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Tuesday, 8 October 2019

[Maine-birds] Skimmer in Wells

A black skimmer got harassed out of Wells Harbor by a flock of Bonaparte's gulls around 8:25 this morning.

Spotted a peregrine along Harbor Road on the way in.

Scott

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Sunday, 6 October 2019

[Maine-birds] Newspaper picture

The birds shown in the Sunday Telegram look like Pintails.Am I right?
Also, butter bill coots in Hussein Sound
H.Donovan
Long Island Casco Bay

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[Maine-birds] Monhegan Island, 9/27-10/1

Hi all,

The rarities of the weekend have mostly been posted by now, but a summary of my 5 days on the island, including daily bird lists, are finally up on my blog, here:

https://mebirdingfieldnotes.blog/2019/10/05/monhegan-fall-migration-weekend9-27-10-1-2019/

-Derek

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[Maine-birds] Northern Maine: The geese

The migrant Canada Goose flocks have been arriving in northern Maine for the past three weeks.

Numbers have not quite peaked yet, but I made the rounds to the central Aroostook roost sites Friday and Saturday and estimate about 60,000 in the area. Largest flocks (4,000+) seem to be at Limestone, Fort Fairfield and Presque Isle but flocks of 100+ are well-scattered across the landscape. Trafton Lake and the mill pond in Limestone, Lake Josephine in Easton and Puddledock pond, the Aroostook River through Fort Fairfield and the mill pond in Mars Hill offer good opportunities to observe big aggregations.

Other than a pair of adult Snow Geese at Lake Jo, three Snows at Long Lake in St. Agatha and a couple Cackling Geese in Limestone, there haven't been reports of any rarities yet. The next two weeks of October are historically the times when Euro vagrants tend to be spotted here.

FYI-Collins Pond in Caribou, a past hotspot for goose watchers, is a meandering stream since the washout of the dam there this spring. Its still attracting a few hundred geese (including, recently, a white-bodied leucistic Canada) but not the numbers that visited in the past.

Good birding

Bill

Bill Sheehan
Woodland, Aroostook Co., Maine
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Saturday, 5 October 2019

Re: [Maine-birds] Fryeburg cranes

Afternoon seems to be the better time for greater numbers. there were only 13 around 10:45 this morning.

Marie

On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 at 7:46 PM Jessica Costa <jesslynncosta@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks for the report, Bob! 25 present around 4pm this afternoon.

On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 4:06 PM crbob <crbob@fairpoint.net> wrote:

There are 24 Sandhill Cranes behind the church on McNiel road North Fryeburg

Bob Crowley
Chatham, NH

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[Maine-birds] Black scoters traveling through Greenwood Maine

Was out for a near last boat ride this afternoon on South Pond in Greenwood
not so far from Mt Abrams.
A flock of 35 or so stout black plumaged ducks were flying nervously back
and forth. When they passed closely overhead, their orange bill bulbs were
most obvious and consistent through the entire group.
Didn't see if they finally settled, but salt water was but 50 miles
further. Good luck to them.

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Re: [Maine-birds] Fryeburg cranes

Thanks for the report, Bob! 25 present around 4pm this afternoon.

On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 4:06 PM crbob <crbob@fairpoint.net> wrote:

There are 24 Sandhill Cranes behind the church on McNiel road North Fryeburg

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