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16 May Possible Golden Eagle at Scarborough Marsh ["Chris James" ] 16 May Mississippi Kites - NO - as of 2:00pm. [Derek and Jeannette Lovitch ] 16 May Wells Reserve / Laudholm [Scott Richardson ] 16 May Re: Evergreen Cemetery [Bill Blauvelt ] 16 May Ducktrap River Preserve, May 16, 2012 [Kristen Lindquist ] 16 May Evergreen Cemetery [Mike Windsor ] 16 May RE: BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, Viles Arboretum ["Smith, Michael" ] 16 May RE: alewives ["Marie Louise St. Onge-KLT" ] 16 May BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, Viles Arboretum [Casey Hynes ] 16 May Re: help with id [Christine Ming ] 16 May Few birds for our birdathon [Linda Woodard ] 16 May Re: Kites continue as of 4:20 [Susan Guare ] 15 May help with id [Christine Ming ] 16 May Fw: HSR: Bradbury Mountain State Park (15 May 2012) 50 Raptors [] 15 May Re: JDwight BDN News Article [Peter Vickery ] 15 May Re: Mount Desert Island Birds Wood Thrush at Three Pines ["Down East Nature Tours" ] 15 May Re: THREE MISSISSIPPI KITES, Bradbury Mountain Hawkwatch, 5/15 ["Down East Nature Tours" ] 15 May JDwight BDN News Article ["Paul Garrity" ] 15 May alewives ARE running in damariscotta mills! [rojolane ] 15 May Kites continue as of 4:20 [] 15 May alewives [diana Davis ] 15 May Belfast Bird Bus [seth benz ] 15 May THREE MISSISSIPPI KITES, Bradbury Mountain Hawkwatch, 5/15 [] 15 May Monhegan ["Walker, Steve" ] 15 May White-winged Scoters ["Bob Crowley" ] 15 May Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, May 15, 2012 [Kristen Lindquist ] 15 May Monhegan Island [Mike Windsor ] 14 May Amazing hummer activity ["Mark R Hoffman" ] 14 May Today at Trenton ["Don Cramer" ] 14 May Fw: HSR: Bradbury Mountain State Park (14 May 2012) 13 Raptors [] 14 May On MDI: eBird Report - Long Pond Pumping Station, May 14, 2012 [Craig Kesselheim ] 14 May 1st year Summer Tanager, Andys biking route, May 14, 2012 ["Andrew Aldrich" ] 14 May FOY for the weekend [Shannon ] 14 May Waterford - Golden-Winged Warbler [Jeff Harrington ] 14 May Kokadjo hen turkey, drive to Belmont, and 2 questions ( yesterday) ["Christine Roberts" ] 14 May Tennessee Warbler and Black-billed Cuckoo, Norridgewock [Trevor B Persons ] 14 May Birds-du-jour [unklenorm ] 14 May Reid State Park, Botanical Gardens Boothbay [David Small ] 14 May Brant & other weekend highlights [Allison Wells ] 14 May Hallucinating? [Scott Richardson ] 14 May Mother's day foys in auburn backyard. [rojolane ] 14 May Peaks Island firsts ["Steinberg, Michael" ] 13 May Bangor: Common Gallinule, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 2 Prairie Warblers, etc. [Jonathan Mays ] 13 May Yesterday ["Don Cramer" ] 13 May Swallows at sand Quarry - New Gloucester [Mike Fahay ] 13 May Fw: HSR: Bradbury Mountain State Park (13 May 2012) 107 Raptors [] 13 May Am. Coot at Seawall, Acadia NP (MDI) [Craig Kesselheim ] 13 May terns Phippsburg [Robin R Robinson ] 13 May Asticou Azalea Gardens today - MDI [Craig Kesselheim ] 13 May Limestone: American redstart [Nancy Hudak ] 13 May Black poll [] 13 May Bangor City Forest: PRAIRIE, WILSON'S & 15 other Warblers ["Sean Smith" ] 13 May Frankfort/Stockton Springs area birds from bicycle ride this AM~85 species. [William Nichols ] 13 May Prothonotary @ BP [Rafael Adams ] 13 May World Series of Birding [Stella Walsh ] 13 May FOY hummers in yard [Maggie Strickland ] 13 May New Sweden: FOY RT Hummingbird, Common yellowthroat [Nancy Hudak ] 13 May Pileated Woodpecker? [Pat Meadows ] 13 May Ruby-throated H. Courtship Dive [Carol Muth ] 13 May Great-crested Flycatcher, Camden [Kristen Lindquist ] 13 May Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, May 13, 2012 [Kristen Lindquist ] 13 May Ragged Mountain Recreation Area, Camden, ME, May 13, 2012 [Kristen Lindquist ] 13 May Blue-gray Gnatcatcher-Evergreen [Julie Krasne ] 13 May Red Crossbills in Acadia NP: eBird Report - Connector Trail, May 13, 2012 [Craig Kesselheim ] 13 May RE: Worm-eating and Golden-winged [Allison Wells ] 12 May FOY Dennysville, ME ["Maurry Mills" ] 12 May IMBD walk Arnold Brook Lake, Presque Isle [Bill Sheehan ] 12 May Blackburnian and bay-breasted, Highland Lake, Falmouth [Jessica Costa ] 12 May IMBD at Schoodic [] 12 May Fw: HSR: Bradbury Mountain State Park (12 May 2012) 29 Raptors [] 12 May Great Crested Flycatcher in Topsham ["Brian Guzzetti" ] 12 May RE: Holbrook Sanctuary Warbler Walk ["Down East Nature Tours" ] 12 May Yellow-throated Warbler, Fort Foster, Garrish Island, May 12, 2012 ["Andrew Aldrich" ] 12 May Green Point WMA & Dresden Bog - May 12 [Mike Fahay ] 12 May oriole, hummingbird [sarah Caputo ] 12 May Maine Birds ["luvbrds" ] Subject: Possible Golden Eagle at Scarborough Marsh From: "Chris James" <chrisjames AT myfairpoint.net> Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 16:54:06 -0400 At 3.15pm on Eastern Rd in Scarborough marsh I watched a very large dark eagle soaring with an occasional flap(No Tilting). The bird set off after a few minutes in a Northerly direction with steady flight...3 or 4 powerful flaps then glide. There was definitely a buffy wash on the upperwing coverts but could not discern any other coloring except the trailing edges of the wings were very slightly paler than the the front. It just didn't look like anything I have seen before. Hopefully someone will spot this bird as it heads north. Chris James -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Mississippi Kites - NO - as of 2:00pm. From: Derek and Jeannette Lovitch <freeportwildbird AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 11:08:29 -0700 (PDT) Hi all, Unfortunately we only have negative reports to relay from a handful of observers out and about in the area this morning.  So far, anyway. -Derek ------------------ Jeannette and Derek Lovitch Freeport Wild Bird Supply 541 Route One, Suite 10 Freeport, ME 04032 Ph: (207)865-6000/Fax: (207)865-6069 www.freeportwildbirdsupply.com Visit our E-store http://store.freeportwildbirdsupply.com/ -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Wells Reserve / Laudholm From: Scott Richardson <scott.xot AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 13:36:35 -0400 An astonishing morning at the Wells Reserve. Hundreds of warblers, dominated by Magnolia, Parula, and Chestnut-sided, moving through the woods lining the salt marsh. One Blackpoll and one Bay-breasted. No Yellow-rumped. Possible Mourning. Lincoln's Sparrow and batch of Wilson's Warblers near the junction of Muskie and Pilger. White-eyed Vireo along Barrier Beach Trail not far from campus. Least Terns are back. 50+ species in the notebook. Scott Richardson -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Re: Evergreen Cemetery From: Bill Blauvelt <bil.blauvelt AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 12:28:37 -0400 Wow. We should have there this morning. It was slow at Capisic today. Bill Blauvelt Portland, ME On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Mike Windsor wrote: > Evergreen  Cemetery walk > 16 May 2012     7 – 10:00 AM > First of year or noteworthy in caps. > > Mallard > Killdeer > Herring gull > Mourning dove > Chimney swift > Downy woodpecker > Hairy woodpecker > Northern flicker > Ruby-throated hummingbird > Belted kingfisher > RED-EYED VIREO > Blue jay > American crow > Great-crested flycatcher > Black-capped chickadee > White-breasted nuthatch > Wood thrush > Hermit thrush > American robin > Gray catbird > Northern mockingbird > Yellow warbler > Chestnut-sided warbler > Magnolia warbler > Blackburnian warbler > Black-throated green warbler > Yellow-rumped warbler > Northern parula > BLACKPOLL WARBLER > BAY-BREASTED WARBLER > Northern parula > Black and white warbler > American redstart > Common yellowthroat > Northern waterthrush > Ovenbird > CANADA WARBLER > WILSON’S WARBLER > Northern cardinal > Scarlet tanager > Song sparrow > Chipping sparrow > Red-winged blackbird > American goldfinch > House Sparrow > > > Mike Windsor > Maine Audubon > > -- > Maine birds mailing list > maine-birds AT googlegroups.com > http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds > https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Ducktrap River Preserve, May 16, 2012 From: Kristen Lindquist <kelindquist AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 11:33:40 -0400 Led our annual bird walk along the Ducktrap River for Coastal Mountains Land Trust this morning. 12 warbler spp. Highlight was the scarlet tanager, which had long been a nemesis bird for one member of my group. And is there anything more beautiful than the song of the winter wren accompanying a rushing river? A patch of blooming Painted Trilliums was a bright spot in the misty woods, as well. On my way back to the office, saw a bluebird in Lincolnville Center. Kristen Ducktrap River Preserve, Waldo, US-ME May 16, 2012 6:30 AM - 9:45 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.0 mile(s) Comments:     A public outing for Coastal Mountains Land Trust. Another party led by the Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition headed out on the same trail at 6:00. 35 species Mourning Dove  1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1 Northern Flicker  1 Pileated Woodpecker  1 Least Flycatcher  2 Eastern Phoebe  2 Blue-headed Vireo  3 Red-eyed Vireo  2 Blue Jay  3 American Crow  2 Common Raven  1 Black-capped Chickadee  6 Winter Wren  2 Golden-crowned Kinglet  2 Veery  2 Hermit Thrush  1 American Robin  2 Gray Catbird  1 Ovenbird  6 Black-and-white Warbler  6 Common Yellowthroat  5 American Redstart  3 Northern Parula  6 Magnolia Warbler  1 Blackburnian Warbler  5 Chestnut-sided Warbler  8 Black-throated Blue Warbler  5 Pine Warbler  1 Yellow-rumped Warbler  3 Black-throated Green Warbler  10 Song Sparrow  1 White-throated Sparrow  3 Scarlet Tanager  1     male, calling but not singing American Goldfinch  3 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) -- Kristen Lindquist 12 Mount Battie St. Camden, ME 04843 www.klindquist.blogspot.com -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Evergreen Cemetery From: Mike Windsor <mwindsor AT maineaudubon.org> Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 08:04:56 -0700 (PDT) Evergreen Cemetery walk 16 May 2012 7 – 10:00 AM First of year or noteworthy in caps. Mallard Killdeer Herring gull Mourning dove Chimney swift Downy woodpecker Hairy woodpecker Northern flicker Ruby-throated hummingbird Belted kingfisher RED-EYED VIREO Blue jay American crow Great-crested flycatcher Black-capped chickadee White-breasted nuthatch Wood thrush Hermit thrush American robin Gray catbird Northern mockingbird Yellow warbler Chestnut-sided warbler Magnolia warbler Blackburnian warbler Black-throated green warbler Yellow-rumped warbler Northern parula BLACKPOLL WARBLER BAY-BREASTED WARBLER Northern parula Black and white warbler American redstart Common yellowthroat Northern waterthrush Ovenbird CANADA WARBLER WILSON’S WARBLER Northern cardinal Scarlet tanager Song sparrow Chipping sparrow Red-winged blackbird American goldfinch House Sparrow Mike Windsor Maine Audubon -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: RE: BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, Viles Arboretum From: "Smith, Michael" <Michael.Smith AT maine.gov> Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 09:37:18 -0400 Great bird Casey! Still there as of 9:15 or so. Only the third one in the last 13 years. ====================================== Michael Smith State GIS Manager, Maine Office of GIS State of Maine, Office of Information Technology michael.smith _at_ maine.gov 207-215-5530 Board Member, Maine GeoLibrary Board Member, Maine GIS Users Group State Rep, National States Geographic Information Council | MEGIS | GeoLibrary | MEGUG | NSGIC | State House Station 174 264 Civic Center Drive Augusta, ME 04333-0174 69 o 47' 49.5"W 44 o 20' 54.5"N Confidentiality Notice: This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipients and may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, or an authorized agent of the intended recipient, please immediately contact the sender by reply email and destroy/delete all copies of the original message. Any unauthorized review, use, copying, forwarding, disclosure, or distribution by other than the intended recipient or authorized agent is prohibited. -----Original Message----- From: maine-birds AT googlegroups.com [mailto:maine-birds AT googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Casey Hynes Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 7:50 AM To: maine-birds AT googlegroups.com Subject: [Maine-birds] BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, Viles Arboretum Lionel Quirion, Glenn Hodgkins and I are on the bird just east of Viles Pond, singing like crazy! Casey Hynes Gardiner Sent from my iPhone -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: RE: alewives From: "Marie Louise St. Onge-KLT" <mlsokennbklt AT gwi.net> Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 08:10:57 -0400 Yes they are! Marie Louise St.Onge Executive Director Kennebunk Land Trust 11 York Street Kennebunk, ME 04043 Tel: 207-985-8734 Fax: Call First From: maine-birds AT googlegroups.com [mailto:maine-birds AT googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of diana Davis Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 4:17 PM To: birds Subject: [Maine-birds] alewives does anyone know if the alewives are running in damariscotta mills ? thanks diana -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, Viles Arboretum From: Casey Hynes <cwhynes AT myfairpoint.net> Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 07:49:32 -0400 Lionel Quirion, Glenn Hodgkins and I are on the bird just east of Viles Pond, singing like crazy! Casey Hynes Gardiner Sent from my iPhone -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Re: help with id From: Christine Ming <chrmingme AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 03:53:43 -0700 (PDT) thanks everyone  - yes I thought purple finch as well but some things didn't seem right... anyway if it quacks like a purple finch.... :)   Christine Ming Ministry Coordinator The Root Cellar Cell: 837-1410 ________________________________ From: Christine Ming To: "maine-birds AT googlegroups.com" Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 9:49 PM Subject: [Maine-birds] help with id seen near Popham beach today - about 4 inches tall   Christine -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Few birds for our birdathon From: Linda Woodard <linda AT lindawoodard.net> Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 06:45:33 -0400 The Mighty Marsh Muckers will be going out on Saturday to do our annual Birdathon to support Scarborough Marsh. We need your help. If you know of a consistent spot for the following birds could you contact me off list? Thank You, Linda Owls - Great Horned, Barred, Saw-whet Bittern Whip-poor-wills Lingering sea ducks If you wish to pledge our team go to http://maineaudubon.org/events/birdathon/pledge/ Linda Woodard Director, Scarborough Marsh Audubon Center 207-415-8331 Cell 207-883-5100 after April 15 -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Re: Kites continue as of 4:20 From: Susan Guare <susanguare AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 05:29:39 -0400 I hope all photos are posted. I can't get there but would like to see the bird in its Maine environs. On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 4:35 PM, wrote: > Hi all, > The two adult MISSISSIPPI KITES continue to be in view since 3:35. The two > birds reappeared over Brunswick (as viewed from hawkwatch) - the direction > that the two birds were last seen heading - and have been drifting back and > forth in the airspace in front of us. They appear to be returning to hunt > over open fields in Freeport, perhaps Hedgehog Mountain Park or along > Hunter Road. > > Rain is approaching, and these birds appear to be staying low - perhaps > looking for a place to roost? Birding the area or hawkwatching from the > summit here could be fruitful if folks are looking tomorrow. > > If anyone does see these birds, photos or details that could help us > confirm (or contradict) our distant aging would be helpful. > > The age of the first observation is uncertain, but Katrina thought (but > could not confirm) she saw tail bands and some dark on the body - which > would (along with the rest of her notes) mean it was not an adult. > > -Derek > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > -- > Maine birds mailing list > maine-birds AT googlegroups.com > http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds > https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 > -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: help with id From: Christine Ming <chrmingme AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 18:49:28 -0700 (PDT) seen near Popham beach today - about 4 inches tall   Christine -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Fw: HSR: Bradbury Mountain State Park (15 May 2012) 50 Raptors From: freeportwildbird AT yahoo.com Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 01:29:19 +0000 Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: reports AT hawkcount.org Date: 15 May 2012 21:05:17 To: Reply-To: freeportwildbird AT yahoo.com Subject: HSR: Bradbury Mountain State Park (15 May 2012) 50 Raptors Bradbury Mountain State Park Pownal, Maine, USA Daily Raptor Counts: May 15, 2012 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 226 Osprey 2 49 354 Bald Eagle 2 14 97 Northern Harrier 0 3 81 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 140 589 Cooper's Hawk 1 7 71 Northern Goshawk 0 0 11 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 47 Broad-winged Hawk 37 273 1668 Red-tailed Hawk 1 11 260 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 1 American Kestrel 1 15 290 Merlin 0 36 81 Peregrine Falcon 0 4 8 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 4 Unknown Buteo 0 0 5 Unknown Falcon 0 2 6 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 7 50 Mississippi Kite 3 3 3 Total: 50 565 3852 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:30:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 6.5 hours Official Counter: Katrina Fenton Observers: Dave Gulick, Derek Lovitch, Jeannette Lovitch, Luke Seitz Visitors: 8. Thank you, everyone who came up to the hawkwatch this year! This season wouldn't have been the same without the support of our volunteers and all who climbed to see the raptors that pass by Bradbury. Weather: As threatening as the forcast was, the rain was isolated to some light fog and drizzle in the morning, just enough to postpone the start time for an hour and a half. The sun burned its way through clouds and fog, hiking the temperature up to the mid 60s before the clouds elbowed their way back onto the scene. The wind got steadily stronger throughout the day, blowing stiffly from the south. Raptor Observations: MISSISSIPPI KITES! At approximately 12:52p.m., the first Mississippi kite in the history of this project soared over the summit, heading NE. Possible tail baring and a darkish body indicated this could be a sub-adult bird. An hour later, two adult kites were spotted circling over Hedgehog Mt. The two kites reappeared several times over the course of the afternoon, ranging back and forth across the horizon, presumably hunting before the approaching rain. Non-raptor Observations: The wind was too strong for many of the non-raptors, but a few migrants were noted: American Goldfinch- 2 Bobolink- 1 Blue Jay- 4 Tree Swallow- 11 Barn Swallow- 1 Swallow sp.- 3 Chimney Swift- 4 Common Loon- 1 Double-crested Cormorant- 112 Waterbird sp.- 75 Predictions: Light SSW morning wind rapidly increasing in strength and shifting SSE. The high will be around 60. It looks like it will be overcast with a chance of rain, with thunderstorms a possibility in the afternoon. There could be some movement before the wind becomes too strong and the rain moves in. The inclement weather may also keep the pair of Mississippi kites in the area. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jeannette Lovitch (freeportwildbird AT yahoo.com) Bradbury Mountain State Park information may be found at: www.freeportwildbirdsupply.com/hawkwatch.asp -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Re: JDwight BDN News Article From: Peter Vickery <petervickery AT roadrunner.com> Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 20:48:45 -0400 Well thanks Paul for sharing the sad news. Jay was an enthusiastic birder and was a valuable voice from the greater Wilton - Farmington area. Best, Peter On May 15, 2012, at 7:07 PM, Paul Garrity wrote: > > For those who knew JDwight, he was found dead in his home in Wilton today. Full details that are known so far are reported in the BDN article. > > http://bangordailynews.com/2012/05/15/news/mid-maine/wilton-columnist-financial-adviser-found-dead-in-his-home/?ref=mostReadBoxNews > > Regards, > > Paul Garrity > www.mainebirding.net > Twitter: twitter.com/Mainebirding > Facebook: www.facebook.com/mainebirding.net > > -- > Maine birds mailing list > maine-birds AT googlegroups.com > http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds > https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Peter Vickery Center for Ecological Research P. O. Box 127 Richmond, ME 04357 USA petervickery AT roadrunner.com center-ecological-research.org -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Re: Mount Desert Island Birds Wood Thrush at Three Pines From: "Down East Nature Tours" <info AT downeastnaturetours.com> Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 20:25:03 -0400 May 15, 2012 Mount Desert Island Birds: Wood Thrush at Three Pines Three Pines Bird Sanctuary 2012, Hancock, US-ME May 15, 2012 6:15 PM - 6:30 PM Protocol: Stationary Comments: Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) was seen clearly from the front and the back at Three Pines Bird Sanctuary in Town Hill. Wood Thrush is a bird that has nested and raised young here at Three Pines . From 94 to the spring of 98 we had a male Wood Thrush here that protruded two white epaulet like feathers as he strutted around our town hill woods. I have recordings of this amazing bird. Tonight's bird was a young bird showing large spots on the upper chest quickly diminishing along the flanks. Got a clear look as it flew away of the uniform reddish brown back. Wood Thrush on Mount Desert Island are not commonly encountered. And I have yet to hear one this year. This bird was quite as it sat 10 feet from me. I would love to hear a WOTH in our back woods once again. 