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Dave and I went for a walk up Blue Hill Heritage Trust's Peters Brook  
trail in Blue Hill this morning.  We heard robins, butter butts (YR  
warblers) chickadees, rb nuts, gc kinglets, etc but when we got back  
there were at least 7 or 8 Eastern Bluebirds in some maples right  
next to Peters Cove (part of Blue Hill Bay) flying down to a bush and  
getting bright red berries. They were flying back and forth and  
hopping all over making it hard to count them.

I'm not sure what the bush was and haven't had much luck yet trying  
to figure it out.

Best regards,

Leda Beth
Blue Hill

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For the past couple of mornings while I've been walking my dogs I've heard a 
small flock of Evening Grosbeaks in the general area of Norfolk/Madison Streets 
in Bangor. Still haven't gotten a look at them, but their 'overgrown House 
Sparrow' call is unmistakable. 


Jeff Webb

Hi all,
 If anyone still needs to twitch the CACKLING GEESE at Thornhurst Farm in North 
Yarmouth this weekend, I'd thought I would pass along the update that all 3 
were still present, along with 11 SNOW GEESE and 1000+ CANADA GEESE this 
morning. 

   
  Updates will continue to be posted on yarmouthbirds.com for the weekend.
   
  -Derek


Jeannette and Derek Lovitch
Wild Bird Center of Yarmouth
500 Route One, Suit 9
Yarmouth, ME 04096

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Yesterday we had a huge influx of birds in our Cape Neddick yard.  As many 
as 2 dozen Pine Siskins cleaned out the thistle feeder much to the dismay of 
our resident goldies.  Juncos galore, white crowned and white throats, 
purple finches, pine and palm warblers, several RB nuthatches, and best of 
all, a family of bluebirds, with young, feeding on our suet cage.  Then a 
Cooper's flew into the apple tree and cleared everybody out for a while!  So 
far today, the siskins and nuthatches are still here.


Linda D. Scotland
P.O. Box 248
Cape Neddick, ME 03902


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Hi Nancy--

We lived for 34 years in the Houlton area and gray jays were called "gorbies" 
there and everywhere else in northern and western Maine where they occur. Some 
other names for them are: "whiskey-jacks", gobi (or goby). I think I read 
somewhere that "gorby" or "goby" is a shortening for "garbage birds"--another 
name that comes from their habit of eating almost anything--some of these terms 
come from Canada, as well as the nothern U.S. that's all I know 



  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Nancy Hudak 
  To: maine-birds AT mainebirding.net 
  Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 10:32 AM
  Subject: [MAINE-BIRDS] Gorby/Gobi for Gray Jay


  All -
   
 I had a message off-list that the term I used yesterday (gorby) is incorrect 
and that it should properly have been "gobi". I can't find either one in a 
quick search of google although Gray Jays have lots of other nicknames. Does 
anyone have a definitive answer? 

   
  Thanks,
   
  Nancy

  > From: nehudak AT hotmail.com
  > To: maine-birds AT mainebirding.net
  > Subject: [MAINE-BIRDS] Gorbys in New Sweden
  > Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:55:
  > 
 > > A pair of Gray Jays (aka Canadian jays, aka Gorbys) at the single suet 
feeder I have out at the moment. 

  > 
 > In the past couple of weeks, 2 Red-breasted Nuthatches; several 
White-crowned Sparrows; several more White-throated Sparrows; and about a dozen 
juncos have taken up residence. 

  > 
  > The Chickadees and Blue Jays have returned in force, as well.
  > 
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 10/16-17. Large numbers of White-winged and Black Scoters passing through 
Frenchman Bay. Several flocks of 5-20 birds. 

 Numbers of Common Loons still increasing. Red-throated Loons conspicuous by 
their absence. 

     A few Red-necked Grebes both days. 
     Long-tailed Duck on the 17th, the first I have noted.
     1-6 Flickers seen on all the islands in the bay both days.
 Hawks passing over the bay on 10/16, 6 Bald Eagles (3 a, 3i), 2 Merlin, 4 
Sharp-shinned, 1 Red-tailed, 1 Osprey (very late for this area), 6 Turkey 
Vultures together moving down the coast. 

 Offshore: 200 Fulmar seen south of Mt. Desert Rock 10/18. A few Greater 
Shearwaters still being seen. 

 Far offshore: Report from the R.V. Albatross IV operating on the north edge of 
Georges Bank, 195 miles due south of Mt. Desert I. today 10/18, several 
Slate-colored Juncos came on board the R.V. Albatross IV. 

 Non-bird: No Humpbacks seen for over a week now, up to 10 Fin Whales but none 
since 10/15. 10 Humpacks today from the Albatross IV. Local whale watch tours 
from Bar Harbor will continue to 10/27, one trip at noon, then perhaps one on 
10/31 if enough cruise ship passengers sign up to go that final day. 


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It was late (11:30) when I got to the Sanford sewerage ponds this morning, 
but I spent 3 hours looking for the Eurasian Wigeon, with no luck. Did anyone 
else look today? I may go back and look again on Sunday if it might still be 
there. I may have missed it, as   the birds were spooked several times by 
airplanes and a truck. 
I did see 2-3 drake Am. Wigeon and at least 2-3 females.
Also: 
Gadwall
Hooded Merg
Blue-winged. Teal
Green-winged Teal
Scaup (sp) rather distant
Ruddy Duck, Dozen or more
Northern Pintail, 1,   in with the dozens of Mallards
Black Duck
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Canada Goose

Yellow-rumped Warbler- 10?
1 Pectoral S.
6 Killdeer- flew away from me
1 De Junco
1 C. Raven (seen and heard)
1 Savannah Sp.

There was a noticeable lack of sparrows.

At home yesterday, at least 50 juncos, a flicker, 1 White-T Sp., 2 
Red-breasted Nuthatches, plus usual.
Don't see much today.
Barbara Herrgesell
Sanford
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Location:     Green Point Farm WMA
Observation date:     10/17/07
Notes: Dense fog and cold (lo 30s) early; winds nil; temps lo30s to 55F; Sunny. 

