This year was an amazing year of birding around the state of Maine, capped off by a last day, hail mary Canvasback at Mill Cove in South Portland this morning (thank you John L for finding one for, I think, the third time, and Alex L for getting the word out). For those who follow this sort of thing, Richard Garrigus, Marian Zimmerman, and Rob Speirs also had an amazing year, with all of us hitting 300 species in the...
Tuesday, 31 December 2024
[Maine-birds] Thank you Maine Birders - Big(ish) Year 2024
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Friday, 27 December 2024
[Maine-birds] This Week's Highlights, 12/21-28
Hi all,My observations of note over the past seven days can be found here:https://mebirdingfieldnotes.blog/2024/12/27/this-weeks-highlights-12-21-12-28-2024/-Derek***************************************** Derek and Jeannette Lovitch Freeport Wild Bird Supply 541 Route One, Suite 10 Freeport, ME 04032 207-865-6000 www.freeportwildbirdsupply.com ******************************...
[Maine-birds] Adult Snow Goose Agri field, Two Lights Rd Cape Elizabeth...1PM
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Thursday, 26 December 2024
[Maine-birds] Grosbeaks
Had 3 Evening grosbeaks at the feeders in Montville over the weekend and a flyover of 6 this morning in Belfast. Sarah ------------------ Dr. Sarah Caputo Belfast Veterinary Hospital Mtn. Valley Farm Jacobs Montville, ME Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Get Outlook for Android...
Re: [Maine-birds] Digest for maine-birds@googlegroups.com - 1 update in 1 topic
A Carolina wren on a cold winter day in december in Ellsworth. From: maine-birds@googlegroups.com <maine-birds@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Sean S <therefromhere168@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2024 10:55 AM To: Alex Barker <axelbr1@yahoo.com>; maine-birds@googlegroups.com <maine-birds@googlegroups.com>...
Wednesday, 25 December 2024
Re: [Maine-birds] Digest for maine-birds@googlegroups.com - 1 update in 1 topic
I can think of no other bird in our region that, especially considering its diminutive size, sings with such complexity and power as a Winter Wren. Since song, not body size or strength, is a bird's primary way of establishing its domain (kingdom) it somewhat makes sense from that perspective.On Tue, Dec 24, 2024 at 8:04 AM 'Alex Barker'...
Re: [Maine-birds] Carolina Wren in winter?
FYI, on our Southern York County CBC last week, we had a record 47 Carolina Wrens, just edging out our previous record of 46 from last year. Before that we were in the 20's for 3 years, and before that in single digits for 5. Bill GOn Fri, Dec 20, 2024 at 2:26 PM <chrwsu@myfairpoint.net> wrote: Carolina Wrens advance north and retreat south, depending upon the severity of the winters. A few years...
Tuesday, 24 December 2024
Re: [Maine-birds] Google vs. Google & Field Sparrow in Hiram
Got all your post in my inbox! Fun and informative read. Here in Saco at my location there has been a Carolina Wren around continuously for the last 10 years plus. The last three years they have nested successfully on my 2nd floor porch. There are currently 2 here with the occasional 3rd interloper. Love to hear their ringing and varied calls on a overcast or very chilly winter day! Vocals...
[Maine-birds] Google vs. Google & Field Sparrow in Hiram
Seems my lengthy post got sent to everyone's spam, and it probably had to do with Gemini and Gmail not wanting to work together. As I was trying to paste Gemini's results on the topic of the Winter Wren (now European Wren; thanks Alice Plotkin for the specific ID) and its significance in folklore, all kinds of funny things were happening and I had to go back numerous times and reorder sentences that Gemini seemed to be manipulating...
[Maine-birds] Woodpeckers and a Towhee!
A friend on Greely Road extension just photographed an Eastern Towhee at her feeder!At our house in Cumberland Center in the past two days we have at our suet downies, hairies, pileateds, sapsuckers, red-bellieds, and now a flicker!David Gulick On Dec 24, 2024, at 8:04 AM, 'Alex Barker' via Maine birds <maine-birds@googlegroups.com>...
Re: [Maine-birds] Digest for maine-birds@googlegroups.com - 1 update in 1 topic
No one here minded the lengthy hunt for the birding connection, but google's algorithms did send it to spam!As for kingly, I'd say the wren is the best kind of king.Steve, NobleboroOn Dec 24, 2024, at 08:04, 'Alex Barker' via Maine birds <maine-birds@googlegroups.com> wrote:Very interesting, and news to me! I love wrens, but they don't...
