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Thursday, 31 October 2024

[Maine-birds] Re: Eurasian Widgeon NO

It's an American Widgeon :-(. I'm so sorry.

I passed it by another birder friend and took their word for it.
Sorry

Jennifer K. Cummings
Design and Consultation
Falmouth Maine
Full Circle Landscaping
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> On Oct 31, 2024, at 10:58 AM, Jennifer Cummings <jkcummings03@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Spotted just now in pond behind 293 Woodville Road falmouth
> Was there yesterday also.
>
> Jennifer

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[Maine-birds] Eurasian Widgeon

Spotted just now in pond behind 293 Woodville Road falmouth
Was there yesterday also.

Jennifer

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Tuesday, 29 October 2024

[Maine-birds] Bufflehead, Hooded Merganser, Basin Cove, Harpswell, ME 10/29/24

3 Hooded Merganser females among recent Bufflehead arrivals on Basin Cove, Harpswell, ME 10/29/24

Dr. Jay Pitocchelli, Professor Emeritus
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Saturday, 26 October 2024

Re: [Maine-birds] Amazing American Crow Migration Report from Mt Wachusett YESTERDAY

Peter Vickery, in Birds of Maine speaks of a Aug-Oct migration season with reports of "unusually large flocks" occurring around the state during short periods. Then a winter season with few crows inland and large flocks centered in a few city and coastal locations. The Waterville roost is the largest mentioned at 10,000 birds and smaller roosts in Lewiston, Portland, and Bangor.

Wikipedia defines migration as, "Migration (ecology), the large-scale movement of species from one environment to another"

The largest flock I've observed passing over my house in Nobleboro was in Oct 2022 if I am remembering correctly. It numbered in the many dozens, possibly low hundreds heading SE over a 20 minute period.

Steve

On Oct 26, 2024, at 09:47, David Gulick <dvdgu741@gmail.com> wrote:

I am surprised by the discussion of "migrating" crows. Aren't these simply the typical, nightly, late fall/winter, overnight, in-city roosting flights? I have been witnessing these for decades into Portland late every day in the fall and winter. I rough counted 3,000 in two trees one evening in Portland 15 years ago. The daily in-flights start around 2 pm and continue until dark. Forbush has a considerable section on these nightly roosting events from a century ago. Huge numbers of birds reported flying in to roost nightly in several cities. David Gulick

On Oct 26, 2024, at 7:39 AM, Dana Fox <dana.fox1939@gmail.com> wrote:

American Crows from the north are on the move at this time of year.
Friends,

I Wrote the following YESTERDAY -

Four years ago today, I had the distinct pleasure of seeing hundreds of migrating crows from the Woodmont orchard parking lot in Hollis NH which had probably been following the Merrimack River. An hour later, hawk watchers on Mt. Wachusetts reported seeing hundreds of crows passing overhead. That mountain and Hollis are on a direct line SW and the crows were flying at their mph rate.

Yesterday, Eric Mueller, the Mt Wachusetts hawk watcher reported his first flock of migrating crows..

Keep an eye out and please report what you are seeing.

The numbers of crows in Massachusetts winter roosts will begin to swell.
Late December is the peak in my nearby Lawrence MA roost.

Last night I received the following from Eric Mueller -
"
Eric Mueller
Fri, Oct 25, 9:20 PM (10 hours ago)
to me
Hi Dana,

We counted at least 312 migrating Amer Crows today at Wachusett Mt. Almost all of them were spotted flying down low by one of our observers who was stationed at a north-facing overlook that's about 500 ft lower than the summit. The birds flew by in the following numbers - 2, 20, 24, 8, 9, 23, 8, 30, 13, 32, 45, 100+ & 28. The 100+ group went by around 3:45 pm EDT.

Hope this helps!

Eric"

What is the likelihood a migration would occur on the same day of the month as four years ago?

By the way, my husband, Bob Fox and I are leading trips to the Lawrence MA American and Fish Crow roost the first week-end of January for the Seacoast Chapter of the New Hampshire Audubon Society and the third weekend of January for the Brookline Bird Club.

Let me know if you are interested in observing the winter phenomena which will occur between 3:30 and 5:30 pm at that time of the year.

Dana
Dana Duxbury-Fox
North Andover, MA

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Re: [Maine-birds] Amazing American Crow Migration Report from Mt Wachusett YESTERDAY

That 30 mile figure is for the daily WInter range of the flock.

