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Thursday, 8 February 2024

Re: [Maine-birds] Blue Jay imitating Broad-winged Hawk

Check the call of the red-shouldered hawk. Broad-winged hawks have more of a whistle.

On Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 1:24:35 PM UTC-5 Boots. wrote:

"My" Blue Jays have, for years, had me running to the window or outdoors in an attempt to catch sight of the 'Broad-winged Hawk'. Sassy birds!
~Boots.

On Thu, Feb 8, 2024 at 12:49 PM Craig Kesselheim <ckess...@gmail.com> wrote:
Good afternoon - a Blue Jay was recorded at a feeder making one of its typical vocalizations interspersed with clicks. At around second 23 on the recording, and again more faintly around second 27, you can make out the imitation of a Broad-winged Hawk.

eBird list here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S160932536

Observation is from today, on the Beech Hill Road on Mt. Desert Island.

Craig K
Southwest Harbor

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Re: [Maine-birds] Blue Jay imitating Broad-winged Hawk

"My" Blue Jays have, for years, had me running to the window or outdoors in an attempt to catch sight of the 'Broad-winged Hawk'. Sassy birds!

~Boots.

On Thu, Feb 8, 2024 at 12:49 PM Craig Kesselheim <ckesselheim@gmail.com> wrote:

Good afternoon - a Blue Jay was recorded at a feeder making one of its typical vocalizations interspersed with clicks. At around second 23 on the recording, and again more faintly around second 27, you can make out the imitation of a Broad-winged Hawk.

eBird list here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S160932536

Observation is from today, on the Beech Hill Road on Mt. Desert Island.

Craig K
Southwest Harbor

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[Maine-birds] Blue Jay imitating Broad-winged Hawk

Good afternoon - a Blue Jay was recorded at a feeder making one of its typical vocalizations interspersed with clicks. At around second 23 on the recording, and again more faintly around second 27, you can make out the imitation of a Broad-winged Hawk.

eBird list here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S160932536

Observation is from today, on the Beech Hill Road on Mt. Desert Island.

Craig K

Southwest Harbor

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[Maine-birds] Birds of Maine - big discount on this book

https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691193199/birds-of-maine
Birds of Maine, by Vickery et al, now $12.50

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Wednesday, 7 February 2024

[Maine-birds] Recent Highlights, 1/29-2/7

Hi all,

My observations of note over the past ten days can be found here:

https://mebirdingfieldnotes.blog/2024/02/07/recent-highlights-1-29-2-7-2024/

-Derek

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Monday, 5 February 2024

[Maine-birds] Eagles

The Pushaw Lake ice-fishing derby was held over the weekend. Lots of discarded bait and fish guts left on the ice. That explains why there are 25 bald eagles in front of my house at the north end of the lake in Hudson.

Bob Duchesne

Friday, 2 February 2024

[Maine-birds] yikes, an Eastern Phoebe!

Around 4:45 this afternoon in Hallowell, I came upon an Eastern Phoebe perching on wires and deck railings at a friend's house. It was wagging its tail when perched and flew in "hawking" mode around ivy on the house walls. I can't imagine it will survive the next few weeks...

I do see that Phoebes have been seen recently in NH and a few places in the Maritimes.

Cathie Murray

Hallowell, Maine

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