Maine birds And MOAC mountainbiking

Sunday, 31 May 2020

[Maine-birds] Yellow Bellied Flycatcher Lubec

Clear id of a yellow bellied flycatcher off of the Boot Cove trail, near the bog trail. -- 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. To...

[Maine-birds] 8 swans flying south

Possibly not likely the same birds that Peter had yesterday, but over the border in NH, Jane and I had 8 Mute Swans flying south past Odiorne Point State Park in Rye, NH this morning. This is a very rare sighting for Odiorne: https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevemirick/49956979421/in/photostream/lightbox/ Steve Mirick Bradford, MA ...

[Maine-birds] Amazing 3-Hawk Mimicry by Blue Jay, Mystery Bird Call Challenge & Oxford Co. Breeding RBWOs

On Thursday I got a good quality recording of a Blue Jay in the backyard doing over 2 minutes of uninterrupted and very impressive hawk impersonations of 3 species, starting with Broad-winged, seguing into Cooper's and ending with Red-shouldered (all species found in this area). List with audio segment here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S69850124 I've posted previously about the impressive mimicry of the local Blue Jays. ...

[Maine-birds] Black-headed Grosbeak NO

Last time it was seen was 8:30 last night, according to the owner. People have been here all morning - nothing. Linda-- Linda Woodard II Maine AudubonDirector of Scarborough Marsh Audubon Center_______________________________20 Gilsland Farm Road, Falmouth, ME 04105tel (207) 883-5100mobile 207-415-8331web maineaudubon.org -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com...

Saturday, 30 May 2020

[Maine-birds] Maine Birds

May 30, 2020, 5 pm, Harlow Pond, Parkmanfemale Wood Duck; Eastern Kingbird; lots of Tree Swallows; Common Loon; and a flock of Cedar WaxwingsAloyse Larrabee, Dexter -- 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...

Re: [Maine-birds] SWANS!?!

8 Mute Swans as of 1:45 between Veterans Bridge and 295. I just happened by, had not seen Pete's post from this morning. So they are hanging together as a group.Richard GarrigusOn Sat, May 30, 2020 at 7:56 AM 'Pete Darling' via Maine birds <maine-birds@googlegroups.com> wrote:Just onto the straight stretch north of Portland heading north on 295 a line of 8 Swans heading south! I've never seen 8 swans together. Be on...

[Maine-birds] Fw: Great Horned Owls 1 of 2

-----Original Message----- From: Paul Cyr Sent: Friday, May 29, 2020 2:46 PM To: Jon S. Greenlaw Subject: Re: Great Horned Owls 1 of 2 wrong address in last e-mail, use this link.. https://www.google.com/maps/@46.7066376,-67.8007631,348m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en house with brown roof.. [this is Ft Fairfield location, no photos, report of GHOW family--use link immed above, not one below] On 5/29/2020 2:44 PM, Paul Cyr wrote: >...

[Maine-birds] Fw: Fwd: Great Horned Owls 2 of 2

FWD: Paul Cyr's recent photos of the River Rd family of GHOWs, E of City of Caribou nr Aroostook River. -----Original Message----- From: Paul Cyr Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2020 3:48 PM To: A-Hose Hoyle ; Alan Dudley ; Andy Cyr ; Andy Leblanc ; Andrew Marquis ; Ben Leblanc ; Bill Green ; Bill Sheehan ; Brenda Rogerson ; Brian Hamel ; Brian...

[Maine-birds] BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK - Mt Desert, 5/30

Getting the word out about a BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK visiting feeders at 240 Beech Hill Road in Mt Desert. This is a private residence but the homeowners are willing to let people visit. Please park along the road (but note there is basically no shoulder) and don't block any drives. There is a mowed dirt road/path that wraps around the north side of the house and down slope into the backyard. Birders can view the feeders from...

[Maine-birds] alder flycatchers in Sidney

Alder flycatchers arrived in my neck of the woods this week and I am hearing them in new places. I counted three on my 6 mile bike loop yesterday (2 in new places) and 4 on my nine mile loop this a.m. I am hoping they set up camp for the summer. We also have a new yardbird: an eastern wood peewee showed up two days ago in the woods next to our house. Hope he stays too!Julia -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com...

[Maine-birds] SWANS!?!

Just onto the straight stretch north of Portland heading north on 295 a line of 8 Swans heading south! I've never seen 8 swans together. Be on the lookout! 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...