On Sat, Oct 26, 2024, 10:36 AM Dana Fox <dana.fox1939@gmail.com> wrote:

David,
The vast number of crows coming into these nightly roosts are migrants that have come from further north. They typically come from as far away as 30 miles. They are joined by the resident crows at this time of year. Both groups return to their breeding locations in the spring and the resident breeding crows stay on that territory for the summer. Our Lawrence MA nightly roosting crows in October number no more that a couple thousand. By January we have seen the numbers grow to 24,000.
Dana

On Sat, Oct 26, 2024, 9:47 AM David Gulick <dvdgu741@gmail.com> wrote:
I am surprised by the discussion of "migrating" crows. Aren't these simply the typical, nightly, late fall/winter, overnight, in-city roosting flights? I have been witnessing these for decades into Portland late every day in the fall and winter. I rough counted 3,000 in two trees one evening in Portland 15 years ago. The daily in-flights start around 2 pm and continue until dark. Forbush has a considerable section on these nightly roosting events from a century ago. Huge numbers of birds reported flying in to roost nightly in several cities. David Gulick

On Oct 26, 2024, at 7:39 AM, Dana Fox <dana.fox1939@gmail.com> wrote:

American Crows from the north are on the move at this time of year.
Friends,

I Wrote the following YESTERDAY -

Four years ago today, I had the distinct pleasure of seeing hundreds of migrating crows from the Woodmont orchard parking lot in Hollis NH which had probably been following the Merrimack River. An hour later, hawk watchers on Mt. Wachusetts reported seeing hundreds of crows passing overhead. That mountain and Hollis are on a direct line SW and the crows were flying at their mph rate.

Yesterday, Eric Mueller, the Mt Wachusetts hawk watcher reported his first flock of migrating crows..

Keep an eye out and please report what you are seeing.

The numbers of crows in Massachusetts winter roosts will begin to swell.
Late December is the peak in my nearby Lawrence MA roost.

Last night I received the following from Eric Mueller -
"
Eric Mueller
Fri, Oct 25, 9:20 PM (10 hours ago)
to me
Hi Dana,

We counted at least 312 migrating Amer Crows today at Wachusett Mt. Almost all of them were spotted flying down low by one of our observers who was stationed at a north-facing overlook that's about 500 ft lower than the summit. The birds flew by in the following numbers - 2, 20, 24, 8, 9, 23, 8, 30, 13, 32, 45, 100+ & 28. The 100+ group went by around 3:45 pm EDT.

Hope this helps!

Eric"

What is the likelihood a migration would occur on the same day of the month as four years ago?

By the way, my husband, Bob Fox and I are leading trips to the Lawrence MA American and Fish Crow roost the first week-end of January for the Seacoast Chapter of the New Hampshire Audubon Society and the third weekend of January for the Brookline Bird Club.

Let me know if you are interested in observing the winter phenomena which will occur between 3:30 and 5:30 pm at that time of the year.

Dana
Dana Duxbury-Fox
North Andover, MA

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Re: [Maine-birds] Amazing American Crow Migration Report from Mt Wachusett YESTERDAY

David,

The vast number of crows coming into these nightly roosts are migrants that have come from further north. They typically come from as far away as 30 miles. They are joined by the resident crows at this time of year. Both groups return to their breeding locations in the spring and the resident breeding crows stay on that territory for the summer. Our Lawrence MA nightly roosting crows in October number no more that a couple thousand. By January we have seen the numbers grow to 24,000.

Dana

On Sat, Oct 26, 2024, 9:47 AM David Gulick <dvdgu741@gmail.com> wrote:

I am surprised by the discussion of "migrating" crows. Aren't these simply the typical, nightly, late fall/winter, overnight, in-city roosting flights? I have been witnessing these for decades into Portland late every day in the fall and winter. I rough counted 3,000 in two trees one evening in Portland 15 years ago. The daily in-flights start around 2 pm and continue until dark. Forbush has a considerable section on these nightly roosting events from a century ago. Huge numbers of birds reported flying in to roost nightly in several cities. David Gulick

On Oct 26, 2024, at 7:39 AM, Dana Fox <dana.fox1939@gmail.com> wrote:

American Crows from the north are on the move at this time of year.
Friends,

I Wrote the following YESTERDAY -

Four years ago today, I had the distinct pleasure of seeing hundreds of migrating crows from the Woodmont orchard parking lot in Hollis NH which had probably been following the Merrimack River. An hour later, hawk watchers on Mt. Wachusetts reported seeing hundreds of crows passing overhead. That mountain and Hollis are on a direct line SW and the crows were flying at their mph rate.

Yesterday, Eric Mueller, the Mt Wachusetts hawk watcher reported his first flock of migrating crows..

