[Maine-birds] Bernard birds today: G B Heron, N. Harrier, W. Wren

Good finds today in Bernard along the Lopaus Point Road (Mt. Desert Island). A tardy Great Blue Heron, a female Northern Harrier (Jeff Cherry's bird from yesterday at Otter Point?), and a Winter Wren.

Just to put in a plug for the Merlin App, Before I knew it was a Winter Wren, I heard a call note I didn't recognize. I deployed the app's Sound ID feature, and immediately doubted the suggested Winter Wren ID. Perhaps it was an off-tune Song Sparrow's call note? A distant crossbill? Or my own bad hearing? But when I played a Winter Wren's song, the actual wren came immediately out to the road's edge and scolded me from 5' away. Seeing is still believing, but the Merlin app was a helpful aid.

Best,

Craig K

SW Harbor

--
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 on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/maine-birds/CAFnYGSDRA1HVRWyJk0wWEkv%2BeNZd66JWREoRw9%3D%2B5fsPwD2Njw%40mail.gmail.com.