Wednesday, 28 February 2024

Re: [Maine-birds] TUVU over Brunswick!

FOY TUVU in Hulls Cove Monday afternoon. Tammy Packie

On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 1:49 PM Delia Guzman <dguzman1964@gmail.com> wrote:
Saw a Turkey Vulture riding the winds over Bowdoin College area. Can spring be far behind?

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Re: [Maine-birds] TUVU over Brunswick!

FOY TV in Hulls Cove Monday afternoon. Tammy Packie

On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 1:49 PM Delia Guzman <dguzman1964@gmail.com> wrote:
Saw a Turkey Vulture riding the winds over Bowdoin College area. Can spring be far behind?

Delia in Brunswick

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Tuesday, 27 February 2024

[Maine-birds] TUVU over Brunswick!

Saw a Turkey Vulture riding the winds over Bowdoin College area. Can spring be far behind?

Delia in Brunswick

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Monday, 26 February 2024

[Maine-birds] another early arrival

A Northern Flicker this afternoon along the road approaching West Quoddy Lighthouse parking lot, the earliest I’ve seen them in several years.

Jennifer Multhopp

Lubec

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Saturday, 24 February 2024

[Maine-birds] Redwings, WT Sparrows, Carolina Wren

West Kennebunk (Channel Cove subdivision), Feb 23:

Red-winged blackbirds (4)
White-throated sparrows (3)
Carolina wren (1)

 - Most everyone vocalizing. Spring is trying to …spring.

Susan B
West Kennebunk 

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Re: [Maine-birds] FOY TV Cape Neddick

Friday,4PM, TV flying over Main St. in Springvale.

On Sat, Feb 24, 2024 at 1:13 PM Denise Johnson <dpj113@maine.rr.com> wrote:
Just had my first flyover by a Turkey Vulture - Cape Neddick between Mt A's Third Hill and the I95.  Welcome back :-) 

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[Maine-birds] FOY TV Cape Neddick

Just had my first flyover by a Turkey Vulture - Cape Neddick between Mt A's Third Hill and the I95.  Welcome back :-) 

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Friday, 23 February 2024

Re: [Maine-birds] Scarborough marsh

That Heron has been there all winter.  There were 2 there last winter.

Wally S.


On Fri, 23 Feb 2024 18:17:10 -0500, "'HENRY DONOVAN' via Maine birds" <maine-birds@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Opposite the Audubon, I saw the following
Great Blue Heron
Hooded mergansers
Common mergansers
Mallards
Canadas
Golden Eyes
At Pine Point Long tails, loons, eiders mallards

May an early spring
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[Maine-birds] Scarborough marsh

Opposite the Audubon, I saw the following
Great Blue Heron
Hooded mergansers
Common mergansers
Mallards
Canadas
Golden Eyes
At Pine Point Long tails, loons, eiders mallards

May an early spring
Henry Donovan

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[Maine-birds] Recent Highlights, 2/15 -2/23

Hi all,
My observations of note over the past ten days are included here:


-Derek


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 Derek and Jeannette Lovitch

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 541 Route One, Suite 10

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Wednesday, 21 February 2024

Re: [Maine-birds] RFI - Red Crossbill feeding observations

Thanks for the good ideas on places to check. Another good idea that came in was Cathedral Woods in Eustis.

Glenn

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On Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at 11:17:39 AM UTC-5 Steve Plumb wrote:
Dodge Point State Park was/is a Red Pine plantation although the trees are in decline and some have been harvested recently. A fair number of large White Pines also.

On Feb 20, 2024, at 11:13, Sarah Caputo <catbi...@hotmail.com> wrote:

Fernald's neck in Lincolnville had large stands of red pine.  Havent been there in a while though.

Sarah

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Thanks for your idea on Hidden Valley Nature Center. It's a great place for multiple reasons. In quite a coincidence with your post, I was there Sunday with friends and family and we found a group of Red Crossbills feeding on the white-pine cones there. We were able to record them and they were Type 2 (Ponderosa Pine). 

Glenn

On Monday, February 19, 2024 at 6:09:31 PM UTC-5 helen...@gmail.com wrote:
I just had a small flock come through my property a few days ago. I have about 15 ac in Alna, this is the 3rd winter I've had the land here, but only have been living here since last spring. It is a white pine / red oak forest. I did have it timbered, but still has plenty of big pines.  I had not seen or heard crossbills until now. My pines were dripping with pine cones a few months ago, and while a lot came down, they still hold plenty. 
I did record the flock, so I'll post that on eBird. I definitely do not know which "type" they'd be.
As far as pine forest, I wonder about Hidden Valley Nature Center nearby in Jefferson? I think it is something like 1000 acres. I feel like we're surrounded by white pine here in Lincoln county, although not exactly "ancient". 