Keep an eye out and please report what you are seeing.

The numbers of crows in Massachusetts winter roosts will begin to swell.
Late December is the peak in my nearby Lawrence MA roost.

Last night I received the following from Eric Mueller -
"
Eric Mueller
Fri, Oct 25, 9:20 PM (10 hours ago)
to me
Hi Dana,

We counted at least 312 migrating Amer Crows today at Wachusett Mt. Almost all of them were spotted flying down low by one of our observers who was stationed at a north-facing overlook that's about 500 ft lower than the summit. The birds flew by in the following numbers - 2, 20, 24, 8, 9, 23, 8, 30, 13, 32, 45, 100+ & 28. The 100+ group went by around 3:45 pm EDT.

Hope this helps!

Eric"

What is the likelihood a migration would occur on the same day of the month as four years ago?

By the way, my husband, Bob Fox and I are leading trips to the Lawrence MA American and Fish Crow roost the first week-end of January for the Seacoast Chapter of the New Hampshire Audubon Society and the third weekend of January for the Brookline Bird Club.

Let me know if you are interested in observing the winter phenomena which will occur between 3:30 and 5:30 pm at that time of the year.

Dana
Dana Duxbury-Fox
North Andover, MA

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Re: [Maine-birds] Amazing American Crow Migration Report from Mt Wachusett YESTERDAY

I am surprised by the discussion of "migrating" crows. Aren't these simply the typical, nightly, late fall/winter, overnight, in-city roosting flights? I have been witnessing these for decades into Portland late every day in the fall and winter. I rough counted 3,000 in two trees one evening in Portland 15 years ago. The daily in-flights start around 2 pm and continue until dark. Forbush has a considerable section on these nightly roosting events from a century ago. Huge numbers of birds reported flying in to roost nightly in several cities. David Gulick

On Oct 26, 2024, at 7:39 AM, Dana Fox <dana.fox1939@gmail.com> wrote:

American Crows from the north are on the move at this time of year.
Friends,

I Wrote the following YESTERDAY -

Four years ago today, I had the distinct pleasure of seeing hundreds of migrating crows from the Woodmont orchard parking lot in Hollis NH which had probably been following the Merrimack River. An hour later, hawk watchers on Mt. Wachusetts reported seeing hundreds of crows passing overhead. That mountain and Hollis are on a direct line SW and the crows were flying at their mph rate.

Yesterday, Eric Mueller, the Mt Wachusetts hawk watcher reported his first flock of migrating crows..

Keep an eye out and please report what you are seeing.

The numbers of crows in Massachusetts winter roosts will begin to swell.
Late December is the peak in my nearby Lawrence MA roost.

Last night I received the following from Eric Mueller -
"
Eric Mueller
Fri, Oct 25, 9:20 PM (10 hours ago)
to me
Hi Dana,

We counted at least 312 migrating Amer Crows today at Wachusett Mt. Almost all of them were spotted flying down low by one of our observers who was stationed at a north-facing overlook that's about 500 ft lower than the summit. The birds flew by in the following numbers - 2, 20, 24, 8, 9, 23, 8, 30, 13, 32, 45, 100+ & 28. The 100+ group went by around 3:45 pm EDT.

Hope this helps!

Eric"

What is the likelihood a migration would occur on the same day of the month as four years ago?

By the way, my husband, Bob Fox and I are leading trips to the Lawrence MA American and Fish Crow roost the first week-end of January for the Seacoast Chapter of the New Hampshire Audubon Society and the third weekend of January for the Brookline Bird Club.

Let me know if you are interested in observing the winter phenomena which will occur between 3:30 and 5:30 pm at that time of the year.

Dana
Dana Duxbury-Fox
North Andover, MA

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[Maine-birds] Amazing American Crow Migration Report from Mt Wachusett YESTERDAY

American Crows from the north are on the move at this time of year.

Friends,

I Wrote the following YESTERDAY -

Four years ago today, I had the distinct pleasure of seeing hundreds of migrating crows from the Woodmont orchard parking lot in Hollis NH which had probably been following the Merrimack River. An hour later, hawk watchers on Mt. Wachusetts reported seeing hundreds of crows passing overhead. That mountain and Hollis are on a direct line SW and the crows were flying at their mph rate.

Yesterday, Eric Mueller, the Mt Wachusetts hawk watcher reported his first flock of migrating crows..

Keep an eye out and please report what you are seeing.

The numbers of crows in Massachusetts winter roosts will begin to swell.

Late December is the peak in my nearby Lawrence MA roost.