3 species Three Pines Bird Sanctuary 2012, Hancock, US-ME May 13, 2012 6:00 AM - 6:00 PM Protocol: Traveling 5.0 mile(s) Comments: Working on the various projects around Town Hill today. Had a unique opportunity to see a RED SQUIRREL being attacked !! by American Robins after it attempted to ROB the nest. Squirrels feed by humans at bird feeders is an on-going problem for Neotropical Migrants that depend on the northern forest region for breeding habitat. Suburbanization and the negative concepts of "feeding the birds" is causing the demise of many species of birds ( like warblers or Am. Robin) that come into contact with a feeder in their breeding habitat. I have never seen an American Robin defend a nest so vigorously. The male dove straight at the squirrel with such determination and Speed! Both Robins were clapping their beaks together making a rather loud tapping sound in combination with the vicious diving. That Red Squirrel took off through the trees never knowing from which direction a Robin Bomb was coming. Finally, with a great and amazing amount of energy, the Red Squirrel moved off into the forest. I am questioning the logic in an kind of Permanent Feeding Stations were seed is utilized to attract birds. Here in the North Woods we are totally affecting and increasing the population of Predator's of Neotropical Migrants to the detriment of the birds we so dearly love! Where do we find the wayward "Out -of -range" vagrants like Summer Tanager... found right at our bird feeders?? Range expansion due to a ready source of human feeders? The Red Squirrel lost this battle to the American Robin....but the squirrel will win the war if we keep feeding them.... I watched a female Rd SQ bring 12 babies into an abandoned nest box and that was the last seed out in my little woods..... Warblers are nesting around the house again N. Parula, Ovenbird, Blackburnian, Nashville, YRWB, C.Yellow-throat and Tennessee, Northern Waterthrush and Canada have all nested . 31 species Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 5 matng flights around our place produced a secondary feather with green plumage on our doorstep. Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) 1 chased by crows Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 2 Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 2 Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) 2 Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) 1 Saw a beautiful mating flight Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) 1 Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 2 American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 15 Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) 3 Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 7 Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 10 Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 6 Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) 3 Looked like territorial posturing Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis) 1 calling loudly around the wood piles around the side and back of the house. Actively calling all day Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) 8 Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) 1 American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 2 Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) 2 some interaction between two males My first evening MATING FLIGHT of the year two days earlier. Mating flights occur at random times throughout the evening and daylight hours. Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 2 Nashville Warbler (Oreothlypis ruficapilla) 1 Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 3 Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 5 Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 10 Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) 7 Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 1 Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 1 Heard calling from the neighbors north woods Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus) 1 This young male was emitting a single call note than a series short incomplete mating calls. Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus) 2 American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 5 Michael J. Good, MS President Down East Nature Tours Founder and Director Research and Development 14th Acadia Birding Festival, May 31-June 3, 2012 Co-founder Penobscot Watershed Eco Center 39 Cottage Street Bar Harbor, Maine 04609 207-288-8128 / 207-479-4256 info AT DownEastNatureTours.com www.DownEastNatureTours.com info AT AcadiaBirdingFestival.com www.AcadiaBirdingFestival.com -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Re: THREE MISSISSIPPI KITES, Bradbury Mountain Hawkwatch, 5/15 From: "Down East Nature Tours" <info AT downeastnaturetours.com> Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 19:09:23 -0400 Derek, Great reporting on these Mississippi Kites in Maine!. This is one raptor with little deep information about their movements and one we have only briefly seen in Cuba. It is a bird of interest to me and thanks for letting us know about them. I have some field days coming up so we'll keep our eyes open. You have re-ignited my curiosity about their movements in Cuba and I look forward to hearing more about this irruptive movement into Maine. I lost track of the total!! Michael -----Original Message----- From: freeportwildbird AT yahoo.com Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 2:10 PM To: Maine-birds ; Julie Suchecki Subject: [Maine-birds] THREE MISSISSIPPI KITES, Bradbury Mountain Hawkwatch, 5/15 Hi all, The 2012 Bradbury Mountain Spring Hawkwatch - sponsored by Freeport Wild Bird Supply and Nikon Sport Optics - is going out with a bang! At 12:50, Katrina Fenton observed an adult or late subadult MISSISSIPPI KITE right over the summit, heading north-northeast. It was observed for a total of 2-3 minutes. Katrina called just as Luke Seitz, Jeannette, and I were getting out of our car in the parking lot. Gripped, we settled in at the summit, and exactly one hour later, we all (along with Dave Gulick as well) observed TWO ADULTS soaring together over Hedgehog Mountain. After about 5 minutes - including a brief display-like flight - they slowly drifted off to the NE. -Derek Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: JDwight BDN News Article From: "Paul Garrity" <paulg AT mainebirding.net> Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 19:07:29 -0400 For those who knew JDwight, he was found dead in his home in Wilton today. Full details that are known so far are reported in the BDN article. http://bangordailynews.com/2012/05/15/news/mid-maine/wilton-columnist-financial-adviser-found-dead-in-his-home/?ref=mostReadBoxNews Regards, Paul Garrity www.mainebirding.net Twitter: twitter.com/Mainebirding Facebook: www.facebook.com/mainebirding.net -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: alewives ARE running in damariscotta mills! From: rojolane <rojolane AT aol.com> Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 17:33:14 -0400 (EDT) yes they are! first day was saturday. the day we happened to decide to go to the fish ladder. fun watching the gulls swallowing the fish whole. no eagles or osprey there when we went... Wear boots or waterproof shoes as the stream was running high and crossed over the boardwalk... best regards, Roberta Lane Auburn Backyard. -----Original Message----- From: diana Davis To: birds Sent: Tue, May 15, 2012 4:16 pm Subject: [Maine-birds] alewives http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97nAvTVeR6o does anyone know if the alewives are running in damariscotta mills ? thanks diana -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Kites continue as of 4:20 From: freeportwildbird AT yahoo.com Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 20:35:40 +0000 Hi all, The two adult MISSISSIPPI KITES continue to be in view since 3:35. The two birds reappeared over Brunswick (as viewed from hawkwatch) - the direction that the two birds were last seen heading - and have been drifting back and forth in the airspace in front of us. They appear to be returning to hunt over open fields in Freeport, perhaps Hedgehog Mountain Park or along Hunter Road. Rain is approaching, and these birds appear to be staying low - perhaps looking for a place to roost? Birding the area or hawkwatching from the summit here could be fruitful if folks are looking tomorrow. If anyone does see these birds, photos or details that could help us confirm (or contradict) our distant aging would be helpful. The age of the first observation is uncertain, but Katrina thought (but could not confirm) she saw tail bands and some dark on the body - which would (along with the rest of her notes) mean it was not an adult. -Derek Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: alewives From: diana Davis <dedmaine AT hotmail.com> Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 16:16:39 -0400 does anyone know if the alewives are running in damariscotta mills ? thanks diana -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Belfast Bird Bus From: seth benz <stbenz AT roadrunner.com> Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 14:21:41 -0400 17 Participants on this morning's Birding Bus, a 3.5 hour effort. Visited Hidden Gardens, Kirby Lake (Muck), and Perkins Road. 51 species tallied. Highlights: 1 Scarlet Tanager - Hidden Gardens 1 Eastern Kingbird - HG 6 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - HG 1 White-crowned Sparrow - HG 2 Winter Wren - HG 16 Pine Siskin - HG (including adults feeding young) 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2 Wilson's Warbler - Muck 6 Bobolink - Perkins Road 6 Barn Swallow - Perkins Road 3 Savannah Sparrow - Perkins Road Warblers seen or heard: Wilson's Magnolia Yellow Yellow-rumped Black and White Ovenbird American Redstart Chestnut-sided Nashville Seth Benz -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: THREE MISSISSIPPI KITES, Bradbury Mountain Hawkwatch, 5/15 From: freeportwildbird AT yahoo.com Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 18:10:55 +0000 Hi all, The 2012 Bradbury Mountain Spring Hawkwatch - sponsored by Freeport Wild Bird Supply and Nikon Sport Optics - is going out with a bang! At 12:50, Katrina Fenton observed an adult or late subadult MISSISSIPPI KITE right over the summit, heading north-northeast. It was observed for a total of 2-3 minutes. Katrina called just as Luke Seitz, Jeannette, and I were getting out of our car in the parking lot. Gripped, we settled in at the summit, and exactly one hour later, we all (along with Dave Gulick as well) observed TWO ADULTS soaring together over Hedgehog Mountain. After about 5 minutes - including a brief display-like flight - they slowly drifted off to the NE. -Derek Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Monhegan From: "Walker, Steve" <Steve.Walker AT maine.gov> Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 14:03:53 -0400 Out here for the week starting yesterday p.m. Good diversity of warbs picking up today. Summer tanager and blue grosbeak are bird headliners so far. Harris's is a no show so far. Biggest disappointment is no Tom or Joesephine... SW -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: White-winged Scoters From: "Bob Crowley" <crbob AT fairpoint.net> Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 12:58:40 -0400 At noon today there were 28 White-winged Scoter on Lower Kimball Pond, Fryeburg. My neighbor Frank Lunn saw a dozen Brant on the pond this morning but they flew off before I could see them. Bob Crowley Chatham, NH -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, May 15, 2012 From: Kristen Lindquist <kelindquist AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 09:57:41 -0400 Ron Joseph and I took a small group almost all the way up Beech Hill today, from the Rockville Street trailhead. (THANK YOU, RON!) Despite the rain, it was a great opportunity for birding by ear--a lot of singing going on! A bit disappointed in warbler species numbers, but did get FOY pewee and Red-eyed Vireo. Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Knox, US-ME May 15, 2012 6:30 AM - 8:45 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.5 mile(s) Comments:     Outing for Coastal Mountains Land Trust co-led with Ron Joseph. We did not hike all the way up to the summit. 