Re: [Maine-birds] Digest for maine-birds@googlegroups.com - 1 update in 1 topic
Very interesting, and news to me! I love wrens, but they don't strike me as kingly!Mary Lou in SullivanOn Dec 24, 2024, at 3:23 AM, maine-birds@googlegroups.com wrote: maine-birds@googlegroups.com Google...
Monday, 23 December 2024
Re: [Maine-birds] Carolina Wren in winter: the folklore of the King of Birds
Those with an interest in European anthropology are likely familiar with "The Golden Bough" by Sir James G. Frazer, first published in 2 volumes in 1890, later revised and expanded by its third edition in 1906-1915 to 12 volumes with a staggering 5,000 pages total. Frazer was the first modern scholar to document pagan folk traditions of the British isles and continental Europe, from ancient Greece and Rome up until their...
Friday, 20 December 2024
Re: [Maine-birds] Carolina Wren in winter?
Also in my Windham yard all year round. Judy Scher Sent from my iPadOn Dec 20, 2024, at 10:10 PM, Mike Chace-Ortiz <mchaceortiz@gmail.com> wrote:Hear them in the north part of Westbrook almost every day, year-round.—mcoOn Dec 20, 2024, at 15:45, Deborah Fahy <fahyhallowell@gmail.com> wrote:I have had a pair overwintering in my yard in Hallowell for at least the past 6 years. There are now others dispersed...
Re: [Maine-birds] Carolina Wren in winter?
Hear them in the north part of Westbrook almost every day, year-round.—mcoOn Dec 20, 2024, at 15:45, Deborah Fahy <fahyhallowell@gmail.com> wrote:I have had a pair overwintering in my yard in Hallowell for at least the past 6 years. There are now others dispersed throughout the neighborhood so they are well established.On Fri, Dec 20, 2024 at 2:26 PM <chrwsu@myfairpoint.net> wrote: Carolina Wrens advance north...
Re: [Maine-birds] Carolina Wren in winter?
I have had a pair overwintering in my yard in Hallowell for at least the past 6 years. There are now others dispersed throughout the neighborhood so they are well established.On Fri, Dec 20, 2024 at 2:26 PM <chrwsu@myfairpoint.net> wrote: Carolina Wrens advance north and retreat south, depending upon the severity of the winters. A few years ago I had one spend the winter in my yard (central Maine). It...
[Maine-birds] This Week's Highlights, 12/14-20
Hi all,Here are my observations of note over the past seven days:https://mebirdingfieldnotes.blog/2024/12/20/this-weeks-highlights-12-14-12-20-2024/-Derek***************************************** Derek and Jeannette Lovitch Freeport Wild Bird Supply 541 Route One, Suite 10 Freeport, ME 04032 207-865-6000 www.freeportwildbirdsupply.com *************************************...
Re: [Maine-birds] Carolina Wren in winter?
Carolina Wrens advance north and retreat south, depending upon the severity of the winters. A few years ago I had one spend the winter in my yard (central Maine). It fed off the suet. My neighbor down the road has one this winter. They can stand quite a bit of cold if they can find food. But, of course, they're never common up here any time of year. Wally S. On Fri, 20 Dec 2024 10:32:47 -0500,...
[Maine-birds] Carolina Wren in winter - edit
Hi all,I live in Poland, near the New Gloucester town line. This is the first time I remember ever seeing a Carolina Wren visiting my feeders in winter. Is this unusual?Thank you,Sue Farris -- 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...
[Maine-birds] Carolina Wren in winter?
This is the first time I remember ever seeing a Carolina Wren visiting my feeders during the winter. Is this unusual? -- 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...
Thursday, 19 December 2024
[Maine-birds] Honoring Davis Finch
I am relaying the below, which is a call for contributions to support a special issue of New Hampshire Bird Records. Many in the Maine birding community knew Davis, and I think would be interested in honoring his memory this way.
Louis Bevier, Fairfield
We would like to sponsor an issue of New Hampshire Bird Records in memory and honor of Davis Finch and are seeking contributions to help us do that. Please help spread the word...
Saturday, 14 December 2024
Re: [Maine-birds] Digest for maine-birds@googlegroups.com - 2 updates in 2 topics
I had a pair of Fox Sparrows at my feeder as late as last week, also saw a pair on a trail about the same time. Seem to be gone now. Lots of White-throats, though.Mary Lou in SullivanOn Dec 14, 2024, at 3:23 AM, maine-birds@googlegroups.com wrote: maine-birds@googlegroups.com...
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