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Sunday, 8 July 2018

[Maine-birds] Bird Monitoring at Scarborough Marsh

Just a reminder about our bird monitoring this Saturday!

Join us on July 14 from 7 - 10 am for our annual marsh-wide survey of birds at Scarborough Marsh The survey will document the numbers of individuals and species present in the marsh. Depending on the assignment, surveys could last between 1-3 hours and may be done on foot, by car or from a canoe (provided at the marsh or bring your own). Beginning birders welcome! They will go out with experienced monitors. Data gathered will be imputed into eBird and the Maine Bird Atlas where applicable.

The morning will start with a brief introduction to the marsh and the survey methods. After that, monitors will disburse to their assigned sections, and actual surveys may last up to several hours (depending on location surveyed).

Refreshments provided.

For more information and to register, contact Linda Woodard at 883-5100 and press O or e-mail smac@maineaudubon.org. Registration not mandatory but helps me figure out the teams.

Please help us by spreading the word.

Mark your calendars for August 25 for the next bird monitoring event.

Scarborough Marsh Bird Monitoring

Linda

Linda Woodard II Maine Audubon

Director of Scarborough Marsh Audubon Center

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20 Gilsland Farm Road, Falmouth, ME 04105

tel (207) 883-5100

mobile 207-415-8331

web maineaudubon.org

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Saturday, 7 July 2018

[Maine-birds] Mt. Agamenticus, York today

It was a great day to go for a hike and a bonus to find an interesting mix of species around the summit of Mt. Agamenticus. Fledglings of several species seen including Pine Warbler and Baltimore Orioles. Lots of PRAIRIE WARBLERS, easily seen in low vegetation, as well as several Indigo Buntings, Barn Swallows, House Wrens, etc.

List: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47059877

Sean Smith

[Maine-birds] Northern Maine: Southbound shorebirds

I spent a couple hours paddling around the northern end of Portage Lake this morning. I was looking for breeding birds for the Atlas.

There were several jillion Swamp Sparrow fledglings, Ring-necked Ducklets and some stripe-headed grebe juvies among other confirmed breeders. I found the Bobolinks that breed in this natural sedge and shrub marsh quite numerous. Most were flycatching the big "green drake" Mayflies that were hatching along the inlet stream and then flying the bugs immediately back to their nests.

The cool breeze seemed quite lovely after the heat of the past few days, but apparently the cold front brought a few early "fall" migrant shorebirds down from Canada. I spotted several Lesser Yellowlegs and one Greater Yellowlegs feeding out on the "floating islands".

Here's my list: https://ebird.org/atlasme/view/checklist/S47053533

Bill

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

Friday, 6 July 2018

[Maine-birds] Maine Bird Altas - Weekend Challenges, 7/6

Hi everyone:

Sorry for missing last weekend's challenge. That'll skew this weeks results but the effort shows and I hope you'll still be inspired by this week's challenges. In the past two weeks we have seen over 100 new volunteers submit records, bringing the total using eBird to 605 with a remarkable 8699 atlas-specific checklists. We've also jumped to 176 species with confirmed records (pending some review). As always, you can learn more about the Maine Bird Atlas here: maine.gov/birdatlas

Before the new challenges, let's see how you all did last week…

Black-capped Chickadee - Our goal was to bump up the number of confirmed blocks, which was at 95 on 6/22. Now up to 139! Plus 115 blocks with probable and another 199 possible. The map is looking great but also helps illustrate the areas that need more effort: https://ebird.org/atlasme/map/bkcchi

Song Sparrow - Just like our chickadees, a nice jump from 119 to 151 confirmed blocks over the past two weeks.

Wild Turkey - And turkeys almost double their confirmed blocks, now at 62! Keep those records coming in - the poults should be getting larger and easier to detect across the state.

NEW CHALLENGES:

1) Herring Gull - These chicks are growing up quickly but should be very easy to detect in areas that they are breeding. The first atlas had them breeding in almost every coastal block, plus a few interior blocks, so we've got some ground to cover based on the scattered coastal reports so far: https://ebird.org/atlasme/map/hergul Spend some time on the coast this weekend to beat the heat and keep an eye out for fluffy gulls.

