian Arctic and Greenland this summer. (with Lucas Ahlsen, Chris Bartlett, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).**

Short-billed Dowitcher: 13, Lubec Bar and Flats, Lubec, 8/28 (with Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, and Jeannette).

** Will post photos soon.

-Derek

*****************************************

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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[Maine-birds] Mt. Desert Rock end of season

Hi all,

Yesterday, the 2018 field season on Mt. Desert Rock wrapped up and I'm currently writing from Bar Harbor to sum up my observations. It's been a long time since I last wrote, and I apologize for that, but it's been a very busy season out there. First off, there have been many more whales seen this year than last, which is encouraging as a sign of more food in the area, which then brought in more birds.

Pelagic species were nearly daily, with Great Shearwater easily being the most numerous of those, although all four regular species were seen, along with a day or so of 5000 Wilson's Storm-Petrels, but usually less. All three jaeger species were seen with moderate regularity in the second half of the season. Skuas were surprisingly common (get that...common!) throughout the season with a total of 35 minimum sightings, all of which were South Polar or Skua sp, with no confirmable Great Skua at this point. Northern Gannets were also frequent with a high count of 60. One Great Cormorant stopped by to rest with some Double-crested Cormorants for a day or two.

Nineteen species of shorebirds were seen, with an early Purple Sandpiper, and two goodies for the county, American Golden-Plover and Baird's Sandpiper. Phalaropes also started coming through with a couple hundred Red-necked and a few Red mixed in with them.

I didn't do a formal count of Herring Gull nests, but I estimate between 75-100 were active this year, with only 9 Great Black-backed Gull nests. Funny as it is, there were almost always more Great Black-backed Gulls present on the island, with a high of 1273 on 8/29 and only 615 Herring Gulls on 7/31. Lesser Black-backed Gulls also made 20 appearances throughout the season. There were also 5 Great Blue Herons and one Great Egret.

Raptors included an Osprey, a juvenile Peregrine Falcon, and 5 Merlin.

As for passerines, there was an OK push in the later part of the season. Flycatchers were not all too regular, but we did have a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, a couple Least Flycatchers, and some other unidentified Empidonax sp. Eastern Kingbirds were also recorded a few days. There were five species of swallows seen, including a rare-for-the-county Purple Martin and a Petrochelidon sp. that still has me thinking.

Red-breasted Nuthatches were almost omnipresent, with a day high count of 16, which likely signals a very good breeding year!

A Blue-gray Gnatcatcher showed well for an evening and morning, constantly flitting about everywhere it went. You would often hear the high trill of a Cedar Waxwing, even though you wouldn't always see them. Purple Finches also became regular later on and an American Goldfinch also joined them.

There were few sparrows, but they included good species such as a Lark Sparrow in mid July, and a Nelson's Sparrow in August. An excellent bird, and one that I read about as being a fairly common migrant back when they banded at the Rock, were two Yellow-breasted Chat that both appeared the same day, but only one remained until I left yesterday.

15 warbler species visited the island, which included a few goodies. Two Prairie Warblers stopped by at different dates, which are rare for the county, as well as a Mourning Warbler, which is always nice to see. By far though, the best warbler was an adult male Prothonotary Warbler that had an extended stay of 6 days. What a treat that was! Tennessee and Cape May Warblers also showed but for a few days.

In the last week, we were also visited by, as I believe it, four different Dickcissels, so keep an open ear out for those guys.

The last new bird of the season, which took me by surprise as we were packing up, was a Ruby-throated Hummingbird. It was not long before then that the winds had shifted to the North, and when that happened, Monarch Butterflies started filling the island, with a high count of 16! Good thing we have a Rosa rugosa bush and a couple asters for them...

Overall, there were 92 species seen on or around the island, with 2 provisionals.

Here's to a great season on the rock, even though I wish I could stay longer. I will, hopefully, go back there in a few days with a class, but that's not set in stone yet. There may be more chances later in the year, and I'm gonna jump on that as quick as I can.

And thanks for the shoutout from Craig Kesselheim from an earlier post, and Tammy & Rob Packie as well. I appreciate it a whole lot! Hope to see you guys around!

Thanks a whole lot, and as always, good birding!

