Maine birds And MOAC mountainbiking

Sunday, 1 November 2015

[Maine-birds] Late Laughers Linger Longer

Hi all -- At high tide, with a strong onshore wind and high surf, the now-annual late group of Laughing Gulls (15 of 'em) was on station at the Seawall Picnic Area in Acadia National Park. Joined by Ring-bills, Herring, and Black-backs. Gannets very close to shore flying south.

Craig K

SW Harbor

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[Maine-birds] Portland through Cape Elizabeth, 11/1 (2 OCWA, AGPL, GRCA, etc).

Hi all,
Kristen Lindquist, Evan Obercian, Jeannette, and I spent the day from dawn through dusk combing the Portland peninsula, and hotspots in South Portland and Cape Elizabeth.

It wasn't the birdiest of days, that's for sure, but we did manage a decent suite of species and some seasonal birds of note. Ravaging of extensive areas of woods and scrub vegetation throughout the Portland peninsula greatly limited the areas that still have enough cover for "lingering" migrants and rarities.

Highlights today included:
- 2 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS, Eastern Promenade.
- 1 Field Sparrow, Eastern Promenade.
- 1 Palm Warbler, Eastern Promenade.
- 3 Hermit Thrushes, Eastern Promenade.
- 1 GRAY CATBIRD, Sheridan St, Portland.
- 1 Hermit Thrush, Anderson St, Portland.
- 1-2 Peregrine Falcons, Portland Harbor.
- 5 Snow Buntings, Trundy Point, Cape Elizabeth.
- 40+ Common Loons and 7 Red-throated Loons, Trundy Point, Cape Elizabeth.
- 1 Wilson's Snipe, 5 American Pipits, and 17+ Eastern Bluebirds, Maxwell's Farm, Cape Elizabeth.
- 1 Northern Flicker, Sawyer Rd, South Portland.
- 1 Wilson's Snipe, Joe's Pond Park, South Portland.
- 1 juvenile AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, 9 Black-bellied Plovers, and 5 Dunlin, Back Cove, Portland.

-Derek

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[Maine-birds] Re: ANP record, SWHA

What exactly does this mean?

On Friday, October 30, 2015 at 1:04:50 PM UTC-4, Seth Benz wrote:

[Maine-birds] Chukar in the midcoast

From Kit Pheiffer:

The Lincoln County News published a photo on October 29, 2015, of a chukar
partridge crossing the Bremen road in Bristol, submitted by Jo-Ann
Freburger. Is this someone's pet, or are there feral populations in Maine?

Kit, there are bird breeders in Lincoln County, and at times their stock or pets escape. We had three Bobwhites that used our feeder one winter, and a neighbor who once saw a Lady Amherst's Pheasant in her yard.

So no, there are no populations of game birds in the midcoast that I know of, except for the Ring-necked Pheasant, which we've also had cawing on the edge of the woods.

BAB

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Re: [Maine-birds] Re: ANP record, SWHA

Acadia National Park record, Swainson’s Hawk. A VERY good bird anywhere in the Northeast; this was only the second record for in and around ANP.

Richard MacDonald

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From: "maine-birds@googlegroups.com" <maine-birds@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Lisa Dellwo <lisadellwo@icloud.com>
Date: Sunday, November 1, 2015 at 5:01 PM
To: "maine-birds@googlegroups.com" <maine-birds@googlegroups.com>
Subject: [Maine-birds] Re: ANP record, SWHA

What exactly does this mean?

On Friday, October 30, 2015 at 1:04:50 PM UTC-4, Seth Benz wrote:

[Maine-birds] Belfast Bay census of Saturday, Oct. 31

Gary Gulezian and I had a great morning for birding: nice weather, lots of species with some being noteworthy. Highlights were an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull and a Lesser Yellowlegs (a bird that appears only sporadically in our area). Some first-of-the-season species were Red-throated Loon, Long-tailed Duck, Bufflehead, and Common Goldeneye. Cormorants are still here in good numbers (38), and the number of Herring Gulls is increasing to overwintering numbers (304). The full report can be found on ebird by clicking the link below:

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/email?subID=S25652995

Ron Harrell