Number of species:     38

Canada Goose     35
Great Blue Heron     1
Turkey Vulture     1
Bald Eagle     1
Northern Harrier     1
Sharp-shinned Hawk     3
Cooper's Hawk     1
Wilson's Snipe     2
Mourning Dove     4
Hairy Woodpecker     2
Northern Flicker     5
Eastern Phoebe     1
Blue Jay     5
American Crow     80
Black-capped Chickadee     25
Red-breasted Nuthatch     12
Brown Creeper     2
Winter Wren     1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     100
Eastern Bluebird     12
Hermit Thrush     50
American Robin     350
Cedar Waxwing     15
Yellow-rumped Warbler     125
Palm Warbler     24
Chipping Sparrow     8
Savannah Sparrow     200
Fox Sparrow     3
Song Sparrow     75
Lincoln's Sparrow     1
Swamp Sparrow     200
White-throated Sparrow     200
White-crowned Sparrow     80
Dark-eyed Junco     200
Northern Cardinal     2
Rusty Blackbird     11
Purple Finch     5
American Goldfinch     25

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My sister and her husband were walking their border collie yesterday
in the Bangor Forest--is that near the Orono Bog?--and she reported a
"HUGE" owl swooping down twice at the dog.  The dog is small and
black-and-white, and I wondered if it was a great horned owl thinking
she was a really big skunk.  She was unharmed, but was already
neurotic, so I'm sure this didn't help her doggy anxieties any.

Interesting experience, in any case.

Kristen
-- 
Kristen Lindquist
12 Mt. Battie St.
Camden, ME 04843

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I've been watching 2 BALD EAGLES flying around Lake Sebasticook in Newport over 
the last week. One looks to be a second year bird and was "hunting" around the 
shore for a meal. I didn't see it get anything that time. 

   
 A few days ago, I watched an adult hunting and this was a successful one. I 
couldn't see exactly what it took, it looked like a duck through my not so 
expensive binocs. It was hard watching, I loved seeing the eagles, but love the 
other birds too. They have to eat, but I was torn over the entire experience. 
Lake Sebasticook drains every fall and this sure brings out a ton of shore 
birds. 

   
 There are still a bunch of CANDA GEESE hanging out as well as many kinds of 
ducks. Also a few GREAT BLUE HERONS, one of which I watched successfully 
fishing. 

   
  Amy
  Plymouth

There were two male and three female Evening Grosbeaks
and a flock of at least a dozen Pine Siskin on my
feeders today.  Hooray!

Jill McElderry-Maxwell
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Hello,

The past week gave us more seasonable temperatures in northern Maine but 
we are still a bit warmer than normal.  Just one morning of frost at 
Caribou in past seven days.  We received the first significant 
precipitation in a long while with 1.5 inches falling on the 11th and 
12th.  The rain brought stream and river levels up and stripped some of 
the leaves.  The south winds seemed to pile up the migrants for a couple 
days leading up to the rain and a large pulse followed the storm.

Dabbling waterfowl seem to be thinning out a bit but the divers are 
increasing.  Geese are at or approaching peak numbers in central 
Aroostook with* ~16,000+ Canada Geese* being seen at the day roosts.  
Collins Pond in Caribou is currently hosting  ~4,500 and a similar 
number is being seen roosting on the Aroostook River in Mapleton and 
Washburn.  Around 3000+ were seen landing in harvested grain/potato 
fields in the northern part of Presque Isle.  Trafton Lake in Limestone 
is hosting about 2,700 birds.  750+ Canadas are coming into the mill 
pond in Washburn and 550+ are roosting at Christina Reservoir in Fort 
Fairfield.  About 500 Canada Geese are also crowding into the Town Pond 
at Mars Hill.  Ashland, Bridgewater, Easton, Eagle Lake, Portage Lake 
and St Agatha are also reporting small to medium sized flocks of geese.  
Snow Geese were reported in Ashland on the 12th

I have spent lots of time looking at geese and have yet to find an 
unusual species.  Two Canadas with yellow neck collars and one with 
white neck collar were seen at Collins Pond this week.  There is also an 
apparent leucistic (albinistic) Canada Goose with a white neck and head 
showing itself at Collins Pond.

Duck highlights this week were *Black (1) and White-winged Scoters (3)* 
continuing at Lake Josephine in Easton.  A young Bufflehead and a 
lingering group of 9 Northern Shovelers here were also notable.  A 
late-ish and showy drake American Wigeon is squeezing its way through 
the gaps in the Canada Geese horde at Collins Pond.  Merganser numbers 
took a tick upward with *130+ Common Mergansers and 80+ Hoodeds* seen at 
Christina Reservoir on the 17th.  A few Lesser Scaup were associating 
with the 140+ Ring-necked Ducks at Lake Josephine.

Double-crested Cormorants and Great Blue Herons have thinned out rapidly 
with a few stragglers of each still being reported.  Bald Eagles and 
Northern Harriers were seen in Fort Fairfield and Presque Isle.  A 
Sharp-shinned Hawk did a low elevation pass through my yard in Woodland 
on the 14th.

There still a good assortment of shorebirds around though numbers are 
thin.  A *Black-bellied Plover*, 2 Semipalmated Plovers and 9 lingering 
Killdeer were good discoveries at Christina Reservoir on the 12th.  
*Nine Dunlin was a high count* seen at this location on the same day. A 
tardy Spotted Sandpiper and a Pectoral Sandpiper were seen at Lake 
Josephine on the 17th.  Both yellowlegs and Wilson's Snipe make up the 
balance of reported shorebirds.

Time was well spent birding in the harvested fields of central Aroostook 
this week.  Horned Larks , American Pipits, Lapland Longspurs and some 
early Snow Buntings were found.  The larks numbered in the hundreds in 
several locations including Caribou, Presque Isle and Easton.  On the 
17th 15 pipits were seen in the same potato field in Presque Isle with 6 
longspurs.  Single Snow Buntings were seen in Caribou, Fort Fairfield 
and Woodland.

A lingering Gray Catbird was heard in Easton and the last few 
Yellow-rumped Warblers were seen in Woodland and Easton.  The *first 
Bohemian Waxwings of the season* were reported from Wade on the 10th.