Nathan

[Maine-birds] Roseate still here

Yes observed feeding morning of 8/31, have photos.

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Re: [Maine-birds] Roseate still here

And here Friday 10:45...

DH

> On Aug 30, 2018, at 12:28 PM, Seth Benz <sbenz@schoodicinstitute.org> wrote:
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> Roseate Spoonbill present and viewable at 12:25. On same horizontal snag with a BC Nightheron.
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> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Aug 30, 2018, at 11:59 AM, Sean Hatch <seanarih@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Has anyone seen this bird foraging at all?
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[Maine-birds] Monhegan, 8.25-8.28.18

I was out on Monhegan this past weekend. While I wasn't actively birding while I was there (i.e. did not use my binoculars once), I thought I'd share a few observations for those who might wonder what goes on out there bird-wise when it's not peak migration time.

The island did not get any of the summer rainstorms we got on the mainland and is in a drought right now. The Ice Pond is as low as I've ever seen it. I did not note any sandpipers on the newly revealed mudflats there. But a yard near the pond was recently visited by a Great Blue Heron.

Noted for warblers: only Common Yellowthroat and Yellow Warbler.

Cedar Waxwings have begun flocking up. I came upon several active groups of them in berry bushes and blackberry patches. It was also fun watching bunches of goldfinches feeding on the sunflowers.

Heard a Carolina Wren singing several times in the neighborhood of the brewery. Hopefully that species is re-establishing its foothold out there.

I also distinctly heard a DICKCISSEL calling at one point, near the Trailing Yew, and spotted the bird as it flew over (so I know it wasn't a starling!), but it didn't land within my sight.

While I didn't spot the three Ring-necked Pheasant chicks that I first saw back in late June, I was shown a very recent photo taken by someone who lives near where I saw them. All three are still hanging around together, and one of them is clearly a male—he's starting to get his lovely adult colors.

On a non-avian note, it was heartening to see so many Monarchs out there. The nursery patch of milkweed at the Trailing Yew hosts many caterpillars and chrysalises, as well. Interestingly, I didn't see a single Lady of either species, when last year that was the predominant species in August.

Headed back out in a couple of weeks, hopefully will have more to report then!

Kristen

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Thursday, 30 August 2018

[Maine-birds] Maine Birds

August 30, almost noon, Route 11A in Charleston - In a small wetland, I saw a Great Blue Heron and Great Egret.

Aloyse Larrabee, Dexter

Re: [Maine-birds] Roseate still here

Roseate Spoonbill present and viewable at 12:25. On same horizontal snag with a BC Nightheron.

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[Maine-birds] Roseate still here

Has anyone seen this bird foraging at all?

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Re: [Maine-birds] ROSEATE SPOONBILL - Dover-Foxcroft, 8/27

Viewed for 20 mins this morning before leaving for work. Perched in tree at back of 1st pond. Preening, resting.

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[Maine-birds] Little Egret - Falmouth, 8/30

A LITTLE EGRET was foraging with a group of Snowy Egrets off the North Meadow at Gilsland Farm during Maine Audubon's Weekly Bird Walk this morning. This bird had much paler lores than the one photographed in the Scarborough Marsh on 27 Aug.

Here is a list from our walk around the West Meadow, including so distant digiscoped shots of the Little Egret: https://ebird.org/me/view/checklist/S48167674

Good birding,

Doug Hitchcox
Maine Audubon - Staff Naturalist
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[Maine-birds] Roseate still here

Observed at 730 this morning. Still perched at back of 1st pond.

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Wednesday, 29 August 2018

[Maine-birds] Roseate still here

Still roosting in snag along back side of pond.

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[Maine-birds] Great Egrets in Back Bay

3 now between Dartmouth St and Forest Ave

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Re: [Maine-birds] common nighthawks

Last night in Brunswick I could see from my patio about 12 Chimney Swifts and about 20 Nighthawks all flying together. There were all hawking for sure. RRR

From: maine-birds@googlegroups.com <maine-birds@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Julia Hanauer-Milne <windyridgemaine@gmail.com>
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Subject: [Maine-birds] common nighthawks

Glad to get in on the annual nighthawk migration with 6 over our house in Sidney this afternoon. There seemed to be a few swallows (barn? cliff?) traveling with them.