On Monday, February 19, 2024 at 10:43:15 AM UTC-5 Glenn Hodgkins wrote:

This has been an incredible year for Red Crossbills in southern and central Maine with the huge white-pine cone crop. Up through 2022, there were only a couple western Type 2 (Ponderosa Pine) and one Type 4 (Douglas fir) Red Crossbills documented in eBird in Maine. There have been many from late summer 2023 through this winter, particularly Type 2. Our typical Northeastern Type 12 has been plentiful as well. 

I've listed several potential good spots to find crossbills this winter and spring below and would like to hear other people's ideas for additional spots. This may be the best winter for finding crossbills in southern and central Maine for a long time. It's a great opportunity to record their flight calls to determine which type they are, and document what they're feeding on. It's a particularly good example of important community science; many more observations are needed to better understand this fascinating species.

From what I've seen so far this winter, crossbills are feeding in areas with lots of mature white pines, pitch pines, and/or red pines. Does anyone know of good mature red pine plantations/forests in southern or central Maine that are publicly accessible? Please respond here or to me directly if you do. I know there's a bunch of Red Pine at Cascade Falls in Saco, Alewife Woods in Kennebunk, and Tenmile Demonstration Forest in Brownfield.

There's only a handful of extensive pitch pine forests in Maine and all of them have been loaded with Red Crossbills this winter, including Kennebunk Plains, Waterboro Barrens, Eastern Slopes Regional Airport (Fryeburg) access road and trails, and Jugtown Forest (Naples, mixed pitch pine and other conifers).

White Pines are so common in southern/central Maine it's hard to narrow down where to look but if anyone has thoughts on publicly accessible areas with a large concentration of mature trees, please respond. Massabesic Experimental Forest in Alfred is one such place and it had a bunch of crossbills in late summer.

Thanks,

Glenn Hodgkins


On Sunday, February 18, 2024 at 9:34:26 AM UTC-5 C wrote:

Hi all,

I'm writing to follow up on my previous requests for observations of eastern red crossbills feeding on conifers.

This is an especially interesting year and time of year for crossbill feeding behavior. Since late summer-early fall 2023, lots of type 12, type 2, type 4, and even some type 1 crossbills have been feeding extensively on a massive white pine cone crop in the Northeast. Many birds continue to feed on white pine and some are in the middle of breeding. This is interesting because white pine is generally thought to drop most of its seeds shortly after the cones open in early fall. It will be interesting to see just how long crossbills are able to feed on this incredible cone crop and if/when they switch to feeding on other conifers (and what those other conifers are). I should also note that I have fewer observations from the upper Great Lakes region and the southeast, where crossbills may be doing something completely different.


As a reminder, I'm looking for audio recordings of crossbill calls from the eastern US/Great Lakes with information on the conifers the birds are feeding on. The recordings do not have to be made with any advanced equipment – many phone recordings are sufficient. Pictures of the conifer cones are most helpful. However, if you are comfortable with conifer identification, notes on which conifers crossbills are feeding on are also valuable.

Based on contributions from several folks across the eastern US, I've accumulated nearly 800 (!) records of eastern red crossbills and the conifers they're feeding on. If you're interested, I've posted a little blurb on my website (https://ckporter.weebly.com/eastern-red-crossbill-ecology.html) illustrating and describing the preliminary data for type 12, the crossbill I have the most data for and am most interested in for this project.

Although there are some intriguing patterns in the data so far, describing the feeding ecology of type 12 and other eastern call types will require much more data across many seasons and years. So, if you have crossbills in your area, please consider uploading recordings and conifer information to eBird. I've also created an iNaturalist project (link below) where observations can be uploaded. If you don't use eBird or iNaturalist, please feel free to send me any observations directly.

Thanks a ton for considering my request. Please feel free to reach out with any questions. Also, please pass this onto anyone you think might be interested in participating.

Good birding,

Dr. Cody Porter

Ames, Iowa

 

iNaturalist project link: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/feeding-ecology-of-eastern-red-crossbills

Project description link: https://ckporter.weebly.com/eastern-red-crossbill-ecology.html


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Tuesday, 20 February 2024

[Maine-birds] Toot toot toot

I just heard a saw whet owl tooting enthusiastically at the edge of the woods, in moonlight. 

Nancy Dickinson 
Pemaquid
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Re: [Maine-birds] RFI - Red Crossbill feeding observations

Dodge Point State Park was/is a Red Pine plantation although the trees are in decline and some have been harvested recently. A fair number of large White Pines also.

On Feb 20, 2024, at 11:13, Sarah Caputo <catbird338@hotmail.com> wrote:

Fernald's neck in Lincolnville had large stands of red pine.  Havent been there in a while though.

Sarah

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Subject: [Maine-birds] Re: RFI - Red Crossbill feeding observations
 
Thanks for your idea on Hidden Valley Nature Center. It's a great place for multiple reasons. In quite a coincidence with your post, I was there Sunday with friends and family and we found a group of Red Crossbills feeding on the white-pine cones there. We were able to record them and they were Type 2 (Ponderosa Pine). 