The White-crowned Sparrow masses had thinned a bit by mid week but 
Dark-eyed Juncos continue to dominate the hedgerows and yards in central 
Aroostook.  A Fox Sparrow made a brief, one-day appearance in my yard on 
the 14th. A lingering Chipping Sparrow and White-throated Sparrow were 
also at my feeders this week.  Gray Jays were seen in New Sweden and 
Woodland.

The finches are starting to show up.  7 Evening Grosbeaks are regular at 
my feeders.  Pine Siskins are being reported from around the county.  
The first of season *Pine Grosbeaks and White-winged Crossbills* were 
heard in Woodland on the 17th.

Its a good time of year...
cheers

Bill Sheehan
Woodland, Aroostook Co.

Hello Maine Birders:

 

The birdlife this morning clearly reflected the changing seasons.
Greater Yellowlegs were our only shorebird species.  Gone are the clouds
of Semipalmated Sandpipers I had come to count on every walk.
Yellow-rumpeds were our only warbler.  The exciting birds have shifted
to a more northern ilk.  We had a flock of 10 Evening Grosbeaks fly over
us calling while we were in the north meadow.  Two small flocks of Pine
Siskins squealed overhead.  I heard Lapland Longspur(s?) but we could
never get on them.  If you like/want/need to study sparrows I highly
recommend visiting soon.  Lots of millet was tossed on the trail to bait
the Big Sit site.  The sparrows will let you know the location but it is
the SW corner of the North Meadow, along the edge where the meadow gives
way to marsh.  Approximately 75 sparrows are feasting right in the
middle of the trail in plain view.  It provides prolonged clear views
instead of the usual obstructed, fleeting glimpses.  The flock is mostly
WTSP, SOSP, WCSP but a few other species like SWSP mix in.  Around 0930
there was a beautiful Fox Sparrow with them.

 

Location:     Gilsland Farm Audubon Center

Observation date:     10/18/07

Notes:     falling tide, approaching low at end of walk

Number of species:     45

 

Canada Goose     57

American Black Duck     6

Double-crested Cormorant     200

Great Blue Heron     1

Bald Eagle     1

Northern Harrier     1

Cooper's Hawk     1

Greater Yellowlegs     5

Bonaparte's Gull     100

Ring-billed Gull     20

Herring Gull     40

Great Black-backed Gull     3

Rock Pigeon     18

Mourning Dove     2

Downy Woodpecker     2

Hairy Woodpecker     2

Northern Flicker     3

Blue Jay     2

American Crow     7

Black-capped Chickadee     8

Tufted Titmouse     2

Red-breasted Nuthatch     3

White-breasted Nuthatch     4

Golden-crowned Kinglet     2

Ruby-crowned Kinglet     5

Hermit Thrush     5

American Robin     10

European Starling     3

Yellow-rumped Warbler     30

Savannah Sparrow     20

Fox Sparrow     1

Song Sparrow     45

Swamp Sparrow     10

White-throated Sparrow     65

White-crowned Sparrow     20     mostly HY birds

Dark-eyed Junco     3

Lapland Longspur     X     heard only overhead

Northern Cardinal     5

Red-winged Blackbird     5

Purple Finch     6

House Finch     12

Pine Siskin     9

American Goldfinch     6

Evening Grosbeak     10     one flock flew over the North Meadow
calling, heading SW

House Sparrow     6

 

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

 

Eric Hynes

Staff Naturalist / Gilsland Farm Center Manager

Maine Audubon

20 Gilsland Farm Road

Falmouth, ME 04105
 ext. 237

ehynes AT maineaudubon.org

www.maineaudubon.org

 

 

Hi-would someone post directions to the Sanford sewage treatment plant-say from 
rte 99 coming from Kennebunk-would love to see the sights! Sharon in West 
Kennebunk 


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All -
 
I had a message off-list that the term I used yesterday (gorby) is incorrect 
and that it should properly have been "gobi". I can't find either one in a 
quick search of google although Gray Jays have lots of other nicknames. Does 
anyone have a definitive answer? 

 
Thanks,
 
Nancy> From: nehudak AT hotmail.com> To: maine-birds AT mainebirding.net> Subject: 
[MAINE-BIRDS] Gorbys in New Sweden> Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:55:> > > 
A pair of Gray Jays (aka Canadian jays, aka Gorbys) at the single suet feeder I 
have out at the moment.> > In the past couple of weeks, 2 Red-breasted 
Nuthatches; several White-crowned Sparrows; several more White-throated 
Sparrows; and about a dozen juncos have taken up residence.> > The Chickadees 
and Blue Jays have returned in force, as well.> > Nancy> 
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Just when I thought the yard had so many juncos per inch that no other bird 
could fit-- a White Crowned Sparrow and a Fox Sparrow appear under the feeder 
this morning. 

    Town Hill Mount Desert Island) 

Greetings, birding friends! Many of us are finding fun birds in our
yards lately. The tiny-ness and urban-ness of my SoPo yard is perhaps
second only to Turk Duddy's place among anybody I know, but spending a
few minutes looking and listening out my back door in the early AM often
pays off. Highlights over the last few days include Purple Finch,
Ruby-crowned Kinglet and a foraging pair of Red-bellied Woodpeckers
(possibly the Hinckley Park nesters?). And (heard only) House Wren,
Carolina Wren and Hermit Thrush. Can Bo Waxwings be far behind? :-)

Peace& good birding,
Scott Cronenweth
South Portland, ME
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Finally... pine siskin at our feeders here in Fairfield. First ones for '07. 





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OCT 17: In addition to the drake EURASIAN WIGEON, Nancy Schwarzel and I had
12 additional species of duck:

 

American Wigeon (2 hens)

Gadwall

Mallard

Wood Duck 

American Black Duck

Hooded Merganser

Green-winged Teal 

Blue-winged Teal

Greater Scaup

Ring-necked Duck

Bufflehead

Ruddy Duck

 

Other birds included Canada Geese, a young Northern Harrier, Belted
Kingfisher, 6 Pectoral Sandpipers, a dozen or so Killdeer, about the same
number of American Pipits, and numerous Yellow-rumped Warblers.  We didn't
spend a lot of time looking for sparrows but couldn't miss Savannah,
White-throated sparrows and Dark-eyed Juncos. And no, we didn't see even one
White-crowned Sparrow.