Julia

Re: [Maine-birds] ROSEATE SPOONBILL - Dover-Foxcroft, 8/27

Hi all,
Lucas Ahlsen, Marion Sprague, Jeannette and I, along with several others, are currently observing the bird, roosting behind the pond in easy sight from the road.
-Derek

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> On Aug 28, 2018, at 9:08 AM, Fyn Kynd <fynkynd@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Continuing as of now at 9am on the 28th. Easily viewable from River Road, between power pole #176 and 177, teed up in a dead tree on the right side of the close pond. Amazing! Fantastic find by Dennis and Dan.
>
>
> Happy chasing,
> Fyn
>
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[Maine-birds] Re: My mystery bird

A "yellowish" legged sandpiper that is small than a Semi screams Least Sandpiper to me.

On Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at 9:01:27 PM UTC-4, Marie Jordan wrote:

Greetings,
Please help me with the ID of this bird.
The pictures were taken of the bird on Aug. 23rd at Pine Point in Scarboro on the out going tide.
This bird stood out from the others because it was so much lighter colored than all the other Semipalmated Sandpipers.
The leg coloring seems a tad yellowish to me.
The bird also seemed to be a tad smaller than the many Semis that were surrounding it.
If it is not a semipalmated Sandpiper than what might it be?

Two photos posted on my Flickr account.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/55woodduck

Please send comments off list - I will summarize a report to all in a couple days.
Thanks for you help.
Marie

PS
I just returned from a great trip downeast which included the MA birding adventure out of Eastport last Saturday morning with Doug and others.
I also enjoyed great looks at a beautiful Pacific loon in Herring Cove on Campobello Island.
Great weather and good birding.
Marie Jordan

Tuesday, 28 August 2018

[Maine-birds] Fwd: My mystery bird

Greetings,
Please help me with the ID of this bird.

The pictures were taken of the bird on Aug. 23rd at Pine Point in Scarboro on the out going tide.

This bird stood out from the others because it was so much lighter colored than all the other Semipalmated Sandpipers.

The leg coloring seems a tad yellowish to me.

The bird also seemed to be a tad smaller than the many Semis that were surrounding it.

If it is not a semipalmated Sandpiper than what might it be?

Two photos posted on my Flickr account.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/55woodduck

Please send comments off list - I will summarize a report to all in a couple days.

Thanks for you help.

Marie

I just returned from a great trip downeast which included the MA birding adventure out of Eastport last Saturday morning with Doug and others.

I also enjoyed great looks at a beautiful Pacific loon in Herring Cove on Campobello Island.

Great weather and good birding.

Marie Jordan

[Maine-birds] Loads of nighthawks

Allison and I saw 40 or more Common Nighthawks this evening in Winthrop and another 50+ between Hallowell and Gardiner. Finally a big push!

Jeff Wells

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[Maine-birds] Nighthawks

Several Nighthawks over Dunstan tonight heading toward Scarborough Marsh.

John Tobin

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[Maine-birds] Nighthawks Skowhegan

Now watching 12 Nighthawks flying over the Kennebec 2 miles down from Rt 2.

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[Maine-birds] Re: ROSEATE SPOONBILL - Dover-Foxcroft, 8/27

I hope people do not try to get too close to the bird as it is most likely stressed as it is not in it's normal habitat. If you have have seen a roseate elsewhere, eg Florida, I think it is best to be considerate to the bird as well as the land owner, and pass on this one. I have witnessed serious Great Gray Owl harassment in the past. "Please Bird Responsibly". ;-)

On Monday, August 27, 2018 at 10:35:23 AM UTC-4, Doug Hitchcox wrote:

Dennis Peacock and Dan Furbish just found a ROSEATE SPOONBILL along River Road in Dover-Foxcroft. They said the bird was flushed by a Great Blue Heron and out of sight at the moment but still in the area.

He is going to submit an eBird report with the exact location and details on the Maine Rare Bird Alert Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1526479937628399/ but I'll crosspost any updates here as well.