Glenn

On Monday, February 19, 2024 at 6:09:31 PM UTC-5 helen...@gmail.com wrote:
I just had a small flock come through my property a few days ago. I have about 15 ac in Alna, this is the 3rd winter I've had the land here, but only have been living here since last spring. It is a white pine / red oak forest. I did have it timbered, but still has plenty of big pines.  I had not seen or heard crossbills until now. My pines were dripping with pine cones a few months ago, and while a lot came down, they still hold plenty. 
I did record the flock, so I'll post that on eBird. I definitely do not know which "type" they'd be.
As far as pine forest, I wonder about Hidden Valley Nature Center nearby in Jefferson? I think it is something like 1000 acres. I feel like we're surrounded by white pine here in Lincoln county, although not exactly "ancient". 

On Monday, February 19, 2024 at 10:43:15 AM UTC-5 Glenn Hodgkins wrote:

This has been an incredible year for Red Crossbills in southern and central Maine with the huge white-pine cone crop. Up through 2022, there were only a couple western Type 2 (Ponderosa Pine) and one Type 4 (Douglas fir) Red Crossbills documented in eBird in Maine. There have been many from late summer 2023 through this winter, particularly Type 2. Our typical Northeastern Type 12 has been plentiful as well. 

I've listed several potential good spots to find crossbills this winter and spring below and would like to hear other people's ideas for additional spots. This may be the best winter for finding crossbills in southern and central Maine for a long time. It's a great opportunity to record their flight calls to determine which type they are, and document what they're feeding on. It's a particularly good example of important community science; many more observations are needed to better understand this fascinating species.

From what I've seen so far this winter, crossbills are feeding in areas with lots of mature white pines, pitch pines, and/or red pines. Does anyone know of good mature red pine plantations/forests in southern or central Maine that are publicly accessible? Please respond here or to me directly if you do. I know there's a bunch of Red Pine at Cascade Falls in Saco, Alewife Woods in Kennebunk, and Tenmile Demonstration Forest in Brownfield.

There's only a handful of extensive pitch pine forests in Maine and all of them have been loaded with Red Crossbills this winter, including Kennebunk Plains, Waterboro Barrens, Eastern Slopes Regional Airport (Fryeburg) access road and trails, and Jugtown Forest (Naples, mixed pitch pine and other conifers).

White Pines are so common in southern/central Maine it's hard to narrow down where to look but if anyone has thoughts on publicly accessible areas with a large concentration of mature trees, please respond. Massabesic Experimental Forest in Alfred is one such place and it had a bunch of crossbills in late summer.

Thanks,

Glenn Hodgkins


On Sunday, February 18, 2024 at 9:34:26 AM UTC-5 C wrote:

Hi all,

I'm writing to follow up on my previous requests for observations of eastern red crossbills feeding on conifers.

This is an especially interesting year and time of year for crossbill feeding behavior. Since late summer-early fall 2023, lots of type 12, type 2, type 4, and even some type 1 crossbills have been feeding extensively on a massive white pine cone crop in the Northeast. Many birds continue to feed on white pine and some are in the middle of breeding. This is interesting because white pine is generally thought to drop most of its seeds shortly after the cones open in early fall. It will be interesting to see just how long crossbills are able to feed on this incredible cone crop and if/when they switch to feeding on other conifers (and what those other conifers are). I should also note that I have fewer observations from the upper Great Lakes region and the southeast, where crossbills may be doing something completely different.


As a reminder, I'm looking for audio recordings of crossbill calls from the eastern US/Great Lakes with information on the conifers the birds are feeding on. The recordings do not have to be made with any advanced equipment – many phone recordings are sufficient. Pictures of the conifer cones are most helpful. However, if you are comfortable with conifer identification, notes on which conifers crossbills are feeding on are also valuable.

Based on contributions from several folks across the eastern US, I've accumulated nearly 800 (!) records of eastern red crossbills and the conifers they're feeding on. If you're interested, I've posted a little blurb on my website (https://ckporter.weebly.com/eastern-red-crossbill-ecology.html) illustrating and describing the preliminary data for type 12, the crossbill I have the most data for and am most interested in for this project.

Although there are some intriguing patterns in the data so far, describing the feeding ecology of type 12 and other eastern call types will require much more data across many seasons and years. So, if you have crossbills in your area, please consider uploading recordings and conifer information to eBird. I've also created an iNaturalist project (link below) where observations can be uploaded. If you don't use eBird or iNaturalist, please feel free to send me any observations directly.

Thanks a ton for considering my request. Please feel free to reach out with any questions. Also, please pass this onto anyone you think might be interested in participating.

Good birding,

Dr. Cody Porter

Ames, Iowa

 

iNaturalist project link: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/feeding-ecology-of-eastern-red-crossbills

Project description link: https://ckporter.weebly.com/eastern-red-crossbill-ecology.html


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Re: [Maine-birds] Re: RFI - Red Crossbill feeding observations

Fernald's neck in Lincolnville had large stands of red pine.  Havent been there in a while though.