Friday, 29 May 2020

[Maine-birds] This Week's Highlights and New Arrivals, 5/23-29

Hi all,My observations of note over the past seven days included:- 1 Swainson's Thrush singing in our yard and eating bits of suet under our feeders at home in Pownal, 5/24-26. Not rare in our yard in migration (mostly fall calling fly-overs), they don't usually sing this much in migration (if at all), and they don't usually visit feeding stations! It would occassionally fly up to platform feeders and otehr flat surfaces,...

[Maine-birds] Maine Bird Atlas - Weekly Challenges, 5/29

Hi everyone: Last week's results: We are now over 40,000 checklists submitted for the breeding portion of the Maine Bird Atlas! Good effort on nuthatches this week: White-breasted picked up 5 new possible, 2 probable, and 7 confirmed blocks, while Red-breasted added 16, 3, and 7, respectively. Cowbirds were reported in at least 15 new blocks but we've got a bug to workout apparently under-reporting those records. And owls,...

Thursday, 28 May 2020

[Maine-birds] Pink-footed Goose,and Northern Mockingbird

Many thanks to Craig Kesselheim for the info on the Pink-footed Goose in Somesville. We easily found it and it was a lifer for Anne. Then when we returned home we found a Northern Mockingbird in our yard - somewhat unusual for way downeast, eh? Merle and Anne Archie, Harrington -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207...

[Maine-birds] House Wren in Bernard (MDI) this afternoon

Greetings - fyi, on a stroll this afternoon, I heard and then saw a House Wren in Bernard. Details and an audio clip in eBird here, including exactly where to find it. I was pretty sure this bird was my first HOWR on MDI or maybe in Hancock County, but eBird tells me I logged one in 2004, also in Bernard. My memory of this individual is blank, alas.We parked down Lopaus Point Road next to the marsh and walked the roads of Bernard...

[Maine-birds] Tennessee Warbler in Wells

Spotted a Tennessee Warbler last evening along Laudholm Farm Road, in the bushes on the Farm side, near the entrance to the Muskie Trail. -- 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] Volunteer needed for Biddeford Nightjar Monitoring Route

Hello all, Logan Parker with the Maine Nightjar Monitoring Project here. While we have many returning volunteers and many new volunteers this year, we are seeking a volunteer to adopt and monitor our nightjar monitoring route in Biddeford. This volunteer must be able to identify Eastern Whip-poor-will and Common Nighthawk by sight and sound. An ability to identify Maine's owls, thrushes, and other crepuscular/nocturnal...

[Maine-birds] Goslings on Kennebec

This morning we had 2 pairs of Canada geese on our waterfront in Skowhegan each with young goslings, 4 newly hatched and 5 a bit older. I have not seen goslings on the river here before. -- 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...

Wednesday, 27 May 2020

[Maine-birds] Fw: Possible Gray Cheeked Thrush Hinckley Park

Thanks for the great photos Don! Unfortunately they are of a Swainson's Thrush. Although it is hard to see the buff coloration (probably due to lighting but could be species variance), the "spectacles" are quite pronounced on this bird. The lores and area around eye are quite pale which would be enough to call this bird a Swainson's. This was not the bird I saw.I finally got a chance to view the one "photo" I got of...

[Maine-birds] Re: Possible Gray Cheeked Thrush Hinckley Park

I visited the area from 3:00 t0 4:00 and saw a thrush in the area between the two entrance paths. Photos in shade for what they are worth. I put Gray -cheeked in ebird. Let me know if it is not GCTHOn Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at 9:58:02 AM UTC-4, Noah Gibb wrote: On the way out of Hinckley Park in South Portland this morning, I had a brief...

[Maine-birds] Terns

Terns back coming in from Outer Green Island. Also, Redstart and a humming bird drinking from the the spray from the garden hose. H.Donovan Long Island Casco Bay Sent from my iPad -- 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...

[Maine-birds] Maine Birds

May 27, 2020 - north from Corinna on the recreational trailI walked in this area specifically to see and hear the Bobolink who breed each year in the fields and I was not disappointed! Some other birds I saw:Northern Flicker; Eastern Kingbird; Warbling and Red-eyed Vireo; Veery; Gray Catbird; Yellow Warbler; Chestnut-sided Warbler; Common Yellowthroat; American Redstart; Song and Swamp Sparrow; female Red-winged Blackbird...

