Maine birds And MOAC mountainbiking

Friday, 17 April 2026

[Maine-birds] This Week's Highlights, 4/10-4/17

Hi all,

Here are my observations of note over the past 8 days:

https://mebirdingfieldnotes.blog/2026/04/17/this-weeks-highlights-4-10-4-17-2026/

-Derek

*****************************************

Derek and Jeannette Lovitch

Freeport Wild Bird Supply

541 Route One, Suite 10

Freeport, ME 04032

207-865-6000

www.freeportwildbirdsupply.com

****************************************

Thursday, 16 April 2026

Re: [Maine-birds] Mystery Warbler Brooksville 4/16/26

I think you are right. They are beautiful and hard to spot.

Sent from my mobile device

Daniel B. Carr, P.E., P.G.

186 Waterhouse Road

Dayton. Maine

On Apr 16, 2026, at 6:42 PM, Mike Chace-Ortiz <mchaceortiz@gmail.com> wrote:

Sounds like a Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Bob

I do the same double-take every returning season when I see those guys.

Cheers

—mco

On Apr 16, 2026, at 15:53, Bob Knight <bob@knightarchitect.com> wrote:

I only got a few seconds to see what I THINK was a Nashville warbler near my feeders and suet holders. Definitely like a Nashville, but had a VERY BRIGHT RED , VERY THIN wiggly line on the top of his head. Almost looked like a worm or parasite--and was very striking. I am looking for his return. Sibley shows something like a rufous patch on the top the head, but nobody talks about it. Crossley mentions it but says it's hard to see. This leapt out! Has anybody else seen anything like this. If he comes back, will try to get picture but doubt I will be able to .
We have tree frogs now for about a week. Summer is on the way!

--
Maine birds mailing list
maine-birds@googlegroups.com
http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds
https://sites.google.com/site/birding207
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/maine-birds/c80c71b5-ca67-44a4-8900-f07d6ac87d92n%40googlegroups.com.

--
Maine birds mailing list
maine-birds@googlegroups.com
http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds
https://sites.google.com/site/birding207
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/maine-birds/EDD4400D-B90D-487A-A462-86B2FF7ABB26%40gmail.com.

Re: [Maine-birds] Mystery Warbler Brooksville 4/16/26

Sounds like a Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Bob

I do the same double-take every returning season when I see those guys.

Cheers

—mco

On Apr 16, 2026, at 15:53, Bob Knight <bob@knightarchitect.com> wrote:

I only got a few seconds to see what I THINK was a Nashville warbler near my feeders and suet holders. Definitely like a Nashville, but had a VERY BRIGHT RED , VERY THIN wiggly line on the top of his head. Almost looked like a worm or parasite--and was very striking. I am looking for his return. Sibley shows something like a rufous patch on the top the head, but nobody talks about it. Crossley mentions it but says it's hard to see. This leapt out! Has anybody else seen anything like this. If he comes back, will try to get picture but doubt I will be able to .
We have tree frogs now for about a week. Summer is on the way!

--
Maine birds mailing list
maine-birds@googlegroups.com
http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds
https://sites.google.com/site/birding207
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/maine-birds/c80c71b5-ca67-44a4-8900-f07d6ac87d92n%40googlegroups.com.

[Maine-birds] Mystery Warbler Brooksville 4/16/26

I only got a few seconds to see what I THINK was a Nashville warbler near my feeders and suet holders. Definitely like a Nashville, but had a VERY BRIGHT RED , VERY THIN wiggly line on the top of his head. Almost looked like a worm or parasite--and was very striking. I am looking for his return. Sibley shows something like a rufous patch on the top the head, but nobody talks about it. Crossley mentions it but says it's hard to see. This leapt out! Has anybody else seen anything like this. If he comes back, will try to get picture but doubt I will be able to .

We have tree frogs now for about a week. Summer is on the way!

--
Maine birds mailing list
maine-birds@googlegroups.com
http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds
https://sites.google.com/site/birding207
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/maine-birds/c80c71b5-ca67-44a4-8900-f07d6ac87d92n%40googlegroups.com.

Wednesday, 15 April 2026

[Maine-birds] Laughing Gull, Brown Creeper, Basin Cove, Harpswell, ME 4/15/26

Laughing Gull just arrived right now at low tide, Brown Creeper earlier this afternoon, Basin Cove, Harpswell, ME 4/15/26

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

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
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/maine-birds/117e13b4-e9d0-4087-84a3-ca9e537ef019n%40googlegroups.com.

