[Maine-birds] Additional Highlights This Week, 10/13-19

Hi all,

A very productive week of birding (except for a series of lackluster mornings at Sandy Point!) for me also included:

- Sandy Point Morning Flight, 10/13: 59 migrants led by 17 Yellow-rumped Warblers and 15 Golden-crowned Kinglets

- Sandy Point Morning Flight, 10/14 (with Marion Sprague): 56 migrants led by 18 American Robins and 10 White-throated Sparrows but also including 3 Northern Parulas.

- 1 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, 1 YELLOW WARBLER, and 1 Lincoln's Sparrows, Eastern Promenade, Portland, 10/14 (with Marion Sprague).

- 1 DICKCISSEL, 1 Indigo Buntings, and 1 Lincoln's Sparrow, private property in Cape Elizabeth, 10/14 (with Marion Sprague).

- Sandy Point Morning Flight, 10/15: 43 migrants led by 10 Yellow-rumped Warblers and 5 Blackpoll Warblers. 

- 1 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, Pownal Road Rec Field, Freeport, 10/17.

- 2 continuing adult SANDHILL CRANES, ~40 American Pipits and ~10 Horned Larks, Mayall Road, Gray/New Gloucester, 10/19.

- Sabattus Pond, Sabattus, 10/19:

926 Ruddy Ducks

115 Lesser Scaup

85 Greater Scaup

30 Mallards

25 American Black Ducks

25 Buffleheads

21 Dunlin

14 Ring-necked Ducks

11 Hooded Mergansers

6 Canada Geese

6 Common Goldeneyes (First of fall)

3 Red-breasted Mergansers

2 Common Loons

2 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS

1 Green-winged Teal

1 Long-tailed Duck (FOF)

1 Surf Scoter

1 Pied-billed Grebe

1 Horned Grebe (FOF)

1 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER

1 Pectoral Sandpiper

-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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