Good birding,

Doug Hitchcox

Re: [Maine-birds] ROSEATE SPOONBILL - Dover-Foxcroft, 8/27

As one of the other cars up there (neither Julie nor I were the double parked car) I did not see anything outside the norm happen on account of birders. Since I can't speak for any times other than while I was there I can't say what Jim has had to put up with on account of this bird. Hopefully it hasn't been as bad as it seemed.

My son and I spent about 50 minutes using the bed of my truck as an elevated platform while there and the elevation added to the visibility without having to go further in. While there the bird mostly slept but occasionally would look around and preen.

Cool bird and a great opportunity. We appreciated the chance to see it. It was a lifer for my son.

Thanks,

Rob O'Connell

On Aug 28, 2018, at 2:29 PM, Julie A. Krasne, DVM <jkraz1984@gmail.com> wrote:

Update: The landowner, Jim came out to talk with me and his primary concern is people's safety as he has several bulls on the property. In addition, a double parked car forced a school bus to drive almost into the ditch. He's a nice guy who loves wildlife. He just requests that people avoid going onto his property and that they be respectful and avoid blocking the road.
Happy birding!
Julue Krasne

On Tue, Aug 28, 2018, 2:09 PM Julie A. Krasne, DVM <jkraz1984@gmail.com> wrote:
At 2:05, the spoonbill flew down from the tree and is now out of sight, but likely still present.
Julie Krasne

On Mon, Aug 27, 2018, 10:35 AM 'Doug Hitchcox' via Maine birds <maine-birds@googlegroups.com> wrote:
Dennis Peacock and Dan Furbish just found a ROSEATE SPOONBILL along River Road in Dover-Foxcroft. They said the bird was flushed by a Great Blue Heron and out of sight at the moment but still in the area.

He is going to submit an eBird report with the exact location and details on the Maine Rare Bird Alert Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1526479937628399/ but I'll crosspost any updates here as well.

Good birding,

Doug Hitchcox

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Re: [Maine-birds] ROSEATE SPOONBILL - Dover-Foxcroft, 8/27

In related news,

https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/video/3924693-minnesota-records-first-sighting-of-roseate-spoonbill/

On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 10:49 AM, Fyn Kynd <fynkynd@gmail.com> wrote:

Still present as of 10:48am but moved farther away, to a taller dead tree on the backside of the pond. Sticks out like a Spoonbill in Maine!

Fyn

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[Maine-birds] Head Harbor Passage Trip Report and Washington Co shorebirds

On Saturday, August 25th, Maine Audubon ran its now-annual Head Harbor Passage Trip and had a phenomenal showing of gulls and shearwaters. We hit the tide just right to have an impressive feeding frenzy of thousands of Bonaparte's Gulls with at least two adult Little Gulls in the mix. The Sooty Shearwater flock near East Quoddy Head swelled to 700+ birds on Saturday morning with many birds being quite tame sitting on the water. I posted a full trip report here: https://www.maineaudubon.org/news/head-harbor-passage-2018-trip-report/ and wanted to express my thanks to Chris Bartlett, Woody Gillies, and Captain Butch Harris for making this trip a great success.

Before the trip, I had my one of my best shorebirding experience at the Lubec Flats as the tide was just beginning to drop on the afternoon of the 24th. Diversity and overall numbers had been below average the past two weeks while Woody and I were guiding in the area but a couple thousand peeps with a few notable species made for a great study. Among the 1600 Semipalmated Sandpipers was a yellow-flag "ML7" that bandedbirds.org reports as originally being captured near Nickerie, Suriname on 6 Dec 2016. A juvenile Western Sandpiper was my first for Washington County but the most interesting bird was an apparent Dunlin x White-rumped Sandpiper (hybrid). Photos of these individuals are in my eBird list here: https://ebird.org/me/view/checklist/S48051050

I also had two Lesser Black-backed Gulls roosting on either sides of the Lubec Flats, visible from Quoddy Head Road. Of more note there, an apparent 'Ipswich' Savannah Sparrow that kept coming into the parking area was by far my earliest for that subspecies. Birds of North America says they don't migrate until mid-September so I'd appreciate feedback if anyone disagrees with my identification. Photos are available here: https://ebird.org/me/view/checklist/S48050897

Good birding,

Doug Hitchcox
Maine Audubon - Staff Naturalist
207-781-2330 x237
dhitchcox@maineaudubon.org

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Re: [Maine-birds] ROSEATE SPOONBILL - Dover-Foxcroft, 8/27

Update: The landowner, Jim came out to talk with me and his primary concern is people's safety as he has several bulls on the property. In addition, a double parked car forced a school bus to drive almost into the ditch. He's a nice guy who loves wildlife. He just requests that people avoid going onto his property and that they be respectful and avoid blocking the road.