Hi all,
 Stella Walsh just called to report that there is a drake EURASIAN WIGEON at 
the Sanford Sewerage Facility. 

  -Derek


Jeannette and Derek Lovitch
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Yarmouth, ME 04096

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Hello Maine Birders:

 

I haven't been able to find the time to write up these sightings
separately so I thought I would do a quick summary.

 

1.	47 sparrows (high for me) under my feeders on Dennis Hill in
Litchfield last Saturday morning including 1 Vesper and 6 Wh.-crowned
2.	8 Eastern Phoebes in the Env. Center/orchard/pond area at
Gilsland Farm in Falmouth on Saturday
3.	Monday morning at Green Point WMA in Dresden: 5 Bald Eagles, 2
Northern Harriers, ~100 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 30+ Palm Warblers, 4
Wilson's Snipe, 12 Killdeer, 1 Lincoln's Sparrow, ~100 White-crowned
Sparrows, ~100 Song Sparrows, ~200 Swamp Sparrows, ~300 Savannah
Sparrows, ~800 American Robins, Horned Larks, American Pipits and
Eastern Bluebirds
4.	Monday evening along Rt. 115 in N. Yarmouth: two Cackling Geese
picked out at sunset among the smorgasbord of Canada Geese (light ones,
dark ones, big ones, little ones, etc.)
5.	Tues at Gilsland Farm: 5 Pine Siskins on the feeders and an
Evening Grosbeak(s?) heard flying over

 

Good Birding,

Eric

 

Eric Hynes

Staff Naturalist / Gilsland Farm Center Manager

Maine Audubon

20 Gilsland Farm Road

Falmouth, ME 04105
 ext. 237

ehynes AT maineaudubon.org

www.maineaudubon.org

 

 

We are new to Maine as of this summer and have been
loving the birds here.  Our yard is currently hosting
numerous red- and white-breasted nuthatch, jays,
chickadees, and a lone tufted titmouse visited
yesterday.  We have many goldfinch, white-crowned and
white-throated sparrow, juncos, song sparrow, chipping
sparrow and the occasional Lincoln's.  A pileated
visits often as well as hairy and downy woodpeckers. 
I have been starting up woodcock at night, and flushed
a ruffed grouse the other morning.  A feeding flock of
6-8 yellow-rumped warblers and as many of both species
of kinglet visited the woods by our barns a few days
back, but we haven't seen any other warblers in a few
weeks.  Send some evening grosbeaks our way, please -
I haven't seen them in 30 years!


Jill McElderry-Maxwell
Bag End Suri Alpacas of ME - �BESAME!
Benton, ME


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good morning. the white=crowned sparrows are her along with lots of juncos and 
siskins and 6 evening grosbeaks, 5 males ,1 female. diana 

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A pair of Gray Jays (aka Canadian jays, aka Gorbys) at the single suet feeder I 
have out at the moment. 


In the past couple of weeks, 2 Red-breasted Nuthatches; several White-crowned 
Sparrows; several more White-throated Sparrows; and about a dozen juncos have 
taken up residence. 


The Chickadees and Blue Jays have returned in force, as well.

Nancy
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Yesterday morning along Kingdom Road I heard and then Dave saw 3 Pine  
Siskins (2 in one place and one in another) and Dave spotted a single  
White-crowned Sparrow in a thicket with Song and WT Sparrows. Also a  
brief look at a Broad Winged Hawk  that was moving through.

Last Saturday I heard a Ruby-crowned Kinglet in our yard.  A few days  
earlier I had one on Parker Point Road in Blue Hill.

Best regards,

Leda Beth Gray
Dave Drake
Blue Hill

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Location:     Pertville Road
Observation date:     10/16/07
Notes:     Both VESPER SPARROWS were immatures.
Number of species:     14

WILD TURKEY     10
HERRING GULL     50
HAIRY WOODPECKER     1
BLUE JAY  14
AMERICAN CROW     4
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE     2
REDJ-BREASED NUTHATCH     1
VESPER SPARROW     2
SONG SPARROW     3
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW     2
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW     5
DARI-EYED JUNCO     10
PURPLE FINCH     2
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH     4

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

Chip Moseley

As my husband and I traveled south on 295 right by the airport in Portland
today about 10:30 AM, we noticed this "cloud" in an otherwise clear sky.

The cloud was actually a flock of birds that were turning and twisting so
they flashed like you almost could not see them then they flashed so you
could see a very dark colored bird.  As we got closer, we could see two
hawks (?) under the cloud of birds.  They were quite high up in the sky and
we were traveling at 50 MPH so impossible to identify.  I would guess a
flock of some type of starling or blackbird.

Just incredible to see though, as the flock maneuvered to keep the hawks
away. Made me appreciate even more the dangers birds take in their migration
journey.

Connie Jones
Portland ME

For those interested, here is the list of what we saw on our Big Sit.

Canada Goose
American Black Duck
Mallard
Red-breasted Merganser
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Snowy Egret
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Cooper�s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Semipalmated Plover
Greater Yellowlegs
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Dunlin
Stilt Sandpiper
Bonaparte�s Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Palm Warbler
Savannah Sparrow
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln�s Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
American Goldfinch


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A single male Eastern Bluebird in an apple tree in West Stoneham this afternoon 
(10-16). 





 
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    There was a Fox Sparrow at Fuller Farm in Scarborough this Tuesday 
morning along with White-crowns, White-throats, Swamp, Song and Savannah 
Sparrows and Juncos. 

    Three late Tree Swallows were actively feeding. 

    Also Bluebirds (3), Hermit Thrush (5), Palm Warblers (5), 
Yellowrumps (6), Ruby Kinglets (4), Harrier (1), Sharpies (3), Red-tails 
(2) and TVs (6).

    At my feeders: two Purple Finches.  4 Hen Turkeys have been coming 
several times a day for a couple of months and between them, the 
squirrels and a big fat groundhog, I'm having trouble keeping food on 
the ground for the sparrows!


