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Saturday, 31 October 2020

[Maine-birds] Correction: LEUCISTIC Common Grackle today - Southwest Harbor MDI

Thanks to the friendly nudges from several of you on the list, and thanks to a technical article from Louis Bevier, I think Leucistic is the term I should have used to describe today's cool grackle. I've revised my eBird list also.LeucismLeucism is defined as a partial or total lack of eumelanin and phaeomelanin in the feathers as a result of inherited disorder of the deposition of these pigments in the feathers....

Re: [Maine-birds] Carolina Wren - Yarmouth

A friend in Harpswell has had one at her feeder for weeks. On Sat, Oct 31, 2020 at 2:02 PM Becky Marvil <bmarvil@maine.rr.com> wrote:A Carolina Wren showed up at my feeders yesterday and is still here today. Hoping it stays. My first in YEARS for my back yard. Becky MarvilYarmouth -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207...

[Maine-birds] Re: Albinistic Common Grackle today - Southwest Harbor MDI

We had six here at the feeders in Hulls Cove too!Tammy PackieOn Sat, Oct 31, 2020 at 12:21 PM Craig Kesselheim <ckesselheim@gmail.com> wrote:Hi all - We had one albinistic Common Grackle in our feeder flock today. I managed to take a few photos and upload them to eBird, fyi. It was a lovely pale salmon (cafe au lait?) color, and it showed a slightly darker cast to the head and upper body where normal grackles have...

[Maine-birds] Carolina Wren - Yarmouth

A Carolina Wren showed up at my feeders yesterday and is still here today. Hoping it stays. My first in YEARS for my back yard. Becky MarvilYarmo...

[Maine-birds] Cherryfield Evening Grosbeak

Just one at the feeders. Hopefully a scout.Joel Wilcox -- 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....

Re: [Maine-birds] Evening Grosbeak - extralimital

Apologies for a non-Maine post, but I thought people might be interested that Evening Grosbeaks have been showing up in the mid-Atlantic for several days now. A birder at Turkey Point on the upper Chesapeake reported flocks of 8 - 30 passing through this morning, some stopping to feed while others continued on to Maryland's eastern shore. Leslie Starr Baltimore MD > On Oct 31, 2020, at 12:32 PM, 'carl small' via Maine...

[Maine-birds] Evening Grosbeak

Have one solitary EG coming to feeders- been a long time since seen one- Skip Rockport- 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 receiving emails from it, send an email...

[Maine-birds] Albinistic Common Grackle today - Southwest Harbor MDI

Hi all - We had one albinistic Common Grackle in our feeder flock today. I managed to take a few photos and upload them to eBird, fyi. It was a lovely pale salmon (cafe au lait?) color, and it showed a slightly darker cast to the head and upper body where normal grackles have their purple sheen. I'd appreciate hearing back if you have further thoughts, or can't access the list.List here.Also 6 Evening Grosbeaks...

Friday, 30 October 2020

[Maine-birds] Additional Highlights This Week, 10/24-30

Hi all,My other observations of note over the past seven days also included:- 1 Bobolink, Old Town House Park, North Yarmouth, 10/24 (with Saturday Morning Birdwalk Group).- 1 TENNESSEE WARBLER, Wolfe's Neck Center, Freeport, 10/26.- 1 distant SHRIKE (FOF), 1 Blue-headed Vireo, 1 Common Yellowthroat, 1 Eastern Phoebe, etc, Private Property in Cape Elizabeth, 10/27 (with Jeannette).- 8 Red Crossbills and 1 American Woodcock, Chandler...

[Maine-birds] N. Mockingbird, Skowhegan + Feeder & Yard Birds

Saw one N. Mockingbird on lower Russell Rd., Skowhegan at 0830 today. First one I've seen here this year.Feeders and yard at house on Coburn Ave., Skowhegan have been very busy this week, with up to 13 spp. observed during any given day. Those have included Blue Jay, Dark-eyed Junco, White-throated Sparrow, Pine Siskin, White-breasted Nuthatch, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Hairy Woodpecker, Northern Cardinal, Black-capped Chickadee,...

[Maine-birds] Carolina Wren - backyard

Cape Neddick, West of turnpike. I never get these in my yard much less on the ground beneath the feeders. Cool. 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 receiving emails...

