Maine birds And MOAC mountainbiking

Sunday, 1 December 2013

[Maine-birds] Re: Snowy Owls map

For the folks who can't open this - you have to have Google Earth. KMZ is that format.

Michael Smith
Maine Office of GIS
On my spiffy Blackberry Z10 mobile
And no I wasn't driving!

From: Smith, Michael

Sent: Sunday, December 1, 2013 10:58 AM

To: maine-birds@googlegroups.com

Subject: Snowy Owls map

It has been fun seeing all the Snowy Owl reports coming in. I compiled the ones on this list and a few from eBird that are not on this list into a KML file (attached). I think this is all the reports that had a specific location. Enjoy!

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RE: [Maine-birds] Snowy Owls map

Not all my columns in the Bangor Daily News are as well timed, but irruptive owls was this week’s topic: http://bangordailynews.com/2013/11/29/outdoors/maine-experiencing-a-canadian-owl-invasion/. The funny thing is, there were only about a dozen sightings when I wrote the column. The number doubled by the time the article ran. The beauty of writing a column is that I get to speculate without any real scientific basis in fact. But the beauty of the column itself was Rob Speirs hawk-owl photo. Thanks Rob.

Bob Duchesne

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Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 10:58 AM
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Subject: [Maine-birds] Snowy Owls map

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RE: [Maine-birds] five more Snowy Owls (and a shrike) in Biddeford Pool

Apologies if this is a repeat email – but to add more madness to the madness, Sam Stoddard, another birder and I caught up with five Snowy Owls in Biddeford Pool between 10 and 12 today – including two birds perched on houses along Bridge Street (Rte 208). The third was perched on rocks behind the little restaurant across from the public beach, and the other two were on small, rocky islands east of the point (viewable from the Audubon trail). Also spotted a northern shrike west of the golf course (on the move when observed).

Rich

From: maine-birds@googlegroups.com [mailto:maine-birds@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mike Fahay
Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 2:10 PM
To: Maine Birds
Subject: [Maine-birds] More Snowy Owls - Popham Beach

Just to add to the madness, this morning I counted (and photo'd) 5 more Snowy Owls, all immature and heavily pigmented on their ventral sides at Popham Beach. One bird was out in the marsh on the Atkins Bay side, perched there for over an hour; One was on the eastern end of New Sand Island, separated from me by high tide; and three were on Three Herons Island (one on eastern flank, two on the very top along the ridge line.) The New Sand I. bird had a very dark cap, like the others, but also had a point of darkness coming down onto his forehead...like the kid on the Addams Family.

I dipped on my target bird (Short-eared Owl) and can't believe I missed this bird. Two female Harriers were actively strafing the marsh on both sides of the road. A Lapland Longspur was more easily heard than seen with 12 H Larks.

13 Dunlins were traveling with 2 Sanderlings and a solo BBPlover.

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[Maine-birds] Snowy Owl and Snow Goose

In immature snowy owl on RTE 220 North in Washington - three tenths of a mile south of RTE 17 and approx. 2.5. miles north of Morse's Kraut House. The owl sat on the grassy ground below a power line across from an electrical sub station. A immature snow goose with 110+ CAGOs adjacent to Agricola Farm on RTE 17 in Union at the base of Clarry Hill Road. The flock was foraging amongst corn stubble close to the roadway.

Don

[Maine-birds] Large White Owl Reported Yesterday

A homeowner on Route 88 Cumberland reported while I was trying to turn a Red-tail into a Roughy. No luck finding it.

Stella

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[Maine-birds] More Snowy Owls - Popham Beach

13 Dunlins were traveling with 2 Sanderlings and a solo BBPlover.

Re: [Maine-birds] More Snowy Owls coming - 73 in a morning in Nfld

Yup. There are currently (at least) five snowy owls in and around Biddeford Pool. Insane. Bring a camera. Scan the chimneys and rooftops as you turn left after the bridge (there were two there on roofs,) check behind the restaurant across from the beach entrance (one on the rocks), and then two more were seen on the islands off the Audubon trail (along the golf course). And...for good measure, look for the northern shrike in treetops by the fire station, a probable sharp-shinned hawk (that I wanted/tried to make into a goshawk) on one of the houses on Bridge Road and a potential peregrine falcon (too far out /in bad light/blah blah) on one of the small islands south/east of the point.

Also - lots of peeps...but I was distracted.

Richard Jordan

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On Dec 1, 2013, at 12:12, Peter Vickery <petervickery@roadrunner.com> wrote:

From Nfld, Dave Shepard and friends counted 73 individuals along the east coast and Cliff Doran observed 10 owls flying in from the ocean, link:

https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/nf.birds/wriQ0e067Q8

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