    Joanne Stevens


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Three birders undertook a cold, blustery Big Sit in the Brownfield Bog
on Sunday. I kicked it off at 4:45AM decked in many layers and a
blanket, straining my ears in the dark hoping for a return of the Great
Horned Owl I had heard the previous evening while setting up the 17-ft.
circle. At 5:10AM, perhaps starting to nod off a bit in my Adirondack
chair, I was jolted by a beaver tail-slap not 20 feet from where I was
seated. Later I could hear him out in a clump of alder chewing on what I
can only imagine was some tasty cambium.
 
At 5:30 the wind that would be a companion most of the day kicked up,
making owling a bit more difficult. Finally at 5:53AM the Great Horned
Owl began asking me if I also was awake (barely). The call was initially
so soft that I had to step out of the circle a little ways to make sure
it wasn't a distant dog. Within a few minutes though, he had moved
closer. From then until 9:30, I rarely went 15 minutes without adding
another species. By 12:30PM we would have 32 species, by 7PM, 33.
 
I was thankfully accompanied in the circle for most of the daylight
hours by Tony Federer and Jeremy Bean. This Big Sit thing is much more
fun as a social enterprise.
 
Some of our big misses included a lack of waterfowl (including that
Ring-necked Duck that was there last week!), Northern Harrier, Belted
Kingfisher, and any Nuthatch. Our highlight was most likely the Northern
Pintail female that winged in with some mallards and black ducks to
become species number 31.
 
Here is our list, in temporal order:
 
Great Horned Owl
Canada Goose
Greater Yellowlegs
White-throated Sparrow
American Robin
Hairy Woodpecker
Cedar Waxwing
Blue Jay
American Crow
Evening Grosbeak
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Black-capped Chickadee
Blue-headed Vireo
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Wood Duck
Common Raven
Brown Creeper
Hermit Thrush
Double-crested Cormorant
Dark-eyed Junco
Eastern Phoebe
Palm Warbler
Northern Flicker
Sharp-shinned Hawk (nearly landed in the circle before realizing there
were humans sitting there)
Great Blue Heron
Tufted Titmouse
White-crowned Sparrow
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Mallard
Northern Pintail
American Black Duck
Bald Eagle (immature)
 
Also on the mammal front, I had a short-tailed weasel run thorough the
circle shortly after dawn.
 
Happy birding,
Joshua Potter
 
Joshua Potter
Outreach Coordinator
Tin Mountain Conservation Center
1245 Bald Hill Road
Albany, NH  03818

www.tinmtn.org
 

On Sunday, Oct. 14, Linda Woodard & I were joined by 14 observers over 
the course of the day in trying to see or hear as many species of birds 
as we could from our 17 foot circle. Our final count for the day was 52.
There were several song birds flying over without calling or seen in the 
distance & shorebirds that stayed on the other side of the river never 
to be identified. There was a goose that might have been a cackling but 
uncertainty precluded its listing. There were the birds seen on other 
parts of the sanctuary that we missed. Where were the resident turkeys? 
Maybe next year we'll add these to the list.
On the bright side, we could have done a workshop on sparrow 
identification. We saw 7 species including a late Nelson's Sharp-tailed 
found by Naomi Honeth. At one point there were 45 sparrows of six 
species, both adult & juv., counted on the path leading to our circle.
We also saw 9 species of raptors, including an American Kestral that 
hung over the field for quite a long time looking for dinner & a 
Peregrine Falcon that I missed when I went to the car.
Then, of course, there was the grazing. The homemade apple cake, fresh, 
warm donut holes from Duckfat's, how come the french fries didn't get 
there?, pizza, cheese & crackers, bagels & cream cheese & coffee, hot 
chocolate & apple cider.
There was talk of having a second circle next year on the other side of 
the sanctuary where it is more wooded. It'll be interesting to see how 
the two compare.

Turk Duddy
Portland

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On Friday at about 6 PM I had a flock of largely white crowned sparrows and a 
few white throats in my yard-in amongst them was one with a predominately white 
head with a very few dark feathers-neck as well had same coloration; the light 
was very dim-aftermath of rainstorm-and the bird was in sight for about 1 
minute-head/body shape and rest of feathers suggested a white crowned but 
cannot be positive. 

Can't remember the scientific name for this phenomenon but it has been a long 
time since I've observed it. Sharon in West Kennebunk 


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Hi all,
   
 With winds shifting to the WSW overnight, there wan't much at Sandy Point 
Beach, but there was an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER. 

   
 Fels-Groves Farm Preserve, a new landtrust property on Gilman Rd (the road to 
Cousin's Island), hosted over 200 White-throated Sparrows and one immature BLUE 
GROSBEAK this morning. 

   
  -Derek


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Finally, some more in our Skowhegan yard after more than a 2 year drought. 
chuck 

For the last 2 nights, beginning at about 6:30 pm, "our" Great Horned Owls have 
been extremely vocal. If you would like to try and hear them, stop in the 
parking lot of the Cape Neddick Lobster Pound on Shore Road. They fly back and 
forth across the river. 


Also, a late posting: Last weekend we were in Beaver Cove. We went to Prong 
Pond to try our luck at fly fishing and as we approached the canoe launch a 
HUGE, and I mean HUGE, Barred Owl flew right in front of us at 9am in the 
morning. I've worked with several of these owls as program birds so I am used 
to large birds but this one was the biggest I've ever seen. 


Linda D. Scotland
P.O. Box 248
Cape Neddick, ME 03902


lds AT maine.rr.com

10/13 Pleasant Pond (up the road from Caratunk, Somerset County)

SURF SCOTER (immature)
7 COMMON LOON


Chip Moseley

Hi all,
   
  A fantastic day of birding, oh, how I love October.  Here's the highlights:
   
  - Sandy Point Beach, Cousin's Island, Yarmouth:
  7 species of warblers
  387 Yellow-rumped Warblers
   
  - Dragon Field, Portland:
  100+ White-crowned Sparrows
  150+ Swamp Sparrows
 1 WHITE-EYED VIREO (immature, aka "Not-so-white-eyed Vireo; my 150th Dragon 
Field Bird!) 

  1 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO
  1 Bobolink
   
  - Eastern Promenade, Portland:
  1 American Tree Sparrow (oh no!!!)
   
