Maine birds And MOAC mountainbiking

Wednesday, 28 February 2024

Re: [Maine-birds] TUVU over Brunswick!

FOY TUVU in Hulls Cove Monday afternoon. Tammy PackieOn 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 BrunswickSent from Gmail Mobile -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received...

Re: [Maine-birds] TUVU over Brunswick!

FOY TV in Hulls Cove Monday afternoon. Tammy PackieOn 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 BrunswickSent from Gmail Mobile -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received...

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 BrunswickSent from Gmail Mobile -- 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...

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 MulthoppLu...

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 BWest Kennebunk -- 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...

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 :-) -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received...

[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 :-) -- 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...

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 Henry Donovan ...

[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 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to...

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

Hi all,My observations of note over the past ten days are included here:https://mebirdingfieldnotes.blog/2024/02/23/recent-highlights-2-15-2-23-2024/-Derek***************************************** Derek and Jeannette Lovitch Freeport Wild Bird Supply 541 Route One, Suite 10 Freeport, ME 04032 207-865-6000 www.freeportwildbirdsupply.com *************************************...

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.GlennHodgkinsglenn@gmail.comOn 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>...

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 ...

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 Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Get Outlook...

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 Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Get Outlook for Android From: maine-birds@googlegroups.com <maine-birds@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Glenn Hodgkins <hodgkinsglenn@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 8:35:26 AM To: Maine birds <maine-birds@googlegroups.com> 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). GlennOn Monday, February 19, 2024 at 6:09:31 PM UTC-5 helen...@gmail.com wrote:I just had a small flock...

[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, 2/19/24Dr. 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...

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...

[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...

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...

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 Bremen, ME -- 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...

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:https://mebirdingfieldnotes.blog/2024/02/14/recent-highlights-2-8-2-14-2024/-Derek***************************************** Derek and Jeannette Lovitch Freeport Wild Bird Supply 541 Route One, Suite 10 Freeport, ME 04032 207-865-6000 www.freeportwildbirdsupply.com *************************************...

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...

[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. Juanita Juanita Roushdy Bremen, ME -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 ---...

Friday, 9 February 2024

[Maine-birds] Red-winged blackbird FOY

Single adult male visiting Cumberland backyard feeder. 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...

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...