2) Chimney Swift - This is a tough species to get confirmed records as their nests and young are out of sight - plus their nesting material and food can be especially hard to see. If you see a bird flying into a chimney and staying in for a long period before flying back out it is ok to assume it is on an occupied nest, and can be coded "ON". Let's see if we can bump up the current 4 confirmed blocks this weekend with that technique.

3) Missing Species - A pretty difficult challenge but I hope a few of you are up for it: There are a couple species missing confirmed records that breed in Maine regularly (though scarcely or regionally). Yellow-throated Vireo (Brownfield Bog or Annabessacook), Blue-winged Warbler (power line cuts in York county), and Saltmarsh Sparrow (marshes in Wells or Scarborough) are just a few of the species still missing confirmed breeding records.

Good birding and happy atlasing!

Doug Hitchcox

Maine Bird Atlas - Outreach Coordinator

Maine Audubon - Staff Naturalist

207-781-2330 x237

dhitchcox@maineaudubon.org

[Maine-birds] This Week's Highlights, 6/30-7/6

Hi all,

My observations of note over the past seven days included the following:

- Long Falls Dam Road area, 6/30 (with Greg Drummond and "The Thrushes of Maine" weekend tour group):

2 Mourning Warblers

14+ Red Crossbills

1 Bay-breasted Warbler

1 Northern Harrier

1 Palm Warbler, etc, etc

- Lexington TWP at dusk, 6/30 (with Greg Drummond and "The Thrushes of Maine" weekend tour group):

2 Eastern Whip-poor-wills

1 Northern Goshawk

5+ Wilson's Snipe

2+ American Woodcocks, etc.

- 9+ Bicknell's Thrushes, Sugarloaf Mountain, 7/1 (with Greg Drummond and "The Thrushes of Maine" weekend tour group):

- 20-25+ Purple Martins, 15+ Black Terns, 1 Pied-billed Grebe, etc, Messalonskee Lake and Depot Road, Belgrade, 7/1 (with "The Thrushes of Maine" weekend tour group).

- 4 Upland Sandpipers, 16+ Grasshopper Sparrows, etc, Kennebunk Plains, 7/3 (with Jeannette).

- 1 "EASTERN" WILLET, Sanford Lagoons, 7/3 (Very rare inland and away from salt water; with Jeannette).

- Cap n'Fish Boothbay Harbor Whale Watch, 7/4 (with Marion Sprague and Jeannette):

800-1000 Wilson's Storm-Petrels

120+ Great Shearwaters

2 Sooty Shearwaters (FOY)

2 Atlantic Puffins

-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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Thursday, 5 July 2018

[Maine-birds] Sandhill Cranes, Pittsfield

Had a pair of cranes with one youngster in the fields adjoining the railroad tracks on Snakeroot Rd in Pittsfield this morning. I assume that they are breeding on the river about a mile away, as they are seen in those fields late into the spring as well as in the fall.

Jill McElderry-Maxwell

Bag End Suri Alpacas of ME, LLC - ¡BESAME!

Pittsfield, ME 04967

(207) 660-5276 (cell)

bagendsuris@gmail.com

http://www.bagendsuris.com

Wednesday, 4 July 2018

[Maine-birds] Fw: Chuck-will’s-widow - NO - Wells

Correction:

I meant to type predusk, not predawn.

Thanks Trevor!

Noah

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On Wednesday, July 4, 2018, 10:09 AM, Noah Gibb <voodoochitlins@yahoo.com> wrote:

Leon Mooney and I tried for the CWWI on Laudholm Rd in Wells, ME last night (7/3) from predawn to about 9:45 pm without any luck. This bird was found and reported by Trevor Persons the night before (7/2). We checked the first field on the right that Trevor mentioned and also drove to the end of the road adjacent to Laudholm Farm. Although there were no calling nightjars, the lightning bug show was worth it!

Bird haahd,
Noah Gibb-Freeport

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