[Maine-birds] Monhegan Island, 6/17-22

Hi all,

I returned last night from a week-long private WINGS tour to Monhegan with a couple visiting from California. We had some good days, some slow days, and some interesting birds.  We finished with 88 species (including 18 spp warblers) on the island and a total of 104 species on the trip, both just a little below average for this tour. Here are the daily highlights:

9/17:

Pine Point, Scarborough:

- 1 juv "WESTERN" WILLET with 4 late "Eastern" Willets..

Hardy Boat to Monhegan:

- 1 early juvenile Black-legged Kittiwake in the fog.

9/18:

1 Pomarine Jaeger

9/19:

2 Pine Warblers

1 Warbling Vireo

2 DICKCISSELS

9/20:

1 Mourning Warbler

1 immature BROAD-WINGED HAWK (one of only a couple I have ever had out here).

1 White-breasted Nuthatch

9/21:

1 LARK SPARROW

9/22:

1 DICKCISSEL

1 White-breasted Nuthatch

10 SNOW GEESE - northwest-bound flock low overhead.

Relatively-uncommon migrants seen daily (or nearly-so, as we lost some time due to weather): 

Philadelphia Vireo - high of 6 on 9/20

Cape May Warbler - high of 20 on 9/21 plus 15 on 9/22.

Tennessee Warbler - high of 2 on multiple days.

Carolina Wren - 3 different singing males.

Bay-breasted Warbler - 1 on only 2 different days.

-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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