Sarah

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Subject: [Maine-birds] Re: RFI - Red Crossbill feeding observations
 
Thanks for your idea on Hidden Valley Nature Center. It's a great place for multiple reasons. In quite a coincidence with your post, I was there Sunday with friends and family and we found a group of Red Crossbills feeding on the white-pine cones there. We were able to record them and they were Type 2 (Ponderosa Pine). 

Glenn

On Monday, February 19, 2024 at 6:09:31 PM UTC-5 helen...@gmail.com wrote:
I just had a small flock come through my property a few days ago. I have about 15 ac in Alna, this is the 3rd winter I've had the land here, but only have been living here since last spring. It is a white pine / red oak forest. I did have it timbered, but still has plenty of big pines.  I had not seen or heard crossbills until now. My pines were dripping with pine cones a few months ago, and while a lot came down, they still hold plenty. 
I did record the flock, so I'll post that on eBird. I definitely do not know which "type" they'd be.
As far as pine forest, I wonder about Hidden Valley Nature Center nearby in Jefferson? I think it is something like 1000 acres. I feel like we're surrounded by white pine here in Lincoln county, although not exactly "ancient". 

On Monday, February 19, 2024 at 10:43:15 AM UTC-5 Glenn Hodgkins wrote:

This has been an incredible year for Red Crossbills in southern and central Maine with the huge white-pine cone crop. Up through 2022, there were only a couple western Type 2 (Ponderosa Pine) and one Type 4 (Douglas fir) Red Crossbills documented in eBird in Maine. There have been many from late summer 2023 through this winter, particularly Type 2. Our typical Northeastern Type 12 has been plentiful as well. 

I've listed several potential good spots to find crossbills this winter and spring below and would like to hear other people's ideas for additional spots. This may be the best winter for finding crossbills in southern and central Maine for a long time. It's a great opportunity to record their flight calls to determine which type they are, and document what they're feeding on. It's a particularly good example of important community science; many more observations are needed to better understand this fascinating species.

From what I've seen so far this winter, crossbills are feeding in areas with lots of mature white pines, pitch pines, and/or red pines. Does anyone know of good mature red pine plantations/forests in southern or central Maine that are publicly accessible? Please respond here or to me directly if you do. I know there's a bunch of Red Pine at Cascade Falls in Saco, Alewife Woods in Kennebunk, and Tenmile Demonstration Forest in Brownfield.

There's only a handful of extensive pitch pine forests in Maine and all of them have been loaded with Red Crossbills this winter, including Kennebunk Plains, Waterboro Barrens, Eastern Slopes Regional Airport (Fryeburg) access road and trails, and Jugtown Forest (Naples, mixed pitch pine and other conifers).

White Pines are so common in southern/central Maine it's hard to narrow down where to look but if anyone has thoughts on publicly accessible areas with a large concentration of mature trees, please respond. Massabesic Experimental Forest in Alfred is one such place and it had a bunch of crossbills in late summer.

Thanks,

Glenn Hodgkins


On Sunday, February 18, 2024 at 9:34:26 AM UTC-5 C wrote:

Hi all,

I'm writing to follow up on my previous requests for observations of eastern red crossbills feeding on conifers.

This is an especially interesting year and time of year for crossbill feeding behavior. Since late summer-early fall 2023, lots of type 12, type 2, type 4, and even some type 1 crossbills have been feeding extensively on a massive white pine cone crop in the Northeast. Many birds continue to feed on white pine and some are in the middle of breeding. This is interesting because white pine is generally thought to drop most of its seeds shortly after the cones open in early fall. It will be interesting to see just how long crossbills are able to feed on this incredible cone crop and if/when they switch to feeding on other conifers (and what those other conifers are). I should also note that I have fewer observations from the upper Great Lakes region and the southeast, where crossbills may be doing something completely different.


As a reminder, I'm looking for audio recordings of crossbill calls from the eastern US/Great Lakes with information on the conifers the birds are feeding on. The recordings do not have to be made with any advanced equipment – many phone recordings are sufficient. Pictures of the conifer cones are most helpful. However, if you are comfortable with conifer identification, notes on which conifers crossbills are feeding on are also valuable.

Based on contributions from several folks across the eastern US, I've accumulated nearly 800 (!) records of eastern red crossbills and the conifers they're feeding on. If you're interested, I've posted a little blurb on my website (https://ckporter.weebly.com/eastern-red-crossbill-ecology.html) illustrating and describing the preliminary data for type 12, the crossbill I have the most data for and am most interested in for this project.

Although there are some intriguing patterns in the data so far, describing the feeding ecology of type 12 and other eastern call types will require much more data across many seasons and years. So, if you have crossbills in your area, please consider uploading recordings and conifer information to eBird. I've also created an iNaturalist project (link below) where observations can be uploaded. If you don't use eBird or iNaturalist, please feel free to send me any observations directly.