 Just about everywhere I hit today was filthy with sparrows. Complete lists, 
radar analysis, etc, etc, on my blog if anyone cares . . . 

   
  -Derek


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----- Original Message ----- 

I'm contacting you since I'm helping 'spread the word' about a presentation 
this coming Wednesday in Portland. Here are the details, and we hope that you 
can attend and let as many people as possible know about this event - 


Bird Flu and Other Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Presented by Michael Greger MD, author of Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own 
Hatching. 

Wednesday 17th October. 7:00 pm 
Luther Bonney Auditorium, University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME. Free, 
light refreshments. 

Sponsored by: Maine Animal Coalition and USM Sustainability Committee 
FMI: www.maineanimalcoalition.org or 

Thanks!

I was in Lubec yesterday during the peak of the noreaster which did not start 
up there until 

about 8:00 am. I was supposed to work in the field elsewhere but bagged most of 
it due to 

wind and rain. The storm blew really great pelagics within 100 meters of shore: 


250 Phalaropes (mixture of red-necked and reds; too much swell to get a ratio) 
At 

 Dennison Point, Cutler (end of the road to 'Little Machias' overlooking Old 
Man Is.) 

1	Greater shearwater - Dennison Point, Cutler
14	Manx shearwaters - Dennison Point, Cutler
1	Parasitic jaeger - Carrying Place Cove, S. Lubec
1	Ponerine jaeger - S. Lubec Flats
3	Leach's storm-petrel - (one at Carrying Place Cove, S. Lubec and two at 
	Dennison Point, Cutler)
1	Northern Fulmar - Carrying Place Cove, S. Lubec
1	Northern gannet - Old Man Island, Cutler
1	Razorbill - Dennison Point, Cutler
1 Black guillemot - Dennison Point, Cutler (low but visibility was limited 
everywhere) 

1	Dovekie - Baily's Mistake, Trescott
1	Lesser black-backed gull - TNC Bar in S. Lubec
1	Black-headed gull - South Lubec Flats flying with Bonnies
1	Little gull - Mill Creek in Machiasport (6th yard bird record for my house)
15	Snow buntings - TNC Bar, S. Lubec
1	Red-necked grebe - Baily's Mistake, Trescott
1	Red-throated loon - Baily's Mistake, Trescott
14	Surf scoter - Baily's Mistake, Trescott
1	Common scoter - Baily's Mistake, Trescott
2	Great cormorant - Baily's Mistake, Trescott
25 	Double-crested cormorant - Baily's Mistake, Trescott
400 Laughing gulls - Holme's Canning Factory, Whiting (Rt. 191 along Machias 
Bay) 

275	Dunlin - Holme's Canning Factory, Whiting
15	White-rumped sandpipers - Holme's Canning Factory, Whiting
24	Greater yellowlegs - Holme's Canning Factory, Whiting
1 	Lesser yellowlegs - Holme's Canning Factory, Whiting
1 	Black-bellied plover - Holme's Canning Factory, Whiting
1 	Golden plover - Holme's Canning Factory, Whiting
200 	Green-winged teal - Holme's Canning Factory, Whiting
1,200 	Black duck - Holme's Canning Factory, Whiting
20	Mallard - Holme's Canning Factory, Whiting
1 	Black duck x Mallard hybrid Holme's Canning Factory, Whiting
1 	Northern pintail - Holme's Canning Factory, Whiting
5	Red-breasted merganser - Holme's Canning Factory, Whiting
15 	Common eider - Holme's Canning Factory, Whiting
2 	Blue-winged teal - TNC Bar, S. Lubec
600 	Ring-billed gulls - Holme's Canning Factory, Whiting
100+ Bonaparte's gull - S. Lubec including the TNC Bar and the Grand Manan 
Channel 

	side of Carrying Place Cove
400 	Double-crested cormorants Little Machias Bay
5	Lapland longspur - TNC Bar, South Lubec
15	Snow bunting - TNC Bar, South Lubec
1	Ipswich sparrow - TNC Bar, South Lubec
3	Savannah sparrow (regular morph) - TNC Bar, South Lubec
4 	Song sparrow -  TNC Bar, S. Lubec

It was difficult lining up the car to avoid horizontal rain. I picked a bag of 
monster rosehips 

from the TNC bar in south Lubec while flushing a Lapland longspur for about 1/4 
mile. I heard 

the snow buntings while grabbing rosehips (Rugosa rose; up to two inches in 
diameter). 


The birding was not very productive in terms of total number of individuals due 
to limited 

visibility, driving rain, 30-40 knot winds, and fog. The storm-petrels were 
feeding within 75 

meters of shore, briefly popping up above the waves. The greater shearwater 
vocalized 

(picked up after the storm subsided).  

West Quoddy Head was a mess at the surf was washing over Sail Rock and the seas 
were 

turbulent. The Lubec flats were covered and four foot waves were breaking along 
most of 

the shore (that is a lot of wave action for this  protected location.

It was interesting in that the longspurs, buntings, and misc. sparrows were 
feeding with little 

regard to the rain. They looked wet but the microclimate near the ground was 
not as severe 

as higher up.

Norm

Hi all,
   
 The Wild Bird Center of Yarmouth free Saturday morning birdwalk successfully 
twitched the 3 CACKLING GEESE in the fields of Thornhurst Farm in North 
Yarmouth this morning, among about 500 CANADA GEESE. A SOLITARY SANDPIPER, 
tardy KILLDEER, 50+ American Pipits, and a fly-by GADWALL were also noted. 

   
 Then, we hit Old Townhouse Park, where a flock of 30 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS and two 
calling EVENING GROSBEAKS (they do exist!) flew over. 

   
 As I expect folks will be heading over to see the geese this weekend, I'll 
continue to update our store's website (www.yarmouthbirds.com/news.asp) with 
sightings reports as I receive them. Directions are also posted there. 