Last night I received the following from Eric Mueller -

Eric Mueller

Fri, Oct 25, 9:20 PM (10 hours ago)

to me

Hi Dana,

We counted at least 312 migrating Amer Crows today at Wachusett Mt. Almost all of them were spotted flying down low by one of our observers who was stationed at a north-facing overlook that's about 500 ft lower than the summit. The birds flew by in the following numbers - 2, 20, 24, 8, 9, 23, 8, 30, 13, 32, 45, 100+ & 28. The 100+ group went by around 3:45 pm EDT.

Hope this helps!

Eric"

What is the likelihood a migration would occur on the same day of the month as four years ago?

By the way, my husband, Bob Fox and I are leading trips to the Lawrence MA American and Fish Crow roost the first week-end of January for the Seacoast Chapter of the New Hampshire Audubon Society and the third weekend of January for the Brookline Bird Club.

Let me know if you are interested in observing the winter phenomena which will occur between 3:30 and 5:30 pm at that time of the year.

Dana

Dana Duxbury-Fox

North Andover, MA

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Friday, 25 October 2024

Re: [Maine-birds] Migrating Crows - Please report

The northern American Crows start leaving the Lawrence roost in late February and eary March.

Dana Duxbury-Fox

North Andover MA

Dana.fox1939@gmail.com

On Fri, Oct 25, 2024, 9:29 AM Margaret Huber <hubermargaret7@gmail.com> wrote:

Great report. Is this truly migration or seasonal movements? Will they stay south?
Margi

On Oct 25, 2024, at 8:21 AM, Dana Fox <dana.fox1939@gmail.com> wrote:

American Crows from the north are on the move at this time of year.

Four years ago today, I had the distinct pleasure of seeing hundreds of migrating crows from the Woodmont orchard parking lot in Hollis NH which had probably been following the Merrimack River. An hour later, hawk watchers on Mt. Wachusetts reported seeing hundreds of crows passing overhead. That mountain and Hollis are on a direct line SW and the crows were flying at their mph rate.

Yesterday, Eric Mueller, the Mt Wachusetts hawk watcher reported his first flock of migrating crows..

Keep an eye out and please report what you are seeing.

The numbers of crows in Massachusetts winter roosts wil begin to swell.
Late December is the peak in my nearby Lawrence MA roost.

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[Maine-birds] Migrating Crows - Please report

American Crows from the north are on the move at this time of year.

Yesterday, Eric Mueller, the Mt Wachusetts hawk watcher reported his first flock of migrating crows..

Keep an eye out and please report what you are seeing.

The numbers of crows in Massachusetts winter roosts wil begin to swell.

Late December is the peak in my nearby Lawrence MA roost.

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Thursday, 24 October 2024

[Maine-birds] Western Tanager, Canaan

Wally Sumner saw a Western Tanager at his private feeder late today. He will update tomorrow about access if the bird continues.

Louis Bevier
Fairfield

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[Maine-birds] This Week’s Highlights, 10/17-24

Hi all,

My observations of note over the last eight days is posted here:

https://mebirdingfieldnotes.blog/2024/10/24/recent-highlights-10-17-10-24-24/

-Derek

Sent from my iPhone

Tuesday, 22 October 2024

[Maine-birds] Laughing Gulls, Basin Cove, Harpswell, ME 10/21/24

Laughing Gulls still lingering around Basin Cove, Harpswell, ME 10/21/24

Dr. Jay Pitocchelli, Professor Emeritus
Biology Department
Saint Anselm College
Manchester, NH 03102

Blog: http://mourningwarbler.blogspot.com/

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Monday, 21 October 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. Last year there was a massive white pine cone crop in the Northeast that lots of type 12, type 2, type 4, and type 1 crossbills fed on until rather late in the spring. There does not seem to be such a massive cone crop this fall and most of the types 2 and 4 have returned to the western US. As such, I'm interested in seeing what the diets of the type 12 and 1 birds look like in a more "normal" year.