31 species Mallard  2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2 Northern Flicker  1 Eastern Wood-Pewee  1 Eastern Phoebe  1 Great Crested Flycatcher  1 Blue-headed Vireo  1 Red-eyed Vireo  1 Blue Jay  1 Common Raven  1 Tree Swallow  3 Black-capped Chickadee  4 Tufted Titmouse  1 Veery  2 Hermit Thrush  2 American Robin  2 Gray Catbird  4 Ovenbird  8 Black-and-white Warbler  5 Common Yellowthroat  12 American Redstart  4 Northern Parula  8 Magnolia Warbler  1 Yellow Warbler  3 Chestnut-sided Warbler  9 Yellow-rumped Warbler  1 Black-throated Green Warbler  3 Eastern Towhee  10 Song Sparrow  2 Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1 American Goldfinch  7 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) -- Kristen Lindquist 12 Mount Battie St. Camden, ME 04843 www.klindquist.blogspot.com -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Monhegan Island From: Mike Windsor <mwindsor AT maineaudubon.org> Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 05:50:30 -0700 (PDT) Apologies for the late post, but below is the species list for our Monhegan trip on Saturday the 12th. Best, Mike Windsor Common loon Northern gannet Double-crested cormorant Mallard Common eider Bald eagle Sharp-shinned hawk Osprey Northern harrier Ring-necked pheasant Greater yellowlegs Herring gull Great black-backed gull Laughing gull Sterna sp. (too far for positive ID) Black guillemot Mourning dove Belted kingfisher Red-bellied woodpecker Northern flicker Least flycatcher Empidonax sp. Eastern kingbird Blue-headed vireo Blue jay American crow Tree swallow Barn swallow Black-capped chickadee White-breasted nuthatch House wren Ruby-crowned kinglet Blue-gray gnatcatcher Eastern bluebird American robin Gray catbird European starling Cedar waxwing Yellow warbler Chestnut-sided warbler Magnolia warbler Blackburnian warbler Black-throated blue warbler Black-throated green warbler Yellow-rumped warbler Palm warbler Northern parula Black-and-white warbler American redstart Common yellowthroat Northern waterthrush Ovenbird Wilson’s warbler Scarlet tanager Northern cardinal Rose-breasted grosbeak Indigo bunting Chipping sparrow Song sparrow Savannah sparrow Harris’s sparrow White-crowned sparrow White-throated sparrow Baltimore oriole Bobolink Red-winged blackbird Common grackle House sparrow Pine siskin American goldfinch House finch Purple finch White-winged crossbill -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Amazing hummer activity From: "Mark R Hoffman" <hoffa2 AT roadrunner.com> Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 23:01:09 -0400 This evening while sitting on my bulkhead drinking a beer and smokin a cigar I was entertained by 5 RT Hummingbirds. The males kept chasing each other away from the feeders. I had only 1 female. At one point 2 males engaged at the feeder right in front of me and started fighting, it appeared that they locked feet as they were spinning around up and down and landed on the driveway several times still entwined,they flew up and down and spinning while fighting. I watched this for almost a full minute ! It even got the attention of my Golden Retriever who was lying down by my side and snapped his head back to see what was going on ! I have never seen anything like that in my life ! They were literally entangled and spinning around, I thought at one point it was a male and female doing the wild thing but it was 2 males. I have seen plenty of aggresive hummer behavior in SE Arizona and Texas but NOTHING compares to what I experienced tonight. Also went to Evergreen Cemetary yesterday morning and it appeared that the Warbler bus arrived sometime in the night and took the Warblers somewhere else.Did manage to get great looks at a Great Horned Owl however. Capisic was way busier,had a probable Yellow-Throated Vireo but it took off before I could get a positive id. Mark R Hoffman Newcastle Maine 207-458-1897 -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Today at Trenton From: "Don Cramer" <pinelandwood AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 19:18:44 -0400 Hey, I thought I would play a little golf today, the first this year with the new Knee replacement. I took my Camera just in case something had to have it’s pic taken. The RW)BLs (Redwings) were there in the two ponds maybe 6 males, keeping any intruders at bay. Several pair of GOFI, were down along the meadows. Next to a little pond on the 12th hole was a GRCA, (Gray Catbird)which must have a nest there... she seem perturbed, and I’m 100 ft. across the pond. I guess I was still... TOO close for her ? A Muskrat did swim by, and I blamed him for stirring her up. Coming in I found 6-8 SAVSs, (Savanna Sparrows) feeding in the middle of the Fairway, and over to the left side in the “Rough” was another FOY, maybe 8-9 Bobos. (Bobolinks) One eagle flew over, headed for the Jordan River. Here along the river, I found a Sub adult BAEA looking to steal a herring someone. Last, but another FOY for me, in the neighbors Crabapple blossoms was 2 YWARs, Played Bogey golf..... But saw some good birds. LOL Don -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Fw: HSR: Bradbury Mountain State Park (14 May 2012) 13 Raptors From: freeportwildbird AT yahoo.com Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 22:46:07 +0000 Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: reports AT hawkcount.org Date: 14 May 2012 18:05:01 To: Reply-To: freeportwildbird AT yahoo.com Subject: HSR: Bradbury Mountain State Park (14 May 2012) 13 Raptors Bradbury Mountain State Park Pownal, Maine, USA Daily Raptor Counts: May 14, 2012 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 226 Osprey 0 47 352 Bald Eagle 1 12 95 Northern Harrier 0 3 81 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 137 586 Cooper's Hawk 0 6 70 Northern Goshawk 0 0 11 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 47 Broad-winged Hawk 10 236 1631 Red-tailed Hawk 0 10 259 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 1 American Kestrel 0 14 289 Merlin 0 36 81 Peregrine Falcon 0 4 8 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 4 Unknown Buteo 0 0 5 Unknown Falcon 0 2 6 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 7 50 Total: 13 515 3802 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Katrina Fenton Observers: Derek Lovitch Visitors: 8. Weather: The light NE wind drifted SE, then S. A few layers of overcast effectively blocked out all but a few patches of filtered sunlight. There was light drizzle in the morning, then fog, then rain in the final hour. The temperature peaked in the upper 50s. Raptor Observations: The resident turkey vultures, broad-winged hawks, and Cooper's hawks had the air space to themselves until a few migrants entered the area in the afternoon. A kettle of 6 broad-winged hawks and 1 sharp-shinned hawk spiraled upwards, just clearing the horizon each time as they worked their way north. Non-raptor Observations: The raspy notes of the first black-throated blue warbler to reach the summit this season resonated through the oaks. Below horizon, a sandhill crane worked its way ENE, following the contours of Little Bradbury. Migrants: Warbler sp.- 2 American Goldfinch- 2 Ceder Waxwing- 2 Passerine sp.- 3 Tree Swallow- 8 Swallow sp.- 4 Chimney Swift- 3 Ruby-throated Hummingbird- 1 Common Loon- 3 Solitary Sandpiper- 1 Sandhill Crane- 1 Predictions: Tomorrow begins with a chance of rain showers and fog, then rain in the afternoon. There is a possibility of a few breaks in the overcast earlier in the day, and the rain may take its time moving in. A light S wind will increase slowly. The temperature will be in the low 60s. Time will tell if the weather will cooporate enough to allow for any counting on the final day of the season. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jeannette Lovitch (freeportwildbird AT yahoo.com) Bradbury Mountain State Park information may be found at: www.freeportwildbirdsupply.com/hawkwatch.asp -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: On MDI: eBird Report - Long Pond Pumping Station, May 14, 2012 From: Craig Kesselheim <ckesselheim AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 17:31:59 -0400 Hi all -- FOY Swainson's Thrush on the western shore of Long Pond, MDI. Nice small cluster of warblers, as well (see below). Don't recall hearing a PIWA from the Pumping Station parking lot before. Cheers, Craig K p.s. I'll fix the double-listed juncos, and also wanted to note the continued presence of a drake Hoodie in Somesville. No hen accompanying today??? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Date: Mon, May 14, 2012 at 5:26 PM Subject: eBird Report - Long Pond Pumping Station, May 14, 2012 To: ckesselheim AT gmail.com Long Pond Pumping Station, Hancock, US-ME May 14, 2012 4:15 PM - 4:55 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.65 mile(s) Comments: Western shore trail 14 species Herring Gull 5 Downy Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 1 Common Raven 1 * Swainson's Thrush 1 Seen and heard* American Robin 1 Blackburnian Warbler 1 Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 Pine Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 3 Black-throated Green Warbler 1 Dark-eyed Junco 1 Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 1 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: 1st year Summer Tanager, Andys biking route, May 14, 2012 From: "Andrew Aldrich" <aaldrich1 AT maine.rr.com> Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 14:53:19 -0400 The SUMMER TANAGER was on Gov. Goodwin Road, North Berwick, across the road from the end of Maple Street, after watching it for a while, it flew south over Gov. Goodwin Rd. Also I plan on doing a bike ride for the York County Audubon Birding Challenge, which is on Sat. May 19th. The length is about 10 miles and some walking. If you would like to join me please contact me offline for details ( just hit reply to this email) or call mornings 207-415-0667 Andys biking route, York, US-ME May 14, 2012 11:53 AM - 12:41 PM Protocol: Traveling 7.2 mile(s) Comments: 7.2 CW, 64-70 deg., cloudy, calm 33 species (+1 other taxa) Buteo sp. 1 Mourning Dove 5 Least Flycatcher 1 Eastern Phoebe 3 Blue-headed Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 7 Blue Jay 8 Barn Swallow 1 Black-capped Chickadee 9 Tufted Titmouse 5 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Brown Creeper 1 House Wren 1 Eastern Bluebird 1 Hermit Thrush 1 American Robin 15 Gray Catbird 6 Ovenbird 11 Northern Waterthrush 2 Common Yellowthroat 3 American Redstart 2 Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 Pine Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 2 Black-throated Green Warbler 4 Chipping Sparrow 9 Song Sparrow 1 Summer Tanager 1 I stopped my bike ride to see the bird that was singing. It was about 30 to 50 feet high in the crown of the tree, than it flew to the tip top of a taller pine tree. The whole head including the nape was red-orange, very bright. The red-orange extended down the breast, the side of body was pea soup green. The rump was not as bright red-orange as the head. The song was like a robin. I recorded my description and the bird singing. At that distance the tail looked dark. After looking at several field guides I would say it was a first year male. Scarlet Tanager 2 Northern Cardinal 2 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2 Bobolink 13 Red-winged Blackbird 2 American Goldfinch 12 Happy birding Andy Aldrich North Berwick -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: FOY for the weekend From: Shannon <shannonjchapin AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 10:36:15 -0700 (PDT) Good afternoon - I was out for a morning jaunt near Witter Farm in Old Town with my dog and heard 2 birds that sounded a lot like R2D2. Bobolinks have arrived! In addition, I heard 6 Common Yellowthroats, ~10 or more Chestnut-sided Warblers and 3 Ovenbirds. I also spotted both a male and a female Northern Harrier, cruising the field over the weekend, and was treated to a Baltimore Oriole and a pair of Eastern Kingbirds at Webster Park in Orono. Cheers, Shannon -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Waterford - Golden-Winged Warbler From: Jeff Harrington <jeffrey.c.harrington AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 10:26:05 -0700 (PDT) hi, This morning, my wife and I saw a bird we were hoping to see in our lifetime but never thought it would be in our yard. The golden-winged was in the long row of apple trees along the road at 402 Plummer Hill Road. Along with parulas, nashvilles, yellow-rumps, black-throated greens, and an Indigo Bunting. Bobolinks are also in the field. Jeff and Karen Harrington -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Kokadjo hen turkey, drive to Belmont, and 2 questions ( yesterday) From: "Christine Roberts" <christine51 AT fairpoint.net> Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 13:17:44 -0400 (EDT) Saw a hen turkey ~5 miles south of Kokadjo on the Greenville road. I can only remember seeing one other in the area over the past couple of years. Had a white dove on the dock for a minute or two at First Roach (any ideas, please?). All alone in the rain. Also, aside from hummers, zero birds are visiting the feeders. My folks can't ever remember it ever being like this. Usually the feeders go up and the birds come immediately (finches, chickadees, etc.). This year, nothing, and the feeders have been up since a week ago Saturday. Any ideas? A pair of Common Mergansers cruising the shoreline. The drive south on Moosehead trail saw several seemingly mated pairs of loons. In Plymouth a pair of C Geese were seen with two goslings. Home in Belmont found 2 female RB Grosbeaks had joined the males, and the female RT hummer had arrived to join the male. Chris Roberts -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Tennessee Warbler and Black-billed Cuckoo, Norridgewock From: Trevor B Persons <Trevor.Persons AT nau.edu> Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 17:04:38 +0000 Very birdy at home this morning, highlighted by Tennessee Warbler and Black-billed Cuckoo, two species I don't think I've seen reported yet this year. True to the name "rain crow" the cuckoo started calling during a brief shower. Trevor ******************************************************** Trevor Persons, Herpetology USGS Southwest Biological Science Center Colorado Plateau Research Station, Flagstaff, AZ CURRENT ADDRESS: Trevor Persons 206 Bigelow Hill Road Norridgewock, Maine 04957 (207) 634-2280 -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Birds-du-jour From: unklenorm <unklenorm AT adelphia.net> Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 09:59:15 -0700 (PDT) Birds from an Ellsworth Birdsacre warbler walk on Saturday, some from Schoodic https://picasaweb.google.com/115825959076596434036/BirdsDuJour?