[Maine-birds] Greater Yellowlegs, Eastern Bluebird, Brunswick, American Kestrel, Belted Kingfisher, Harpswell, 4/15/26

Greater Yellowlegs, Eastern Bluebird, Hole 4, Mere Creek Golf Course, Brunswick, American Kestrel along Harpswell Neck Rd., Belted Kingfisher, Basin Cove, Harpswell, 4/15/26

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

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
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/maine-birds/6f520373-423f-404a-931d-c532385ba42en%40googlegroups.com.

[Maine-birds] Northen Parula, Basin Point Rd., Harpswell, ME 4/15/26

Early Northen Parula singing over the house, Basin Point Rd., Harpswell, ME 4/15/26

--
Maine birds mailing list
maine-birds@googlegroups.com
http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds
https://sites.google.com/site/birding207
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/maine-birds/6bdfb499-f075-4b37-8ec2-218bdaab2537n%40googlegroups.com.

Tuesday, 14 April 2026

[Maine-birds] Bufflehead, Osprey, Basin Cove, Harpswell, ME, 4/14/26

Buffleheads still hanging around, Osprey flyover, Basin Cove, Harpswell, ME, 4/14/26

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

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
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/maine-birds/8d0df3b7-b18c-4033-9530-769da625c451n%40googlegroups.com.

[Maine-birds] Migration On!

We had a substantial bird list this morning in West Kennebunk including phoebes, several sapsuckers, several palm warblers and a yellow-rumped warbler.

Susan Bloomfield & Kenny DeCoster

--
Maine birds mailing list
maine-birds@googlegroups.com
http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds
https://sites.google.com/site/birding207
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/maine-birds/CAKKtH2WCh3COK-S1HopaGzLPNaY%2BBVi%2BNMTkQ0WUVe4urF52gQ%40mail.gmail.com.

Saturday, 11 April 2026

[Maine-birds] Free app: New England Shorebird Guide

Hi Maine birders,

I am posting to let everyone know about a great free app to help you learn shorebirds. The New England Shorebird Guide is a photographic guide freely available on the Bird Observer site. It now covers 37 species of shorebirds that occur in New England, northeastern United States and eastern Canada. It's designed primarily as a visual aid on your smart phone that can be used in the field, but it can also be installed on a tablet or computer. My friend Soheil Zendeh was the lead on its production and asked me to spread the news to Maine birders. It is a great resource!

Access the guide using this link:

https://www.birdobserver.org/Better-Birding/New-England-Shorebird-Guide.

Good birding,

tom

--
Maine birds mailing list
maine-birds@googlegroups.com
http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds
https://sites.google.com/site/birding207
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/maine-birds/1a3cab62-d788-40a0-bbc8-e4e6e01f0897n%40googlegroups.com.

[Maine-birds] 15th report of the Maine Bird Records Committee

The latest annual report of the Maine Bird Records Committee was published in the April issue of "Bird Observer." A pdf version of the report, along with all past reports, is available at the committee's website: https://sites.google.com/site/mainebirdrecordscommittee/reports Thanks to Bird Observer for supporting the committee by publishing all of its reports since the first in 2007. In the same issue as this year's 15th report is an article by a past committee member, Tom Aversa, that details a nest of Rose-breasted Grosbeaks in Waldo County. Consider supporting "Bird Observer" with a subscription or by submitting an article about Maine birds. Their website with all issues is here (some require subscription): https://www.birdobserver.org/ All issues of "Bird Observer" from 1973 to 2015 are now digitized and freely available along with many other ornithological journals at SORA, the Searchable Ornithological Research Archive, here: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/sora/ Louis Bevier Fairfield -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/maine-birds/8A54252D-AEC8-4528-B2C2-56045294BA00%40colby.edu.

[Maine-birds] 15th report of the Maine Bird Records Committee

Thursday, 9 April 2026

Re: [Maine-birds] Song

Well that makes sense I did see a Carolina wren once this winter at the feeders. I guess he is trying to move in.

Sarah

Get Outlook for Android

From: Tova Mellen <tova.mellen@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2026 6:48:13 PM
To: Sarah Caputo <catbird338@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Maine-birds] Song

Hi Sarah,

There is a Carolina Wren singing that loud musical sequence once in your recording.

Tova

On Thu, Apr 9, 2026 at 6:28 PM Sarah Caputo <catbird338@hotmail.com> wrote:

Can someone help me with this birdsong? Coming from woods this evening but none of the observed birds matched and Merlin couldn't place it.

