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Friday, 31 July 2020

Re: [Maine-birds] Babies, babies, and more babies.

Brown Thrashers have been frequent visitors this summer to jelly we set out on our deck. On June 20th they were in the yard with young. Now there appears to be a second brood with a begging juvenile sitting by the jelly dish and an adult constantly stuffing dab after dab of jelly into its mouth. Big baby, busy mama.Good...

[Maine-birds] This Week's Highlights, 7/25-31

Hi all,My observations of note over the past seven days included the following:- 1 Cory's Shearwater (FOY), 17 Wilson's Storm-Petrels, 4 Common Murres, 20+ Razorbills, 100's Atlantic Puffin, etc, Seal Island, 7/25 (with "The Search for Troppy Tour 2" group). Unfortunately, we saw everything but Troppy today.- 1 White-rumped Sandpiper (first of fall), Hill's Beach, Biddeford, 7/27 (with clients from NYC).- 1 drake LONG-TAILED...

Re: [Maine-birds] Babies, babies, and more babies.

I watched golden crowned kinglets feeding babies this week up in Perry. No idea if that's normal for this time of year or not up there.On Fri, Jul 31, 2020, 4:53 PM Bob Duchesne <duchesne@midmaine.com> wrote:Right now, I'm watching a family of five black-and-white warblers work the trees just over the deck, with parents feeding young....

[Maine-birds] Babies, babies, and more babies.

Right now, I'm watching a family of five black-and-white warblers work the trees just over the deck, with parents feeding young. This is five weeks after I atlas-eBirded a female carrying food in the neighborhood. Must be a second brood. I understand that this species may raise a second brood in a season. But I can't explain why I'm seeing...

[Maine-birds] Re: Whimbrels have returned

Can you tell us the best place be to view these birds where there maybe public access? Thank you.On Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at 3:23:01 PM UTC-4, Merle and Anne Archie wrote:At last, today - on the same date as last year - 35 Whimbrel showed up on the mudflats of Flat Bay, Harrington, during the daytime low tide. Our experience of the last 6 years tells us that there will be a larger number of birds coming in during...

[Maine-birds] Young Catharus sp + Crossbills at Frog Alley

Hi all,Yesterday I was birding at Frog Alley in Fryeburg, and I came across 3 young Catharus sp. I am not totally sure what they are, but my best guess is a young Veery. The only other thrushes that I observed along the way were Robins (adult and young), and a very young Hermit Thrush. Photo's in checklist linked below. I also came across a group of Red Crossbills. However, I only got a good look at 2 of them, and I am not...

Thursday, 30 July 2020

Re: [Maine-birds] Carolina Wren, Harpswell, ME 7/29/20

I confirmed this evening that Carolina wrens are working on their third brood in our Berwick yard this year. With this kind of productivity and fewer brutal winters to knock them back, they'll lose that "rare" status pretty quickly, I'd guess.We've lived here 20 years, but the wrens were not here at first. Gradually, they went from now and then to regular to permanent. Through 2012, they were mostly around September to March....

RE: [Maine-birds] Re: Red crossbills

Jeff and I wrote about crossbills in our latest Boothbay Register column: https://www.boothbayregister.com/article/most-strange-and-mysterious-creature/136790 We were inspired in part by reports like these, which include our own. Good birding, Allison and Jeff Wells Gardiner, Maine ...

[Maine-birds] Re: Red crossbills

Yes, same in Kennebec County over the last week, and two weeks ago in southern Oxford County. There's a big white pine cone crop around here with lots of green cones. Maybe some of the crossbills will breed in white pine groves in central and southern Maine for their late-summer breeding cycle. That would be exciting. Glenn Hodgkins Hallowell -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 ---...

Re: [Maine-birds] Swallow Swarm

Last evening there were several hundred flying low above the Libby River marsh In Scarborough, as well. The flock here was mostly tree swallows with barn swallows mixed in.Ann HancockSent from my iPhoneOn Jul 30, 2020, at 10:33 AM, Linda Scotland <lds@maine.rr.com> wrote:Same in Cape Neddick. We had seven barn swallow nests in...

Re: [Maine-birds] Swallow Swarm

Same in Cape Neddick. We had seven barn swallow nests in our garage this summer with six fledglings each. They are all outside on the wires now and have been joined by about 100 more including some tree swallows.Linda Scotland Sent from my iPhoneOn Jul 30, 2020, at 9:28 AM, Bob Duchesne <duchesne@midmaine.com> wrote: Nice...

Re: [Maine-birds] Carolina Wren, Harpswell, ME 7/29/20

I'm near Jay in Harpswell - close to Interstate Lobster. I had a singin Carolina Wren in May and June. Tried to build a nest but the H Sparrows drove him off. Have not seen the Carolina Wren for a couple weeks though.Like others, did not realize this was a rare occurrence.Martha HealyHarpswellOn Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 9:28 AM K Sutton <nottusk@gmail.com> wrote:I had a pair that stayed...

Re: [Maine-birds] Carolina Wren, Harpswell, ME 7/29/20

I had a pair that stayed all winter here in Jefferson from November until May. I'm hoping they show back up this yearOn Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 6:28 PM Delia Guzman <dguzman1964@gmail.com> wrote:I've had one in my neighborhood in Brunswick for a couple of weeks. I was surprised to find it on the rare birds list, so I put in an eBird report for my last sighting on Monday. On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 3:10 PM Kristen Lindquist...

[Maine-birds] Swallow Swarm

Nice morning to visit the Pushaw Lake inlet marsh in Hudson. I was greeted by a swarm of around 150 swallows. The majority were tree, but there was a healthy percentage of bank and barn, and a handful of cliff. At the same time, there was a black-billed cuckoo calling incessantly from the treeline. Bob Duchesne Virus-free....

Wednesday, 29 July 2020

Re: [Maine-birds] Carolina Wren, Harpswell, ME 7/29/20

I've had one in my neighborhood in Brunswick for a couple of weeks. I was surprised to find it on the rare birds list, so I put in an eBird report for my last sighting on Monday. On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 3:10 PM Kristen Lindquist <kelindquist@gmail.com> wrote:I heard one in my neighborhood in Camden this morning after not hearing one around since late spring.KristenOn Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 3:05 PM Jeff Wells <jeffwells@borealbirds.org>...

[Maine-birds] Re: Red crossbills

Hey Bob,Interesting on the crossbills. My atlas work around Waldo county has turned up flyovers fairly frequently during the last week also. Hope that this may mean that we could get more around this fall!Good birding,tomOn Wednesday, July 29, 2020 at 9:16:55 AM UTC-4, Bob Duchesne wrote:I detect a change of season. For the third...

Re: [Maine-birds] Carolina Wren, Harpswell, ME 7/29/20

I heard one in my neighborhood in Camden this morning after not hearing one around since late spring.KristenOn Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 3:05 PM Jeff Wells <jeffwells@borealbirds.org> wrote: Just had a Carolina Wren appear in our neighborhood in Gardiner after not having one around for some months. Jeff From: maine-birds@googlegroups.com <maine-birds@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Jay...