Thanks a ton for considering my request. Please feel free to reach out with any questions. Also, please pass this onto anyone you think might be interested in participating.

Good birding,

Dr. Cody Porter

Ames, Iowa

 

iNaturalist project link: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/feeding-ecology-of-eastern-red-crossbills

Project description link: https://ckporter.weebly.com/eastern-red-crossbill-ecology.html

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[Maine-birds] Re: RFI - Red Crossbill feeding observations

Thanks for your idea on Hidden Valley Nature Center. It's a great place for multiple reasons. In quite a coincidence with your post, I was there Sunday with friends and family and we found a group of Red Crossbills feeding on the white-pine cones there. We were able to record them and they were Type 2 (Ponderosa Pine). 

Glenn

On Monday, February 19, 2024 at 6:09:31 PM UTC-5 helen...@gmail.com wrote:
I just had a small flock come through my property a few days ago. I have about 15 ac in Alna, this is the 3rd winter I've had the land here, but only have been living here since last spring. It is a white pine / red oak forest. I did have it timbered, but still has plenty of big pines.  I had not seen or heard crossbills until now. My pines were dripping with pine cones a few months ago, and while a lot came down, they still hold plenty. 
I did record the flock, so I'll post that on eBird. I definitely do not know which "type" they'd be.
As far as pine forest, I wonder about Hidden Valley Nature Center nearby in Jefferson? I think it is something like 1000 acres. I feel like we're surrounded by white pine here in Lincoln county, although not exactly "ancient". 

On Monday, February 19, 2024 at 10:43:15 AM UTC-5 Glenn Hodgkins wrote:

This has been an incredible year for Red Crossbills in southern and central Maine with the huge white-pine cone crop. Up through 2022, there were only a couple western Type 2 (Ponderosa Pine) and one Type 4 (Douglas fir) Red Crossbills documented in eBird in Maine. There have been many from late summer 2023 through this winter, particularly Type 2. Our typical Northeastern Type 12 has been plentiful as well. 

I've listed several potential good spots to find crossbills this winter and spring below and would like to hear other people's ideas for additional spots. This may be the best winter for finding crossbills in southern and central Maine for a long time. It's a great opportunity to record their flight calls to determine which type they are, and document what they're feeding on. It's a particularly good example of important community science; many more observations are needed to better understand this fascinating species.

From what I've seen so far this winter, crossbills are feeding in areas with lots of mature white pines, pitch pines, and/or red pines. Does anyone know of good mature red pine plantations/forests in southern or central Maine that are publicly accessible? Please respond here or to me directly if you do. I know there's a bunch of Red Pine at Cascade Falls in Saco, Alewife Woods in Kennebunk, and Tenmile Demonstration Forest in Brownfield.

There's only a handful of extensive pitch pine forests in Maine and all of them have been loaded with Red Crossbills this winter, including Kennebunk Plains, Waterboro Barrens, Eastern Slopes Regional Airport (Fryeburg) access road and trails, and Jugtown Forest (Naples, mixed pitch pine and other conifers).

White Pines are so common in southern/central Maine it's hard to narrow down where to look but if anyone has thoughts on publicly accessible areas with a large concentration of mature trees, please respond. Massabesic Experimental Forest in Alfred is one such place and it had a bunch of crossbills in late summer.

Thanks,

Glenn Hodgkins


On Sunday, February 18, 2024 at 9:34:26 AM UTC-5 C wrote:

Hi all,

I'm writing to follow up on my previous requests for observations of eastern red crossbills feeding on conifers.

This is an especially interesting year and time of year for crossbill feeding behavior. Since late summer-early fall 2023, lots of type 12, type 2, type 4, and even some type 1 crossbills have been feeding extensively on a massive white pine cone crop in the Northeast. Many birds continue to feed on white pine and some are in the middle of breeding. This is interesting because white pine is generally thought to drop most of its seeds shortly after the cones open in early fall. It will be interesting to see just how long crossbills are able to feed on this incredible cone crop and if/when they switch to feeding on other conifers (and what those other conifers are). I should also note that I have fewer observations from the upper Great Lakes region and the southeast, where crossbills may be doing something completely different.


As a reminder, I'm looking for audio recordings of crossbill calls from the eastern US/Great Lakes with information on the conifers the birds are feeding on. The recordings do not have to be made with any advanced equipment – many phone recordings are sufficient. Pictures of the conifer cones are most helpful. However, if you are comfortable with conifer identification, notes on which conifers crossbills are feeding on are also valuable.

Based on contributions from several folks across the eastern US, I've accumulated nearly 800 (!) records of eastern red crossbills and the conifers they're feeding on. If you're interested, I've posted a little blurb on my website (https://ckporter.weebly.com/eastern-red-crossbill-ecology.html) illustrating and describing the preliminary data for type 12, the crossbill I have the most data for and am most interested in for this project.

