[Maine-birds] This Week's Highlights, 10/31-11/6.

Hi all,

My observations of note over the past seven days included the following:

- a few  Evening Grosbeaks in and around our yard in Pownal all week.

- 1 very early BOHEMIAN WAXWING, 1 NORTHERN SHRIKE, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 4 Common Redpolls, 2 American Tree Sparrows (FOF), and 3 Common Goldeneyes (FOF), Wolfe's Neck Center, Freeport, 10/31 (with Saturday Morning Birdwalk group).

- 1 BLUE-HEADED VIREO, 1 Gray Catbird, and 1 Blackpoll Warbler, Saco Riverwalk, 11/1.

- 1 female Wood Duck, Grondin Pond, Scarborough, 11/1.

- 10 Snow Buntings (FOF), Sebago Lake State Park, 11/2 (with Jeannette).

- 1 Fox Sparrow, our yard in Pownal, 11/2.

- 300+ Horned Larks, 60+ American Pipits, 8 Snow Buntings, and 2 Lapland Longspurs (FOF), Mayall Road, Gray/New Gloucester, 11/4.

- Sabattus Pond, Sabattus, 11/6:

674 Mallards

644 Ruddy Ducks

277 Common Mergansers

89 Canada Geese

75 Green-winged Teal

68 Greater Scaup

20 American Black Ducks

55 Hooded Mergansers

28 Bufflehead

8 Lesser Scaup

5 American Wigeon

4 GADWALL

2 Northern Pintails

2 Common Loons

1 Red-breasted Merganser

1 Double-crested Cormorant

1 continuing female LONG-TAILED DUCK

1 RED-NECKED GREBE

1 EVENING GROSBEAK

1 Rusty Blackbird

-Pine Siskin High Count This Week: 18+, feeders here at the store most of the week.

-Scattered small numbers of Common Redpolls all week and increasing by week's end.

-Derek

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 Derek and Jeannette Lovitch

 Freeport Wild Bird Supply

 541 Route One, Suite 10

 Freeport, ME 04032

 207-865-6000

 www.freeportwildbirdsupply.com  

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