   
  -Derek


Jeannette and Derek Lovitch
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Name: Maine Audubon Rare Bird Alert

Date: October 12, 2007

Area: State of Maine 

Compilers: Eric Hynes 

 

Of Special Note

 

DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, BONAPARTE'S GULLS, AMERICAN PIPITS and a
number of sparrow species continue to pass through the region in good
numbers.  Of particular note in southern Maine is a nearly unprecedented
push of WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS.  Winter waterfowl are arriving and
NORTHERN GANNETS, both loons and RED-NECKED GREBES are starting to push
south.  Rarities this week include CACKLING GEESE, LEACH'S STORM-PETREL,
SANDHILL CRANE, WHITE-EYED VIREO, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, WORM-EATING
WARBLER, CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS and DICKCISSEL.  A report of a possible
WESTERN GREBE was received.

 

Greater Portland

 

A bird thought to be a WESTERN GREBE on the southern end of Little
Sebago Lake   was reported on October 8.  No new information has been
received since the initial report.

 

Approximately 1,000 Canada Geese have gathered in the fields along Rt.
115 in North Yarmouth at the Thornhurst Farm.  Two or three CACKLING
GEESE were first spotted among them on October 8 and were still present
as of the 11th.

 

An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was found at Kettle Cove in Cape Elizabeth on
October 11.  

 

A seawatch conducted the morning of October 11 tallied a number of
species highlighted by 615 COMMON EIDERS, 39 COMMON LOONS, 171 NORTHERN
GANNETS, 361 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, 9 GREAT CORMORANTS, and 13
LAUGHING GULLS. 

 

A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER continues in a yard along Highland Lake in
Windham.

 

An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was the most outstanding find among many birds
gathered along a powerline cut off Hurricane Road in Falmouth on October
10.  More common birds found in unusually high numbers were 100+ SONG
SPARROWS, 250+ WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, 50+ WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS, 5
LINCOLN'S SPARROWS, 80+ SWAMP SPARROWS, 40+ CHIPPING SPARROWS, 30+ PALM
WARBLERS and 50+ YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS.

 

Western

 

Eight SNOW GEESE were picked out of a flock of Canada Geese in Fryeburg
on October 8.

 

A DUNLIN and a STILT SANDPIPER were discovered with several other
shorebird species in wet horse corrals on Cornshop Road in West Fryeburg
on October 11.

 

Midcoast

 

A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER showed up at a feeder on Sandy Ridge Road which
is off Thomas Point Road in Brunswick on October 9.

 

Another nice fallout, punctuated by 67 PALM WARBLERS, was noticed on
Hermit Island in Phippsburg on October 9.

 

A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW dropped into a yard in Warren on October 6.

 

Birders on Monhegan Island last weekend enjoyed a major fallout.  Huge
numbers of sparrows were seen, particularly WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS.  Top
birds on the island were WHITE-EYED VIREO, WORM-EATING WARBLER,
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, TENNESSEE WARBLER, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW,
DICKCISSEL and 33 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS.

 

A LEACH'S STORM-PETREL was seen near Eastern Egg Rock from the ferry
between Monhegan Island and New Harbor on October 12.

 

Penobscot Bay

 

A SANDHILL CRANE turned up in a grassy field at the Sky Farm at Pulpit
Harbor on North Haven Island on October 9.

 

Downeast

 

An adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was on the beach near the Shore Trail
on Petit Manan Peninsula in Steuben on October 5.

 

Central

 

A CAROLINA WREN was present at the corner of Madison and Norfolk in
Bangor in October 8.

 

Hundreds of sparrows were found in the Taylor Road bait ponds area in
Orono on October 11.

 

Northern 

 

Three BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS were discovered in Crystal on October 10.

 

Nine DUNLIN, a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, a PEREGRINE FALCON, and RUDDY DUCKS
were at Christina Reservoir in Fort Fairfield on October 12.

 

Eric Hynes

Staff Naturalist / Gilsland Farm Center Manager

Maine Audubon

20 Gilsland Farm Road

Falmouth, ME 04105
 ext. 237

ehynes AT maineaudubon.org

www.maineaudubon.org

 

 

 This is a little beyond our usual birding range but thought it might be of 
interest. From the research ship Albatross out of Woods Hole and working the 
eastern side of Georges Banks from south to north 10/9-11: 

 Two Peregrine Falcons have taken up residence on and/or around the ship. They 
regularly feed on small passerines that approach the ship. Most unidentified 
but at least one was believed to be a female Red-winged Blackbird. They feed on 
the birds while on the wing and then drop the remains. 

 Hitchhikers on board as the ship is heading back to Woods Hole on 10/11 have 
been Hermit Thrush, White-throated Sparrow, and Mourning Dove. All of which 
reached the ship when it was no closer than 100 miles to land. 

 Many Greater Shearwaters, Gannets, Fulmars. A couple of Greater Shearwaters 
and a Storm-Petrel were found on the deck, captured and released. 


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Week of 10/6-11
     Increasing numbers of Common Loons in all plumages.
     5+ Red-throated Loons seen this week, all in winter plumage
     Four Red-necked Grebes, all in winter plumage on 10/7
     (not in bay), increasing numbers of Fulmars beyond the 50-fathom line.
     Gannets, dozens in all plumages throughout the bay daily.
 Vees of Double-crested Cormorants still passing south along the coast. Great 
Cormorant numbers increasing daily, now make up 25% of cormorants in the bay. 

     100s of Black Scoters passing down the coast on 10/8 and 10/9
     Small numbers (up to 10 at a time) of White-winged Scoters seen daily.
     Four Green-winged Teal seen at Egg Rock 10/7.
 Up to 10 Turkey Vultures passing over bay toward Cadillac Mtn almost daily. 

     Peregrine Falcon harrassing Bald Eagle on Long Porcupine I. 10/6.
     Up to 6 Bald Eagles passing over the bay 10/4,6-7.
     Spotted Sandpipers still commonly seen on Porcupine islands.
     
     





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Yesterday, Thursday, around 9:30 am the Cackling Geese were close to the
road before the farm.   Had some good looks till an immature Bald Eagle
spooked them all.  When they returned to feed they were way back of and to
the side of the farm buildings - not good for finding 2 special ones in a
group of 100's from the road!!  :-(

 

Pictures I took thru my scope can be seen at the following website.  These
include a baldy Canada and a deer and turkeys that were there also.  