Although there are some intriguing patterns in the data so far, describing the feeding ecology of type 12 and other eastern call types will require much more data across many seasons and years. So, if you have crossbills in your area, please consider uploading recordings and conifer information to eBird. I've also created an iNaturalist project (link below) where observations can be uploaded. If you don't use eBird or iNaturalist, please feel free to send me any observations directly.

Thanks a ton for considering my request. Please feel free to reach out with any questions. Also, please pass this onto anyone you think might be interested in participating.

Good birding,

Dr. Cody Porter

Ames, Iowa

 

iNaturalist project link: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/feeding-ecology-of-eastern-red-crossbills

Project description link: https://ckporter.weebly.com/eastern-red-crossbill-ecology.html

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[Maine-birds] Eastern Bluebird, Basin Point Rd., Harpswell, ME, 2/19/24

Eastern Bluebird, just north of Middle Bay Rd., Basin Point Rd., Harpswell, ME, 2/19/24

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Monday, 19 February 2024

[Maine-birds] Re: RFI - Red Crossbill feeding observations

I just had a small flock come through my property a few days ago. I have about 15 ac in Alna, this is the 3rd winter I've had the land here, but only have been living here since last spring. It is a white pine / red oak forest. I did have it timbered, but still has plenty of big pines.  I had not seen or heard crossbills until now. My pines were dripping with pine cones a few months ago, and while a lot came down, they still hold plenty. 
I did record the flock, so I'll post that on eBird. I definitely do not know which "type" they'd be.
As far as pine forest, I wonder about Hidden Valley Nature Center nearby in Jefferson? I think it is something like 1000 acres. I feel like we're surrounded by white pine here in Lincoln county, although not exactly "ancient". 

On Monday, February 19, 2024 at 10:43:15 AM UTC-5 Glenn Hodgkins wrote:

This has been an incredible year for Red Crossbills in southern and central Maine with the huge white-pine cone crop. Up through 2022, there were only a couple western Type 2 (Ponderosa Pine) and one Type 4 (Douglas fir) Red Crossbills documented in eBird in Maine. There have been many from late summer 2023 through this winter, particularly Type 2. Our typical Northeastern Type 12 has been plentiful as well. 

I've listed several potential good spots to find crossbills this winter and spring below and would like to hear other people's ideas for additional spots. This may be the best winter for finding crossbills in southern and central Maine for a long time. It's a great opportunity to record their flight calls to determine which type they are, and document what they're feeding on. It's a particularly good example of important community science; many more observations are needed to better understand this fascinating species.

From what I've seen so far this winter, crossbills are feeding in areas with lots of mature white pines, pitch pines, and/or red pines. Does anyone know of good mature red pine plantations/forests in southern or central Maine that are publicly accessible? Please respond here or to me directly if you do. I know there's a bunch of Red Pine at Cascade Falls in Saco, Alewife Woods in Kennebunk, and Tenmile Demonstration Forest in Brownfield.

There's only a handful of extensive pitch pine forests in Maine and all of them have been loaded with Red Crossbills this winter, including Kennebunk Plains, Waterboro Barrens, Eastern Slopes Regional Airport (Fryeburg) access road and trails, and Jugtown Forest (Naples, mixed pitch pine and other conifers).

White Pines are so common in southern/central Maine it's hard to narrow down where to look but if anyone has thoughts on publicly accessible areas with a large concentration of mature trees, please respond. Massabesic Experimental Forest in Alfred is one such place and it had a bunch of crossbills in late summer.

Thanks,

Glenn Hodgkins


On Sunday, February 18, 2024 at 9:34:26 AM UTC-5 C wrote:

Hi all,

I'm writing to follow up on my previous requests for observations of eastern red crossbills feeding on conifers.

This is an especially interesting year and time of year for crossbill feeding behavior. Since late summer-early fall 2023, lots of type 12, type 2, type 4, and even some type 1 crossbills have been feeding extensively on a massive white pine cone crop in the Northeast. Many birds continue to feed on white pine and some are in the middle of breeding. This is interesting because white pine is generally thought to drop most of its seeds shortly after the cones open in early fall. It will be interesting to see just how long crossbills are able to feed on this incredible cone crop and if/when they switch to feeding on other conifers (and what those other conifers are). I should also note that I have fewer observations from the upper Great Lakes region and the southeast, where crossbills may be doing something completely different.


As a reminder, I'm looking for audio recordings of crossbill calls from the eastern US/Great Lakes with information on the conifers the birds are feeding on. The recordings do not have to be made with any advanced equipment – many phone recordings are sufficient. Pictures of the conifer cones are most helpful. However, if you are comfortable with conifer identification, notes on which conifers crossbills are feeding on are also valuable.

