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Wednesday, 4 November 2015

[Maine-birds] Townsend's Solitaire

An adult Townsend's Solitaire was photographed at Schoodic Point
this morning at 8:13 AM. The bird was first spotted perched atop a nearby
spruce tree, about 50 feet from me just off the west end of the parking area.
It then flew from tree top to tree top, stopping 3 times before advancing
toward the SERC campus. It was last seen at 8:18 AM.
Photos to follow later this morning.

Just prior to the TOSO, we were watching a family of river otters
off the point near a flotilla of common eider which was being watched
by a gray seal !

The migratory flight this morning was fairly low key compared to yesterday.
However, Red-throated Loon outnumbered Common Loon for the second
day in a row.

With an eye to the sky…...

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[Maine-birds] Fox Sparrow in Unity yesterday

I wasn't going to bother to post this but saw on eBird that no Fox Sparrows had been reported in Maine yet. Seems late. Also seems like very few juncos to this point. Maybe we have more sparrows on the way down? Also had late Chippies, Savannahs, and a Swamp yesterday.

Good birding,

tom

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Tuesday, 3 November 2015

[Maine-birds] Article on non-stop Blackpoll migration over the Atlantic

See the link below for an interesting article summarizing new research showing that Blackpoll Warblers migrate non-stop over a couple of days from New England to the Caribbean, then on to South America:

https://necsc.umass.edu/news/tiny-songbird-discovered-migrate-non-stop-1500-miles-over-atlantic

Also, had a FOS American Tree Sparrow on the causeway at the south end of Cobbosseecontee, while looking for ducks over the weekend. It's plumage was intermediate between juvenile and adult:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/136703500@N05/22771493751/in/datetaken-public/

Glenn Hodgkins
Hallowell

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Monday, 2 November 2015

[Maine-birds] Harlequins at Dyer's Point

Brief stop at Dyer's Point, Cape Elizabeth, around sunset. I could count 5 harlequin ducks mixed in with a group of eiders — FOY for me. Also present 2 snow buntings on the rocks.

Good birding,

Francesco

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[Maine-birds] Dickcissel, Freeport, 11/2

Hi all,

In the late afternoon dusk today, a DICKCISSEL arrived at our store's feeders. Hopefully it will linger with or without our local House Sparrow flock. We're open from 10-6 tomorrow, and if you visit earlier, please do not park in the fire lane in front of the feeders.

-Derek

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Derek and Jeannette Lovitch

Freeport Wild Bird Supply

541 Route One, Suite 10

Freeport, ME 04032

207-865-6000

www.freeportwildbirdsupply.com

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[Maine-birds] Barred Owl

We saw a Barred Owl at Bates Morse Mountain yesterday. It was on the right, just past Gateway Lane. As soon as Sally started to phish for the song birds she was haring, the owl flew right to us. There was also one Snow Bunting on the beach.

https://flic.kr/p/zEq1Ju

Sunday, 1 November 2015

[Maine-birds] Northern Maine Birds: Common Redpolls, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Northern Shovelers

I got in some yard work here in Woodland this AM prior to the onset of rain.

Two vocal flocks of Common Redpolls flew over in the middle of the morning. The first flock had about 15 birds. The second one was about 80 to 100 birds. I was able to pish some of it out of the sky and got the birds to circle the yard a few times, but they wouldn't land and continued on in a southerly direction. These were my first of fall.

I also had several singleton Pine Grosbeak flyovers. These too, were calling as they went. The flight call of a single Pine Grosbeak is a lonely sound on a gray November morning... There's a plaintive tone that I don't think I hear when the birds are calling in a flock.

Three lateish Northern Shovelers appeared today at Collins Pond in Caribou. A couple Iceland Gulls and a Lesser Black-backed Gull were among several hundred gulls that were also on the pond in the middle of the day.

The Canada Geese didn't return to their usual midday roosts today since they could get water in the fields.

Good Birding

Bill

Bill Sheehan
Woodland, Aroostook Co., Maine
http://northernmainebirds.blogspot.com/