(Not the chickens)

------------------

Dr. Sarah Caputo

Belfast Veterinary Hospital

Mtn. Valley Farm Jacobs

Montville, ME

Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
Get Outlook for Android

--
Maine birds mailing list
maine-birds@googlegroups.com
http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds
https://sites.google.com/site/birding207
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/maine-birds/DS0PR02MB9176F94DEC7B0AB177EC231F9C582%40DS0PR02MB9176.namprd02.prod.outlook.com.

[Maine-birds] Song

Can someone help me with this birdsong? Coming from woods this evening but none of the observed birds matched and Merlin couldn't place it.

(Not the chickens)

------------------

Dr. Sarah Caputo

Belfast Veterinary Hospital

Mtn. Valley Farm Jacobs

Montville, ME

Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

Get Outlook for Android

[Maine-birds] This Week's Highlights, 4/4-4/9

Hi all,

Here are my observations of note over the past six days:

https://mebirdingfieldnotes.blog/2026/04/09/this-weeks-highlights-4-4-4-9-2026/

-Derek

*****************************************

Derek and Jeannette Lovitch

Freeport Wild Bird Supply

541 Route One, Suite 10

Freeport, ME 04032

207-865-6000

www.freeportwildbirdsupply.com

****************************************

Tuesday, 7 April 2026

[Maine-birds] Glossy Ibises and wood ducke

Glossy Ibises in marsh off Sawyer rd. Cape Elizabeth and Wood Ducks in pond on Long Island, Casco Bay H.Donovan Long Island, Me 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 the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/maine-birds/9A77D6FC-EB6D-4F03-A6A8-A2B3B86504C2%40aol.com.

Monday, 6 April 2026

Re: [Maine-birds] Early arrivals

Ditto here in Westbrook, Bill

Chippies this morning (earliest 4/10) and Phoebe on 4/4 (earliest 4/8).

No sign of any Warblers yet.

Cheers

—mco

On Apr 6, 2026, at 17:00, Bill Grabin <grabin@roadrunner.com> wrote:

Not exactly a scientific study, but we've had several earliest-ever arrivals in our yard. Pine Warbler today (4/6), prior earliest date 4/8; Phoebe 4/1 vs prior earliest 4/3, and Chipping Sparrow 3/31 vs prior earliest 4/12! Bill Grabin, 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 Groups "Maine birds" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/maine-birds/CAHtthqpq0jzb_k0cSp1NWEKmwgzxgi0Qp543%3DwXdLG4U%2BYo_FQ%40mail.gmail.com.

[Maine-birds] Early arrivals

Not exactly a scientific study, but we've had several earliest-ever arrivals in our yard. Pine Warbler today (4/6), prior earliest date 4/8; Phoebe 4/1 vs prior earliest 4/3, and Chipping Sparrow 3/31 vs prior earliest 4/12! Bill Grabin, 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 Groups "Maine birds" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/maine-birds/CAHtthqpq0jzb_k0cSp1NWEKmwgzxgi0Qp543%3DwXdLG4U%2BYo_FQ%40mail.gmail.com.

Friday, 3 April 2026

[Maine-birds] Failure recording Barred Owl

I have been trying for at least two weeks to record the Barred Owl at the edge of the woods, trying with both EBird App and Merlin. I've pushed every button, read the directions, see no "share" option and have had zero success. Also adding it to the eBird list properly is a nightmare. Half the time the Owl wakes us up calling between 1 and 4am. We were asleep, not birding, but if I select "incidental" it doesn't get counted, and it was my understanding that the reporting of a sequence of consecutive days is reportable data. Also I see nothing on eBird that permits recording from there and no way to save the recording on Merlin. Well, the Owl just moved, I still hear it in the distance. But it hardly matters. So frustrating!
Sent from my iPhone

--
Maine birds mailing list
maine-birds@googlegroups.com
http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds
https://sites.google.com/site/birding207
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/maine-birds/40546695-838A-4325-AD4C-1B420BFE3DC8%40gmail.com.

[Maine-birds] This Week's Highlights, 3/28-4/3.

Hi all,

Here are my observations of note over the past seven days:

https://mebirdingfieldnotes.blog/2026/04/03/this-weeks-highlights-3-28-4-3-2026/

-Derek

*****************************************

Derek and Jeannette Lovitch

Freeport Wild Bird Supply

541 Route One, Suite 10

Freeport, ME 04032

207-865-6000

www.freeportwildbirdsupply.com

****************************************