Based on contributions from several folks across the eastern US, I've accumulated nearly 800 (!) records of eastern red crossbills and the conifers they're feeding on. If you're interested, I've posted a little blurb on my website (https://ckporter.weebly.com/eastern-red-crossbill-ecology.html) illustrating and describing the preliminary data for type 12, the crossbill I have the most data for and am most interested in for this project.

Although there are some intriguing patterns in the data so far, describing the feeding ecology of type 12 and other eastern call types will require much more data across many seasons and years. So, if you have crossbills in your area, please consider uploading recordings and conifer information to eBird. I've also created an iNaturalist project (link below) where observations can be uploaded. If you don't use eBird or iNaturalist, please feel free to send me any observations directly.

Thanks a ton for considering my request. Please feel free to reach out with any questions. Also, please pass this onto anyone you think might be interested in participating.

Good birding,

Dr. Cody Porter

Ames, Iowa

 

iNaturalist project link: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/feeding-ecology-of-eastern-red-crossbills

Project description link: https://ckporter.weebly.com/eastern-red-crossbill-ecology.html

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[Maine-birds] Re: RFI - Red Crossbill feeding observations

This has been an incredible year for Red Crossbills in southern and central Maine with the huge white-pine cone crop. Up through 2022, there were only a couple western Type 2 (Ponderosa Pine) and one Type 4 (Douglas fir) Red Crossbills documented in eBird in Maine. There have been many from late summer 2023 through this winter, particularly Type 2. Our typical Northeastern Type 12 has been plentiful as well. 

I've listed several potential good spots to find crossbills this winter and spring below and would like to hear other people's ideas for additional spots. This may be the best winter for finding crossbills in southern and central Maine for a long time. It's a great opportunity to record their flight calls to determine which type they are, and document what they're feeding on. It's a particularly good example of important community science; many more observations are needed to better understand this fascinating species.

From what I've seen so far this winter, crossbills are feeding in areas with lots of mature white pines, pitch pines, and/or red pines. Does anyone know of good mature red pine plantations/forests in southern or central Maine that are publicly accessible? Please respond here or to me directly if you do. I know there's a bunch of Red Pine at Cascade Falls in Saco, Alewife Woods in Kennebunk, and Tenmile Demonstration Forest in Brownfield.

There's only a handful of extensive pitch pine forests in Maine and all of them have been loaded with Red Crossbills this winter, including Kennebunk Plains, Waterboro Barrens, Eastern Slopes Regional Airport (Fryeburg) access road and trails, and Jugtown Forest (Naples, mixed pitch pine and other conifers).

White Pines are so common in southern/central Maine it's hard to narrow down where to look but if anyone has thoughts on publicly accessible areas with a large concentration of mature trees, please respond. Massabesic Experimental Forest in Alfred is one such place and it had a bunch of crossbills in late summer.

Thanks,

Glenn Hodgkins


On Sunday, February 18, 2024 at 9:34:26 AM UTC-5 C wrote:

Hi all,

I'm writing to follow up on my previous requests for observations of eastern red crossbills feeding on conifers.

This is an especially interesting year and time of year for crossbill feeding behavior. Since late summer-early fall 2023, lots of type 12, type 2, type 4, and even some type 1 crossbills have been feeding extensively on a massive white pine cone crop in the Northeast. Many birds continue to feed on white pine and some are in the middle of breeding. This is interesting because white pine is generally thought to drop most of its seeds shortly after the cones open in early fall. It will be interesting to see just how long crossbills are able to feed on this incredible cone crop and if/when they switch to feeding on other conifers (and what those other conifers are). I should also note that I have fewer observations from the upper Great Lakes region and the southeast, where crossbills may be doing something completely different.


As a reminder, I'm looking for audio recordings of crossbill calls from the eastern US/Great Lakes with information on the conifers the birds are feeding on. The recordings do not have to be made with any advanced equipment – many phone recordings are sufficient. Pictures of the conifer cones are most helpful. However, if you are comfortable with conifer identification, notes on which conifers crossbills are feeding on are also valuable.

Based on contributions from several folks across the eastern US, I've accumulated nearly 800 (!) records of eastern red crossbills and the conifers they're feeding on. If you're interested, I've posted a little blurb on my website (https://ckporter.weebly.com/eastern-red-crossbill-ecology.html) illustrating and describing the preliminary data for type 12, the crossbill I have the most data for and am most interested in for this project.

Although there are some intriguing patterns in the data so far, describing the feeding ecology of type 12 and other eastern call types will require much more data across many seasons and years. So, if you have crossbills in your area, please consider uploading recordings and conifer information to eBird. I've also created an iNaturalist project (link below) where observations can be uploaded. If you don't use eBird or iNaturalist, please feel free to send me any observations directly.

Thanks a ton for considering my request. Please feel free to reach out with any questions. Also, please pass this onto anyone you think might be interested in participating.