[Maine-birds] Red-bellied woodpecker/Belmont - Waldo County

Only mentioning because I've never noticed one in the yard before. Checked out feeders but didn't stay. -- 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: Over wintering species

Corrections: 1)not overwintering but wintering 2)White-crowned Sparrows.On Friday, October 30, 2020 at 7:06:33 AM UTC-4 Pat Ledlie wrote:We've had about 6 Evening Grosbeaks at our feeder - the first time in many years. Spruce bud worm related? Also while crowed sparrows - it seems early for them? -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207...

[Maine-birds] Over wintering species

We've had about 6 Evening Grosbeaks at our feeder - the first time in many years. Spruce bud worm related? Also while crowed sparrows - it seems early for them? -- 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, 28 October 2020

Re: [Maine-birds] Yarmouth Rufous Hummingbird, 10/28 PM - DEPARTED?

Hi all,Unless the bird retreated to a very early torpor in today's cold rain, it looks like the Yarmouth Rufous Hummingbird may have departed as it was last seen around 2:00pm. Randy Billmeier reports that today's activity was very different than any other day, with the bird making very quick, darting feeding bouts. If the bird is seen again, Randy will contact me and we'll get the word out immediately.Cold temperatures, this...

[Maine-birds] Black-backed Woodpecker

I finally had a chance to walk part of the new Penobscot River Trails in Grindstone this morning. Friends had told me they believed Black-backed Woodpeckers might be present. I walked four miles out, and four miles back, only to hear one calling just behind the headquarters building where I had started from. She flew right past me and landed...

[Maine-birds] Re: Webber pond, Bremen

Wow! Wood ducks are always such a special sighting.I have never seen them foraging on land, though I've read that they do.Thanks for sharing this!On Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at 11:26:50 AM UTC-4 Ann Nesslage wrote:October is wood duck month here--with as many as 12 wood ducks foraging for acorns in my yard near the pond at the beginning of the month and more recently over 24 diving for acorns along the shoreline. Also had a hooded...

[Maine-birds] Pine Grosbeaks - Anson

Two male pine grosbeaks showed up this morning and are eyeballing the feeders already. Also have a large flock of redpolls working the birch trees with the occasional feeder stop. Evening grosbeaks are daily as well. The blue Jay's are overwhelming the feeders and draining them within hours. Should be a great winter! Garth ⁣Garth McElroy / McElroy Productions Natural History and Wildlife Filming garth@mcelroyproductions.com Anson,...

[Maine-birds] Rufous Hummingbird YES

Very busy, seen frequently -- 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 view this discussion...

Tuesday, 27 October 2020

[Maine-birds] Thank you for Northern Pintail ID

Thank you to the experts here who looked at the fuzzy photos and were able to identify the duck in an Englishmans Bay estuary as a Northern Pintail. The explanations and identification are much appreciated. Today in the fading light and using the last shots before the camera battery gave out I took pictures of a ground-feeding sparrow near the Englishmans River and just a few meters from Englishmans Bay. ...

[Maine-birds] Rufous and Allen's Hummingbirds

Below are two interesting articles on the relationship between Rufous and Allen's Hummingbirds.The first describes differences in rectrices, the second deals with the zone of hybridization between the two species in N. California and S.Oregon. Thank you to everyone who made it possible for us to see and appreciate the bird. Danny Danforthhttps://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/nabb/v030n01/p0021-p0026.pdfhttps://animalaeroacoustics.ucr.edu/pdf/Myers%20et%202019%20allens%20x%20rufous%20hybrid%20zone.pdf--...

Re: [Maine-birds] Selasphorous Hummingbird (probable Rufous), Yarmouth, 10/26

Hi all, Don Thompson sent me a spread tail photo, which I have added to the growing collection of photos in the "comments" section of our original Facebook post. As expected and suggested in the field, it looks pretty darn conclusive for an immature male Rufous Hummingbird. -Derek Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 27, 2020, at 2:54 PM, 'Doug Hitchcox' via Maine birds <maine-birds@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > Many...

Re: [Maine-birds] Selasphorous Hummingbird (probable Rufous), Yarmouth, 10/26

If it's not on the feeder, it's worth looking in the tree with red berries to the left of the house's blue door. It's perched there several times this afternoon, sometimes dropping to visit the flowers along the low fence. Sent from my iPhoneOn Oct 27, 2020, at 16:03, Weston Barker <westonbarker26@gmail.com> wrote:The bird is still visiting the feeder and neighboring flowers as of 3:50 PM-Weston BarkerOn Tue,...