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 over 100 folks across the eastern US, I've accumulated nearly 1,000 (!) 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

Hope College

Holland, MI

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

Project description link: https://www.ckporterlab.com/community-science

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[Maine-birds] fall feeder season, Nobleboro

A great time to sit and watch the feeder. All of our usual species are around and hungry.
Keeping up a water source the last few years, while an effort, has paid off.
The ever expanding perennial garden hasn't hurt either.
All day it is a constant parade

Black capped chickadees
White breasted nuthatches
Red breasted nuthatches
Dark eyed juncos
Blue jays
Morning doves
Goldfinch
Hairy woodpecker
Downy woodpecker
Northern flicker
and when I wonder where the sparrows are, along comes a
Song sparrow

Steve Plumb
Nobleboro

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Sunday, 20 October 2024

[Maine-birds] Davis Finch

Steve Myrick mentioned that new birders might not know Davis. He was a major power in the birding world in the pre-computer/facebook age. Davis, Will Russel, the late Ed Thompson and I headed off on the first attempt to tally 100 species in Maine in one day back in the late 60's. Started in Bangor and headed down to Kittery to get both the Cardinal and the House Finch, the only places they could be found at the time. How things have changed. We did many trips on the Bluenose (the old original one) and my memories of Davis are of the end of the trip in the galley, beer, apple pie, and Canadian rat trap cheese. No I-pads then and Davis would print all his notes in a notebook in the most precise hand- written manner. They looked like a printed page. I will miss him and the "old days" of birding.

[Maine-birds] Sabattus Pond

The highlights of my last two trips to Sabattus Pond this morning and the day before yesterday (with Mark Rolerson) were:

6 Rusty Blackbirds at the West end of the South beach.

A male Gadwall at the same location.

A female Northern Pinrtail

Several pairs of Green Teal

One Black Scoter

A pair of American Wigeon

Buffleheads

One female Hooded Merganser

One Ring Necked Duck

Both species of Scaup

Ruddy Ducks

Black Ducks

Mallards.

Danny Danforth

Loring M. Danforth

Charles A. Dana Professor of Anthropology Emeritus

Bates College

446 College St.

Lewiston, ME 04240

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[Maine-birds] Merlin, Palm Warbler, Basin Cove, Harpswell, ME 10/18-19/24

Merlin, 10/19/24

Palm Warbler, 10/18/24

Dr. Jay Pitocchelli, Professor Emeritus
Biology Department
Saint Anselm College
Manchester, NH 03102

Blog: http://mourningwarbler.blogspot.com/

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Saturday, 19 October 2024

[Maine-birds] The passing of Davis Finch

It is with great sadness that I have to share with you the passing of
Davis Finch who died last night at the age of 87.

While new birders may not know of him, Davis was a legend to me in my
early days of birding in the 1980's and 1990's. He co-founded Wings
Bird Tours with Will Russell in 1973 and led the idyllic life of a
birder who traveled around the world to see birds and share sightings
with birdwatchers from around the world. Although Davis led bird trips
all over the world, his specialty was in the tropics where he led more
than 90 trips, concentrating on Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and
especially Guyana in later years. I only came to know him personally in
the 1990's and was proud and fortunate to be able to travel with Davis
to Guyana in 1997 toward the end of his tour leading career. His skills
as a birder and the breadth of his knowledge were incredible and
respected by all.

While Davis spent a good part of his adult life traveling around the
world, his home was always in East Kingston, and his contributions to
New Hampshire's bird records spanned 7 decades with personal records
dating back at least until 1953! Some of his noteworthy discoveries
included the State's second record for Blue-winged Warbler in 1955, the
third state record for House Finch in Errol (of all places!!) in 1967,
the first State record of Fish Crow in Kingston in 1971, an Ash-throated
Flycatcher in his yard in 2005, a Black Vulture in his yard in 2009
(back when they were rare in NH!), a Yellow-headed Blackbird in his yard
in 2012, and more recently, the first (and only) State record of
Eurasian Collared-Dove just down the street from his house in 2016. Many
will recall Davis warmly welcoming birders into his yard to see many of
the other rare and not so rare birds over the last 20 years. His famous
"meat pile" was visited by wintering Bald Eagles, Vultures, and gulls,
as well as the many birders and photographers who showed up to witness
this spectacle!

His contributions to New Hampshire's bird records and his educational
and conservation activities in the State culminated in New Hampshire
Audubon awarding him the prestigious Goodhue-Elkins Award in 2016.

https://www.nhaudubon.org/wp-content/uploads/Goodhue-Elkins-2016-Finch.pdf

His warm smile and polite and soft demeanor will be missed.

Just a couple of photos of Davis:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevemirick/albums/72177720321332880/

At this time, no services are planned; however, Davis would want any
donations on his behalf to go to the Macaulay Library where he submitted
1,175 bird sound recordings from Guyana, obtained from 20 expeditions.

https://www.macaulaylibrary.org/

Steve Mirick
Bradford, MA

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Thursday, 17 October 2024

[Maine-birds] Hudsonian Godwit continues, streamside of Durham bridge, Newport.

Straight out from small boat launch area at West end of Durham bridge, Newport.

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