Maine birds And MOAC mountainbiking

Tuesday, 31 December 2019

[Maine-birds] Tribute to a remarkable presence in 2019: GBLH

The Great Black Hawk lingered into the beginning of the year. Wanted to reflect back on that auspicious start to the year. -- 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...

Monday, 30 December 2019

[Maine-birds] Biddeford/Kennebunkport 2019 CBC highlights

The 60th Biddeford/Kennebunkport CBC took place on Saturday, December 28th with 45 birders. It was a beautiful day, mostly sunny, the temperature went from the mid-30s in the morning to mid-40s in the afternoon. The wind was 0-10 mph varying from N to W. We had 84 species which is about the 10-yr average and 10,639 individual birds, second lowest in 10 years (last year was the lowest). That total...

[Maine-birds] Freeport/Brunswick and Bath/Phippsburg CBC Summary Reports

Here are the CBC reports for Freeport/Brunswick and Bath/Phippsburg.Thanks again to all the participants for braving the less that stellar conditions we encountered on both counts.Freeport/Brunswick MEFBCBCNumber of Species: 66Number of Individuals: 11,172Bath/Phippsburg MEBPCBCNumber of Species: 70 + 1 Count WeekNumber of Individuals: 5,407Some highlights, highlighted.Species NameMEFBCBC 12/27/2019MEFBCBC 12/14/19Canada Goose633602Wood...

Sunday, 29 December 2019

[Maine-birds] Dovekie still present

Dovekie still present at 2:52 close to the rocks at Two Lights. Straight out from PL as directed previously. Ann and Jim Hancock Sent from my iPhone -- 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...

[Maine-birds] 2019 CBC for Misery - Date Change to Monday 12/30

Greetings all,The originally scheduled date for the Misery CBC (The Forks Plantation) was going to be Wednesday 1/1/20 with a rain date of 1/4/20 however the weather reports up there are looking less inviting for the week so we have pushed the date up to tomorrow, Monday, 12/30/19 instead. If there is anyone who might be interested in participating, please let me know today so I can coordinate meeting times. I will be driving...

[Maine-birds] Dovekie

A second Dovekie has joined the earlier bird at Two Lights. Still close in and now straight from parking area. -- 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...

[Maine-birds] Re: Dovekie

Also one seen from Ocean Ave in biddeford yesterday by our CBC teamchecklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S62719862 On Sunday, December 29, 2019 at 8:54:14 AM UTC-8, Charles Duncan wrote:Dovekie being seen currently very very close to shore at Two Lights State Park. From the parking lot, wall down to water's edge and then to the right, just below a bench. -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com...

[Maine-birds] Dovekie

Dovekie being seen currently very very close to shore at Two Lights State Park. From the parking lot, wall down to water's edge and then to the right, just below a bench. -- 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...

Saturday, 28 December 2019

[Maine-birds] Waterville CBC 12/15/19

All the numbers for the Waterville CBC have been compiled, and most notably, it turned out to be a slow birding day. Weather seemed to be the culprit. Temps hovered around 40 degrees, precipitation was 0, no snow cover and little frozen water, but the wind blew all day at around 15 mph with gusts reported up to 36 mph. Nevertheless...23 field observers and 8 groups of feeder watchers identified...

Friday, 27 December 2019

Re: [Maine-birds] Black Swan

I think your post is very cool.... On Monday, December 23, 2019 at 1:43:08 PM UTC-5, Richard Garrigus wrote:Wow. I am well aware of the overwhelming likelihood of this as an escapee, and assumed others on this list would also be aware of that likelihood. However, the chance of finding one on the ocean in late December in Maine is nevertheless pretty damn slim and therefore warrants putting out the word. Contrary...