[Maine-birds] Recent Highlights, 11/18-25

Hi all,Spotted Towhee photos and notes, and my other observations of note over the past eight days:https://mebirdingfieldnotes.blog/2023/11/25/recent-highlights-11-18-11-25-2023/-Derek***************************************** 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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[Maine-birds] Yellow-bellied sapsucker, Cumberland

2nd time this week in the backyard. 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 to maine-birds+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. To view...

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[Maine-birds] Re: Ash-throated flycatcher?

Sure sounds like an Ash-throated and would be the expected Myiarchus now.  There are many western/southwestern flycatchers in the northeast now.  Great find.On Monday, November 20, 2023 at 3:57:07 PM UTC-5 Luci Timblin wrote:Three of us were at Merrymeeting Bay WMA in Bowdoinham Sunday morning and saw an unusual flycatcher. I noticesd a pale fronted bird across field in a bush behind the marsh pond, exhibiting characteristic...

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[Maine-birds] Ash-throated flycatcher?

Three of us were at Merrymeeting Bay WMA in Bowdoinham Sunday morning and saw an unusual flycatcher. I noticesd a pale fronted bird across field in a bush behind the marsh pond, exhibiting characteristic flycatcher behavior, as we walked. First thought was pheobe but once we got binoculars and scope on it, we saw a largish flycatcher w/ brown back and head, pale breast and belly (not yellow like gcfl), light wing bar and distinct...

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[Maine-birds] Glossy ibis at Scarborough Marsh

First seen this afternoon on little island in last pans around 2:45 this afternoon. on right on Eastern Trail. Watched for about five minutes and then bird flew across the trail to the route one side. Watched him for a bit very close to trail. He's now in and out of tall grass. Unfortunately, all I had was my iPhone so photos are not good. -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds...

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[Maine-birds] Recent Highlights, 11/4-17

Hi all,My observations of note over the past two weeks are summarized here:https://mebirdingfieldnotes.blog/2023/11/17/recent-highlights-11-4-11-17-2023/-Derek***************************************** 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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[Maine-birds] RFI -- red crossbills feeding

Hi all, I'm writing to follow up on my previous requests for observations of eastern red crossbills feeding on conifers. Given that Christmas Bird Count season is rapidly approaching, I figured now would be a good time to remind folks about the types of observations I'm collating as a part of a multi-year project on crossbill feeding ecology. This is also an interesting time of year...

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[Maine-birds] Northern mockingbird

Sighting in Milbridge, 11/13/23 -- 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,...

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[Maine-birds] My friend Mark

Hi, I have two photos of Mark and his hand drawings of two different yellow-nosed albatrosses he encountered (1960, 1964) while fishing his one-man dragger in waters southeast of Monhegan Island. Mark knew seabirds intimately. It was his chosen domain out there. One of those albatrosses landed near his boat as he was hauling...

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[Maine-birds] Pipits at Sabattus Pond

At the south end of Sabattus Pond this morning was a flock of about 15 American Pipits. Gary Jarvis alerted me to them. -- Loring M. DanforthCharles A. Dana Professor of Anthropology EmeritusBates College446 College St.Lewiston, ME 04240 -- 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...

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[Maine-birds] Lingering Laughing Gulls (Cumberland County)

Hello Maine Birders,Friday afternoon, at low tide, I scoped Maquoit Bay from the end of the trail at Maquoit Bay Conservation Land, off Bunganuc Road in Brunswick. Noteworthy for the date were at least 27 Laughing Gulls still foraging on the mudflats. Nine Black-bellied Plovers continue pulling worms out of the mud as well.Good birding,Eric.....................Eric HynesBrunswick, ME---------------------Field Guides Birding...

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[Maine-birds] Good morning of birding at Suckfish Brook conservation area Falmouth

Becky Marvil and I enjoyed a new birding location for both of us. Taking the trail off Mast Road at the Westbrook/Falmouth line led to a beautiful overlook on a bog. The walk in yielded two fox sparrows and a pileated woodpecker. Three migrating northern harriers crossed the bog as well as half a dozen red crossbills feeding on white pine cones. 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 ---...

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Re: [Maine-birds] Snow Buntings

A flock of 32 Snow Buntings were at Crescent Beach State Park in Cape Elizabeth this morning flying and foraging all around the large parking lot area.  Just learned that a group of Snow Buntings are known as a "drift" of buntings. I later found 1 at Two Lights State Park in CE.-- Julie PerrinFYI: New Email address, please update your contacts! <jafperrin@gmail.com>On Tue, Nov 7, 2023 at 7:57 AM LNO/MWA <marka@maine.edu>...

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[Maine-birds] Snow Buntings

A flock of about 20, yesterday, 1/4 mile south of the summit of Sargent Mountain, ANP.  What a treat! -- 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...

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[Maine-birds] Bufflehead, Bonaparte's Gull, Belted Kingfisher, Carolina Wren, Basin Cove, Harpswell, ME 11/5,6/23

Buffleheads - at least 30 continuing since 11/4/23Bonaparte's Gull, yesterday and today mixed in with Herring and Ring-billed GullsBelted Kingfisher Carolina Wren yesterday at the suet feederBasin Cove, Harpswell, ME 11/5,6/23Dr. Jay Pitocchelli, Professor EmeritusBiology DepartmentSaint Anselm CollegeManchester, NH 03102 https://www.anselm.edu/about/campus-directory/jay-pitocchelli Blog: http://mourningwarbler.blogspot.com/...

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[Maine-birds] Recent Highlights, 11/21-11/3

Hi all,My observations of note and a little summary of the birding ebbs and flows over the last fourteen days is included in my most recent blog posting, here:http://mebirdingfieldnotes.blog/2023/11/03/recent-highlights-10-21-11-3-2023/-Derek***************************************** 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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[Maine-birds] Sandhill Cranes

My husband and I were traveling on route 8 from Smithfield to Norridgewock. We spotted eight sandhill cranes in the fields on the left behind the white farmhouse. Then we drove down the Martin Stream Road and in the large field on the right back near the woods we counted 62 sandhill cranes. Linda Powell Skowhegan  Get Outlook for Android...

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[Maine-birds] Rusty Blackbird, Basin Pt. Rd., Harpswell, NH 11/4/23

Lone Rusty Blackbird, near 42 Basin Pt. Rd., Harpswell, NH 11/4/23Dr. Jay Pitocchelli, Professor EmeritusBiology DepartmentSaint Anselm CollegeManchester, NH 03102 https://www.anselm.edu/about/campus-directory/jay-pitocchelli Blog: http://mourningwarbler.blogspot.com/ -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207...

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[Maine-birds] Rusty Blackbirds in Brooksville

Hi all,Pretty sure (95%) that I had 5 Rusty Blackbirds munching on birdseedon our lawn this morning!  Don't have pictures, but had a good long look. -- 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...

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[Maine-birds] Sabattus Pond Ducks

Over the past few days there has been a good variety of ducks at Sabattus Pond. In addition to the regular Ruddy Ducks, both Scaup species, Black Ducks, and Mallards, I have seen the following: Many Common and Hooded Mergansers, several Bufflehead, one Red Breasted Merganser,  one Wood Duck, 4 American Wigeon, one Pintail, one Long-Tailed Duck and one Common GoldenEye.Danny Danforth-- Loring M. DanforthCharles A. Dana Professor...

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