Good birding,

Dr. Cody Porter

Ames, Iowa

 

iNaturalist project link: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/feeding-ecology-of-eastern-red-crossbills

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Sunday, 18 February 2024

[Maine-birds] RFI - Red Crossbill feeding observations

Hi all,

I'm writing to follow up on my previous requests for observations of eastern red crossbills feeding on conifers.

This is an especially interesting year and time of year for crossbill feeding behavior. Since late summer-early fall 2023, lots of type 12, type 2, type 4, and even some type 1 crossbills have been feeding extensively on a massive white pine cone crop in the Northeast. Many birds continue to feed on white pine and some are in the middle of breeding. This is interesting because white pine is generally thought to drop most of its seeds shortly after the cones open in early fall. It will be interesting to see just how long crossbills are able to feed on this incredible cone crop and if/when they switch to feeding on other conifers (and what those other conifers are). I should also note that I have fewer observations from the upper Great Lakes region and the southeast, where crossbills may be doing something completely different.


As a reminder, I'm looking for audio recordings of crossbill calls from the eastern US/Great Lakes with information on the conifers the birds are feeding on. The recordings do not have to be made with any advanced equipment – many phone recordings are sufficient. Pictures of the conifer cones are most helpful. However, if you are comfortable with conifer identification, notes on which conifers crossbills are feeding on are also valuable.

Based on contributions from several folks across the eastern US, I've accumulated nearly 800 (!) records of eastern red crossbills and the conifers they're feeding on. If you're interested, I've posted a little blurb on my website (https://ckporter.weebly.com/eastern-red-crossbill-ecology.html) illustrating and describing the preliminary data for type 12, the crossbill I have the most data for and am most interested in for this project.

Although there are some intriguing patterns in the data so far, describing the feeding ecology of type 12 and other eastern call types will require much more data across many seasons and years. So, if you have crossbills in your area, please consider uploading recordings and conifer information to eBird. I've also created an iNaturalist project (link below) where observations can be uploaded. If you don't use eBird or iNaturalist, please feel free to send me any observations directly.

Thanks a ton for considering my request. Please feel free to reach out with any questions. Also, please pass this onto anyone you think might be interested in participating.

Good birding,

Dr. Cody Porter

Ames, Iowa

 

iNaturalist project link: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/feeding-ecology-of-eastern-red-crossbills

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Saturday, 17 February 2024

[Maine-birds] A suet visitor

Among the myriad starlings that regularly attack the suet, a vibrant colored Flicker was the sole visitor, leaving when it was sated.

Juanita

Juanita Roushdy
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Wednesday, 14 February 2024

[Maine-birds] Recent Highlights, 2/8 - 2/14.

Hi all,
My observations of note over the past seven days are posted here:


-Derek


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Tuesday, 13 February 2024

[Maine-birds] The purple of Purple Sandpipers (Knox County)

Hello Maine Birders,

My brother (Casey) and I birded much of the day on Sunday. One of the big highlights was our fortuitous arrival at the Rockland Breakwater coinciding with high tide.  As we started walking out the breakwater, a flock of 18 Purple Sandpipers flew from the upper bay and landed on the rocks. When we reached the area where the flock had landed, I was gobsmacked to see, in the gorgeous afternoon light, the purple on the Purple Sandpipers. I have observed Purple Sandpipers many times in a number of locations but never before had I caught the inspiration for their common name. I was able to capture the hue with my camera thankfully.

Here is our eBird checklist:

The purple is discernible in all the images if you click on them to enlarge, the pinkish-lavender iridescence is most conspicuous on the third and fifth images. You can hear their calls as they squabble in the video.

Four drake American Wigeons were an unexpected bonus there as well.

Good birding,
Eric
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[Maine-birds] A surprise visitor or perhaps an over winterer!

While feeding the birds early this morning, I flushed a dark flutter of wings, putting the seed bucket down and taking a closer look into the dense brush near the compost was a Grey Catbird. Perhaps its the same one that I've seen occasionally in the hedgerows along the meadow or an early bird. Plenty of suet and berries around.

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Friday, 9 February 2024

[Maine-birds] Red-winged blackbird FOY

Single adult male visiting Cumberland backyard feeder.

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Thursday, 8 February 2024

Re: [Maine-birds] Blue Jay imitating Broad-winged Hawk

Check the call of the red-shouldered hawk.  Broad-winged hawks have more of a whistle.

On Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 1:24:35 PM UTC-5 Boots. wrote:
"My" Blue Jays have, for years, had me running to the window or outdoors in an attempt to catch sight of the 'Broad-winged Hawk'. Sassy birds!
~Boots.

On Thu, Feb 8, 2024 at 12:49 PM Craig Kesselheim <ckess...@gmail.com> wrote:
Good afternoon - a Blue Jay was recorded at a feeder making one of its typical vocalizations interspersed with clicks. At around second 23 on the recording, and again more faintly around second 27, you can make out the imitation of a Broad-winged Hawk. 


Observation is from today, on the Beech Hill Road on Mt. Desert Island.

Craig K
Southwest Harbor

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