[Maine-birds] Fwd: Thrush

> Hi Noah, > I got on to your thrush about an hour later in the same general area. I got several pretty good sustained ( ~30 secs ea). Clearly not a Swainson's—pale partial eye ring, gray face with no hint of buffiness. Primaries and tail were dull grayish brown with no sense of "warmth", which makes me lean toward GT rather than Bicknell's. Let me know if you have pics. Thanks for the heads-up. > Bill -- Maine birds...

[Maine-birds] Possible Gray Cheeked Thrush Hinckley Park

On the way out of Hinckley Park in South Portland this morning, I had a brief but close look at a possible Gray Cheeked Thrush. I had close enough views to determine size and the bird was not a small thrush like Bicknells, but these birds are tricky. I had the bird at about 8:30 in bushes between the power station and the trash can in the trail closest to the power station from the parking lot, but eventually lost the bird...

[Maine-birds] LITTLE EGRET behind Pelreco building, Scarborough Marsh

This morning I saw a little egret foraging alongside several snowy egrets behind the Pelreco building on Snow Canning Rd in Scarborough. I'm wondering if this is a different individual from the one that likes to hang out at the Gilsland Farm marsh? I believe there were two in the area last year as well. -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 ---...

[Maine-birds] Pink-footed Goose on MDI

Hey all - I discovered a Pink-footed Goose at Babson Creek Preserve this morning in Somesville. List here (without photos yet). It's been seen by several other island birders by now, but I wanted to get the word out. Public access is good here; park at the Maine Coast Heritage Trust office / trailhead, and follow the meandering mown trail along the marsh shore to the uppermost section of meadow. Look across the channel toward...

Tuesday, 26 May 2020

[Maine-birds] Damariscotta Mills Fish Ladder 5-24-2019

Got there around 8:30 am, a little after low tide, hoping to see some Osprey fishing for the "abundant" alewives going up the fish ladder.Too many seagulls to count, same for the cormorants, and couple dozen Mallards in the intermediate tidal pool. I caught a small yellowbird out of the corner of my eye but before I could bet a good I.D....

[Maine-birds] FOY Bobolink in Brooksville 5/23

Walking up my driveway I heard a sweet and new song, turned around and there was the first Bobolink of the year in our field! We don't mow the field until late in the fall--so that these guys can successfully nest. Seems like summer finally got here! -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received...

[Maine-birds] Maine Birds

May 26 - I walked on Number Ten Road in Dexter this morning.Chestnut-sided WarblerBlack-throated Blue WarblerScarlet TanagerAll three birds were singing. A few days ago I saw an American Bittern standing in the grass next to a farm pond on this road. I thought it was a stick at first!Aloyse Larrabee, Dexter -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207...

Monday, 25 May 2020

[Maine-birds] Re: Libby Hill Heron Colony (Gray) in full production

On Monday, May 25, 2020 at 7:55:16 AM UTC-4, Steve McPike wrote:The Libby Hill Trails in Gray have a large Heron colony located in a beaver marsh. Currently there are over a dozen active nests. In years past there can be up to 3 dozen. Activity is mid May until late June. By mid June you will be able to see the chicks in nest . Below is a link describing the 2 mile round hike on how to access the...

[Maine-birds] Libby Hill Heron Colony (Gray) in full production

The Libby Hill Trails in Gray have a large Heron colony located in a beaver marsh. Currently there are over a dozen active nests. In years past there can be up to 3 dozen. Activity is mid May until late June. By mid June you will be able to see the chicks in nest . Below is a link describing the 2 mile round...

Sunday, 24 May 2020

[Maine-birds] Orchard Orioles

While walking at Green Point WMA in Dresden near road and bridge I found a pair of Orchard Orioles foraging together. Opposite side of road in 2 large blossoming apple trees, they were never far apart. Nesting nearby? Do others know if they've nested successfully in this area? Checklist w/photos: https://ebird.org/atlasme/checklist/S69572211 -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 ---...

Re: [Maine-birds] Digest for maine-birds@googlegroups.com - 17 updates in 7 topics

Re: Grackles!I'm with you, Mary Lou!I stopped feeding the birds in specific, discreet areas (bird feeders) after many years and, ultimately, a serious rodent infestation of my house. I now toss seed out occasionally into the yard/fields and, within a short time, the birds find it. I always look forward to the masses of Common...