Tuesday, 23 October 2018

Re: [Maine-birds] Digest for maine-birds@googlegroups.com - 9 updates in 9 topics

Red-bellied Woodpecker at our feeder in Waterville yesterday

On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 4:40 PM <maine-birds@googlegroups.com> wrote:
Brad Kraft <bradford.kraft@maine.edu>: Oct 22 04:22PM -0400

Hi guys,
 
Aside from the usual suspects for this time of year (chickadee, nuthatch,
titmice), I've been seeing lots of tiny brown birds at my feeders. My
novice eyes immediately thought sparrow of some kind but I have no idea if
thats right, or which one. They're very, very small. Here's the best pic
I could take along with one of the same bird next to a chickadee for size
comparison. Hopefully someone will be able to help satisfy my curiosity.
 
Thanks much!
Brad
Derek and Jeannette Lovitch <freeportwildbird@yahoo.com>: Oct 22 04:18PM -0400

Hi all,
For the second day in a row, it was an unexpectedly great flight passing over and through Sandy Point Beach, Cousin's Island, Yarmouth. Usually, a southwesterly component (beginning after 1:00am) squashes the flight here, but obviously, it did not today.
 
7:05-9:12
33F, mostly cloudy but clearing, WSW 7.3mph becoming SW and increasing.
 
663 American Robins
309 Yellow-rumped Warblers
233 Ruby-crowned Kinglets *3rd highest
88 unidentified kinglets
75 unidentified
54 Golden-crowned Kinglets
47 Dark-eyed Juncos
47 Common Grackles
19 American Goldfinches
14 White-throated Sparrows
7 White-crowned Sparrows
6 Northern Flickers
6 Black-capped Chickadees
5 Hermit Thrushes
5 Rusty Blackbirds
5 Purple Finches
4 Palm Warblers
4 House Finches *tied record high
3 American Kestrels
3 Brown Creepers
3 Chipping Sparrows
3 Savannah Sparrows
2 Blue-headed Vireos
2 Snow Buntings
2 unidentified sparrows
2 Cedar Waxwings
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
1 Peregrine Falcon - actively hunting again.
1 Hairy Woodpecker
1 Eastern Phoebe
1 Tufted Titmouse
1 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER (photo)
 
T= 1,617
*****************************************
 
Derek and Jeannette Lovitch
 
Freeport Wild Bird Supply
 
541 Route One, Suite 10
 
Freeport, ME 04032
 
207-865-6000
 
www.freeportwildbirdsupply.com
 
****************************************
Bob Crowley <crbob@fairpoint.net>: Oct 22 01:47PM -0400

My feeders are being overwhelmed by Pine Siskins to the point where other species can not find space to get to the Sunflower Meaties..
Can the Redpolls be far behind
 
Bob Crowley
Chatham, NH.
Magill Weber <magillweber@gmail.com>: Oct 22 09:32AM -0400

I had a very unexpected Dickcissel in downtown Portland this morning in the trees along the weedy overgrown edge of the parking lot next to Hub Furniture and across from Fore St. Restaurant, on Fore Street between Pearl St and Franklin St. No bins, but unmistakable vocalizations.
 
This is one of those spots with just enough vegetation and a few trees to support a flock of House Sparrows, which persist year round on a stream of tourist bread crumbs from nearby Standard Bakery.
 
Magill Weber
Brendan McKay <thank.darwin@gmail.com>: Oct 21 05:17PM -0700

First time visiting this patch for a while despite it being close to my house. There was a decent amount of activity in the weeds and brush that has grown up since they thinned out the woods. A Fox Sparrow that was with a group of White-throated Sparrows was the most unexpected find of the visit.
 
I also birded my neighborhood and turned up several large mixed groups of sparrows with high numbers of White-crowned Sparrows mixed in.
 
Happy fall birding,
 
Brendan
Portland, ME
Aletha Boyle <mainelypets@gmail.com>: Oct 21 02:56PM -0700

I was at Mud Cove, Lily Bay, Moosehead for the last 5 days and had a few
interesting sightings:
 
4 Canada Jays
6 White Throated Sparrows
lots of Juncos
6 loon - 2 winter plumage or juveniles
Found the remains of one Ruffed Grouse, and one live. The remains had what
looked like large bird droppings near it.
1 Ruby Crowned Kinglet
1 Northern waterthrush, bobbing tail
4 Horned larks - on exposed rocks and beach where the water has recently
dropped
4 Hooded Merganser (on small pond nearby)
8 flying Common Mergansers, 1 braving the 30 mph wind and waves out front
Thursday
1 Greater Yellowlegs (feeding in a small inlet on the road to the Lily Bay
Storehouse)
1 Ring Billed Gull that decided it liked the bread I put in the feeder, and
4-5 others
 
Submitted full list to ebird,
 
Aletha Boyle
"Jerry A. Smith" <jerrya_smith@yahoo.com>: Oct 21 05:44PM -0400

I found two banded RBGUs in the parking lot at the Bangor Mall this morning. I tracked down information about these birds, and it is included in my eBird checklists here.
 
https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S49349361
 
 
Jerry A. Smith
Orrington, ME
Nicholas Lund <nlund@maineaudubon.org>: Oct 21 05:44PM -0400

Doug Hitchcox and I cruised around Cape Elizabeth for a few hours this afternoon.
 
Highlights at Two Lights SP were a late Yellow-billed Cuckoo (an overdue state bird for me!) and brief looks at a Dickcissel. At Kettle Cove, the Lapland Longspur continues and a pair of American Pipits were incredibly obliging.
 
Checklists with photos here:
https://ebird.org/me/view/checklist/S49348143
 
https://ebird.org/me/view/checklist/S49348141
 
Best,
Nick
 
Sent from my iPhone
Michelle <m4gregoire@gmail.com>: Oct 21 02:24PM -0700

At our nuts feeder repeatedly today.
Michelle Gregoire
Portland
You received this digest because you're subscribed to updates for this group. You can change your settings on the group membership page.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.

--
Maine birds mailing list
maine-birds@googlegroups.com
http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds
https://sites.google.com/site/birding207
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Posted by at

0 comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)