Re: [Maine-birds] Selasphorous Hummingbird (probable Rufous), Yarmouth, 10/26

The bird is still visiting the feeder and neighboring flowers as of 3:50 PM-Weston BarkerOn Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 2:54 PM 'Doug Hitchcox' via Maine birds <maine-birds@googlegroups.com> wrote:Many thanks to Derek and the Billmeiers for getting information about this bird out and allowing people to try seeing it. To help with sharing the access information I created a stakeout hotspot in eBird that includes a tinyurl to Derek's...

[Maine-birds] SSDW (Same Siskins, Different Warbler) Tennessee Warbler Cumberland

Noticed a large uptick in almost all the species that were present yesterday. Most species nearly doubled including the Pine Siskins and the Dark Eyed Juncos were even further. The pleasant surprise of the day was a female Tennessee Warbler working the tree line. It seemed to be moving through with a group of juncos and white-throated sparrows, spending time in the saplings and kicking around the leaf litter at the end of...

Re: [Maine-birds] Selasphorous Hummingbird (probable Rufous), Yarmouth, 10/26

Many thanks to Derek and the Billmeiers for getting information about this bird out and allowing people to try seeing it. To help with sharing the access information I created a stakeout hotspot in eBird that includes a tinyurl to Derek's instructions. With so many people using the eBird app to create checklists from the field, I know people will find it difficult or be delayed in having these instructions in each list, but hopefully...

[Maine-birds] American Pipits, Farmington

Greetings, birding friends! The turn of the year is well along now in the western mountains. We had our first "frozen precipitation" event on Saturday night. Hearing Pine Siskins regularly and encountered my first Common Redpolls :-D on Saturday. This morning in farm fields along the Sandy River in Farmington, Tashi flushed a skittish flock of 12 American Pipits. Also down that way were Savannah, White-crowned, Song, Chipping...

[Maine-birds] Webber pond, Bremen

October is wood duck month here--with as many as 12 wood ducks foraging for acorns in my yard near the pond at the beginning of the month and more recently over 24 diving for acorns along the shoreline. Also had a hooded merganser pair along the shore yesterday, and to my surprise two loons were in the middle of the pond calling--(think it may have been this summer's young loon and one adult)--the geese are still around--grackles...

[Maine-birds] Pine Siskins South Portland

At least 65 around my feeders this morning.Had been averaging only 25 at a time for last several days.Spotted a Redbreasted Nuthatch again yesterday. Thrid sighting this year.3 Juncos and several White-throated Sparrows around most of the time along with my usual feeder birds.M -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207...

Re: [Maine-birds] Selasphorous Hummingbird (probable Rufous), Yarmouth, 10/26

It is still present at the same location this morning at 8-9:20.TodOn Mon, Oct 26, 2020, 8:04 PM 'Derek Lovitch' via Maine birds <maine-birds@googlegroups.com> wrote:Hi all,An immature male Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird is coming to a feeder in Yarmouth and the homeowners, Randy and Nancy Billmeier are graciously welcoming visitors. It has been present since the 17th or 18th, but just came to our attention today, thanks to...

[Maine-birds] I have finally seen migrating American Crows

As many of you know, I have spent many a sunset period watching crows come into the Lawrence MA winter crow roost (some of you have even been to see it with me) but, until Sunday I had not seen massive numbers of migrating crows.. NEW HAMPSHIRE - October 25th, from the Woodmont Farm parking lot in Hollis NH where I was sitting while Bob, my husband, unsuccessfully was searching for Susan Wrisley's rare Longspur, I finally...

Fwd: [Maine-birds] Selasphorous Hummingbird (probable Rufous), Yarmouth, 10/26 - YES, 10/27

Randy Billmeier reports the hummer made his first appearance around 7:30 this am. Please see visitation instructions below.And let's get some tail photos!-DerekSent from my iPhoneBegin forwarded message:From: 'Derek Lovitch' via Maine birds <maine-birds@googlegroups.com>Date: October 26, 2020 at 8:04:41 PM EDTTo: Maine-birds <maine-birds@googlegroups.com>Subject: [Maine-birds] Selasphorous Hummingbird (probable Rufous),...