Happy birding!

Julue Krasne

On Tue, Aug 28, 2018, 2:09 PM Julie A. Krasne, DVM <jkraz1984@gmail.com> wrote:

At 2:05, the spoonbill flew down from the tree and is now out of sight, but likely still present.
Julie Krasne

On Mon, Aug 27, 2018, 10:35 AM 'Doug Hitchcox' via Maine birds <maine-birds@googlegroups.com> wrote:
Dennis Peacock and Dan Furbish just found a ROSEATE SPOONBILL along River Road in Dover-Foxcroft. They said the bird was flushed by a Great Blue Heron and out of sight at the moment but still in the area.

He is going to submit an eBird report with the exact location and details on the Maine Rare Bird Alert Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1526479937628399/ but I'll crosspost any updates here as well.

Good birding,

Doug Hitchcox

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RE: [Maine-birds] ROSEATE SPOONBILL - Dover-Foxcroft, 8/27

I love the use of pole #s. Each pole on a street has its own number. Helps to pin down a location. Thanks Fyn.

Bob Crowley, Retired Lineman

Chatham, NH

Bob Crowley

Chatham, NH

From: Fyn Kynd
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2018 9:08 AM
To: Maine birds
Subject: Re: [Maine-birds] ROSEATE SPOONBILL - Dover-Foxcroft, 8/27

Continuing as of now at 9am on the 28th. Easily viewable from River Road, between power pole #176 and 177, teed up in a dead tree on the right side of the close pond. Amazing! Fantastic find by Dennis and Dan.

Happy chasing,

Fyn

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Re: [Maine-birds] ROSEATE SPOONBILL - Dover-Foxcroft, 8/27

At 2:05, the spoonbill flew down from the tree and is now out of sight, but likely still present.

Julie Krasne

On Mon, Aug 27, 2018, 10:35 AM 'Doug Hitchcox' via Maine birds <maine-birds@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Dennis Peacock and Dan Furbish just found a ROSEATE SPOONBILL along River Road in Dover-Foxcroft. They said the bird was flushed by a Great Blue Heron and out of sight at the moment but still in the area.

He is going to submit an eBird report with the exact location and details on the Maine Rare Bird Alert Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1526479937628399/ but I'll crosspost any updates here as well.

Good birding,

Doug Hitchcox

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Re: [Maine-birds] ROSEATE SPOONBILL - Dover-Foxcroft, 8/27

Still present at 1:50 near top of snag behind pond. Landowner NOT HAPPY. Said the bird was a "pain in the ass" and he wished it would leave. Was not happy that there were 2 vehicles parked on side of road, NOT on private property.

Please do not ask him for access to his property.

Julie Krasne

On Aug 28, 2018 1:09 PM, "Rob O'Connell" <flashart123@gmail.com> wrote:

Still here as of 1:08 PM. Still at back of second pond sleeping at the top of the tree.

Thanks,
Rob O'Connell

> On Aug 28, 2018, at 10:49 AM, Fyn Kynd <fynkynd@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Still present as of 10:48am but moved farther away, to a taller dead tree on the backside of the pond. Sticks out like a Spoonbill in Maine!
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> Fyn
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Re: [Maine-birds] ROSEATE SPOONBILL - Dover-Foxcroft, 8/27

Still here as of 1:08 PM. Still at back of second pond sleeping at the top of the tree.

Thanks,
Rob O'Connell

> On Aug 28, 2018, at 10:49 AM, Fyn Kynd <fynkynd@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Still present as of 10:48am but moved farther away, to a taller dead tree on the backside of the pond. Sticks out like a Spoonbill in Maine!
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