 Marie Jordan

 

http://home.maine.rr.com/birdrail/photos/CacklingGeese/

Make that seen on Wednesday afternoon and not seen on Thursday.  (Us retired
folks have trouble keeping track of the days of the week.)

Found the three birds yesterday (Thursday) at Thornhurst Farm, Route 115, in
Yarmouth, but not today - which doesn't mean they aren't there amongst the
800+ Canada Geese in the field.  So if you are passing by, stop and have a
look, and good luck.

Hello Maine Birders:

 

This morning's birdwalk saw the highest diversity (57 species) since I
started doing these walks here at Gilsland Farm (off Rt. 1 in Falmouth)
back in July.  In my opinion the most interesting sighting was the
feeding frenzy comprised of Double-crested Cormorants and Bonaparte's
Gulls.  The DCCOs were working the shallows in a pack so tight they
reminded me of a baitfish ball.  The school of cormorants appeared as
though it was being herded by a bunch of Bonaparte's Gulls barking and
fluttering around the edges like collies.  This scenario went on for
hours up and down the river.  At one point the DCCOs strung out enough
to be counted - 411 in one group!

 

Sparrows and migrant woodpeckers remain conspicuous.  I am sure if we
really beat the bushes we might have had much higher sparrow numbers.
One young Northern Harrier gave of us great looks perched and in flight.
Dunlin numbers are building while all other shorebirds are dropping off.
Everyone enjoyed scope views of a Pileated Woodpecker working on a hole
in the big black willow next to the barn. 

 

Location:     Gilsland Farm Audubon Center

Observation date:     10/11/07

Notes:     mud flats to start then covered by the rising tide

Number of species:     57

 

Canada Goose     45     skein overhead heading southwest

American Black Duck     25

Mallard     4

Common Loon     1     overhead flying towards the bay

Double-crested Cormorant      in one tight group on the
water!

Great Blue Heron     4

Snowy Egret     3

Osprey     1     watched this lingering youngster catch and eat a fish

Northern Harrier     2     seen well hunting over the north meadow,
perched

Sharp-shinned Hawk     3

Merlin     1

Greater Yellowlegs     4

Semipalmated Sandpiper     150

Dunlin     25     mixed in with the semi sands

Bonaparte's Gull     150     mostly adults hovering over the DCCOs

Ring-billed Gull     75

Herring Gull     50

Great Black-backed Gull     15

Rock Pigeon     17

Mourning Dove     3

Belted Kingfisher     1

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker     2

Downy Woodpecker     2

Hairy Woodpecker     1

Northern Flicker     12

Pileated Woodpecker     1     chipping away at a hole on the big willow
next to the barn

Eastern Phoebe     4

Blue Jay     7

American Crow     10

Black-capped Chickadee     15

Tufted Titmouse     5

Red-breasted Nuthatch     4

White-breasted Nuthatch     2

Brown Creeper     1

Golden-crowned Kinglet     6

Ruby-crowned Kinglet     4

American Robin     3

Gray Catbird     4

Northern Parula     3

Black-throated Blue Warbler     1

Yellow-rumped Warbler     2

Common Yellowthroat     1

Chipping Sparrow     1

Savannah Sparrow     4

Song Sparrow     15

Lincoln's Sparrow     3     in the community gardens

Swamp Sparrow     25

White-throated Sparrow     45

White-crowned Sparrow     15

Dark-eyed Junco     3

Northern Cardinal     4

Indigo Bunting     1     a brown bird at the north edge of the north
meadow

Red-winged Blackbird     3     flew over

Purple Finch     4

House Finch     3

American Goldfinch     2

House Sparrow     3

 

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Good birding,

Eric

 

Eric Hynes

Staff Naturalist / Gilsland Farm Center Manager

Maine Audubon

20 Gilsland Farm Road

Falmouth, ME 04105
 ext. 237

ehynes AT maineaudubon.org

www.maineaudubon.org

 

 

Hi all, 
   
 Seawatching at Dyer Point in Cape Elizabeth was followed by some birding 
around Kettle Cove and Crescent Beach State Park. The highlight was an 
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER at Kettle Cove. 

   
  Location:     Dyer Point
Observation date:     10/11/07
Notes:     7:10 - NE 9.2mph, Overcast, Seas 1-2. 55.2F.  Good
 visibility.
9:10 - ENE 14.4mph, Overcast, Seas 1-2. 56.1F. Good visibility. 

Number of species:     22

American Black Duck     2
Common Eider     615
Surf Scoter     12
White-winged Scoter     8
Black Scoter     29
Red-breasted Merganser     4
duck sp.     11
Red-throated Loon     4
Common Loon     39
Northern Gannet     171
Double-crested Cormorant     361
Great Cormorant     9
Semipalmated Plover     5
Laughing Gull     13
Ring-billed Gull     X
Herring Gull     X
Great Black-backed Gull     X
American Crow     X
Yellow-rumped Warbler     X
Savannah Sparrow     X
Song Sparrow     X
House Sparrow     X

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  -Derek


Jeannette and Derek Lovitch
Wild Bird Center of Yarmouth
500 Route One, Suit 9
Yarmouth, ME 04096

wildbirdcenter AT yarmouthbirds.com
       
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My family had the great pleasure of going to Yellowstone in Wyoming this 
summer.
its an amazing place ans the wildlife viewing there is unbelievable.
 
At our first picnic place, we suddenly found ourselves surrounded by birds.
They were a life bird for me.  They were very bold  and consummate beggers!
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While tagging moose at a check station in Eustis, I was thrilled to have
a small group of gray jays keeping me company for most of the day on
Tuesday.  After several hours of inspecting me, two jays were bold
enough to take some peanuts right out of my hand!  I was tickled.  
 
Also, please note my name and email address have changed.  
 
Best,
 
Judy Camuso
Wildlife Biologist
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
358 Shaker Road
Gray, ME 04039
 X 109 (office) (cell)
www.maine.gov/ifw/
 
 

Two Pine Siskins on the feeder this morning.
A few juncos and White-Throated Sparrows continue, 
along with chickadees and goldfinches.

Barbara Herrgesell
Sanford
York Cty.
10/11


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