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCK3ewbqn24W_pAE&feat=directlink -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Reid State Park, Botanical Gardens Boothbay From: David Small <docfinsdave AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 10:23:04 -0400 Birds and other critters in Recent Gallery. What great places! http://photosbychance.zenfolio.com/p501323621/h27fdaf72#h27fdaf72 Cheers, Dave -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Brant & other weekend highlights From: Allison Wells <awells AT nrcm.org> Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 13:58:54 +0000 In addition to the highlights Scott Richardson mentioned from our bird walk/book signing at Laudholm Farm Saturday, Jeff and I also had over the weekend: Saturday Fish Crows at Kennebunk turnpike resttop Brant (about a dozen) behind the former Hattie's, Biddeford Pool A few Common Terns at B Pool Grasshopper Sparrow (1), a few Prairie Warblers at Kennebunk Plains (very windy) Sunday - Wolfe's Neck State Park, Freeport Surf Scoters out on the water Long-tailed Duck (a dozen or more) also out on the water, calling and courting A line of about 100 high-flying, migrating White-winged Scoters Allison and Jeff Wells Gardiner Co-authors of the new book, Maine's Favorite Birds, from Tilbury House Publishers www.mainesfavoritebirds.com -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Hallucinating? From: Scott Richardson <scott.xot AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 09:57:53 -0400 My Sunday birding at home started with a Cape May and ended with a Kentucky. I can think of three explanations: 1. I am hallucinating. 2. Someone is secretly running a warbler trap-and-release program in my vicinity. 3. I'm wicked lucky. The Kentucky Warbler was a brief experience just before 7:30 in the evening. I flushed it at close range and got a full view for a few hundred milliseconds. It was in thick brush above a brook and apparently continued upstream after my encounter. A half hour search for another view last night and an hour looking and listening this morning failed to turn it up. Scott Richardson Berwick -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Mother's day foys in auburn backyard. From: rojolane <rojolane AT aol.com> Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 09:51:31 -0400 (EDT) FOY Baltimore Oriole Male (same time as last year) FOY Hummingbird (same time as last year) ALONG WITH USUALS. Best, Roberta Lane Auburn Backyard. -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Peaks Island firsts From: "Steinberg, Michael" <mksteinberg AT as.ua.edu> Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 08:37:43 -0500 This morning I saw an indigo bunting and a Carolina wren has been calling – both firsts for me on Peaks Island. Many, many warblers as well including black and white, n. parula, and magnolia. More house wrens on the island than in the recent past as well. Michael Seinberg From: Mike Fahay > Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 21:18:54 -0500 To: Maine Birds >, Robin Robinson > Subject: [Maine-birds] Swallows at sand Quarry - New Gloucester 5 species of swallows were active around the old sand quarry on Rt 231 near Woodman Rd today. Bank - 2 Barn - 3 Tree - 1 Rough-winged - 2 Cliff - 2 2 well-maintained burrow openings in the upper bank, but I didn't see birds entering or leaving. 2 Crows appeared to be inspecting the bank (on foot), perhaps searching for nesting burrows?? The ground here is "spongy" underfoot, even where dry. Swallows apparently like its consistency, since all the above species (exc Tree) were landing here, presumably to take away nest materials. Also a White-crowned Sparrow in the brush along the roadside. Only one I've seen this spring. -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Bangor: Common Gallinule, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 2 Prairie Warblers, etc. From: Jonathan Mays <maysjd AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 23:32:00 -0400 Hi folks, My trail run through the Bangor City Forest and vicinity was slowed this afternoon by some good birding. While I normally bird by ear on my exercise jaunts to avoid distraction, I can't resist toting a pair of compact bins with me this time of year; I was glad I had them with me today! My full lists are below but highlights from both Bangor City Forest and a sunset trip to Essex Woods Marsh included: - 1 calling COMMON GALLINULE (Essex Woods): likely a Penjajwoc bird out prospecting but only my 2nd record for this species at Essex; nice chorus when combined with calls from Pied-billed Grebe and Sora - 1 EASTERN WOOD-PEEWEE (City Forest): breeder here but early for Penobscot Co. by a week or so; Bruce Cole and I also had one at Essex Woods yesterday/Saturday afternoon - 1 RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER (Essex Woods): female observed between marsh and interstate - 1 BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER (City Forest): a 1st for me in Penobscot Co, heard calling near a vernal pool where a Bangor Land Trust trail coming off Kitteridge Rd (landfill side of City Forest) hits the RR grade (at "station 5"). I've been duped by nasal chickadees before but was able to locate this individual flitting 1/2 way up in a leafless maple - *TWO* PRAIRE WARBLERS (City Forest): the continuing Orono Bog bird located 8 days ago by others plus another singing male 30 minutes later and 1 mile away below the beaver pond in the arboretum; photographed the bog bird last weekend: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmays/7004608732/in/photostream - 18 total warbler species (City Forest) - see below list - 6 BOBOLINKS (City Forest): my FOY's, around the old landfill; not present (or at least not detected) when I started around 2:30pm but obvious and singing when I walked out around 5pm Good birding everyone, Jonathan *Bangor City Forest, Penobscot, US-ME* May 13, 2012 2:30 PM - 5:00 PM Protocol: Area 550.0 ac Comments: trail run (with binoculars): 10 miles total w/8 mile run via Kitteridge Rd. to BLT's Northeast Penjajawoc Preserve trail to RR grade and into City Forest's West Trail/Main Rd/Loop Trail/Shannon Drive then 2 mile cool-down on Bog Boardwalk/Tripp Drive/old landfill 57 species Great Blue Heron 1 Bald Eagle 1 Mourning Dove 2 Chimney Swift 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Least Flycatcher 4 Eastern Phoebe 2 Eastern Kingbird 2 Blue-headed Vireo 5 Red-eyed Vireo 1 Blue Jay 1 American Crow 5 Tree Swallow 4 Black-capped Chickadee 7 Red-breasted Nuthatch 3 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Brown Creeper 1 Winter Wren 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 RARE for Penobscot County; observed where BLT trail meets RR grade (by vernal pool labeled "Station 5"); heard calling and observed flitting around mid way up in a leafless maple - svelte size, blue-gray back/head color, long tail with white outer/under tail feathers, and eyering Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 Hermit Thrush 8 American Robin 12 Gray Catbird 1 European Starling 3 Ovenbird 4 Northern Waterthrush 1 Black-and-white Warbler 8 Nashville Warbler 5 Common Yellowthroat 4 American Redstart 3 Northern Parula 4 Magnolia Warbler 6 Blackburnian Warbler 1 Yellow Warbler 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler 2 Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 Palm Warbler (Yellow) 2 Pine Warbler 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 5 Prairie Warbler 2 continuing bird first found 8 days prior; singing and observed off Orono Bog boardwalk (just past "kisosk/station 7" on hard habitat edge as boardwalk enters spruce forest from open sphagnum bog; another male bird found singing 30 minutes later ca. 1 mile away in arboretum where stream flows out of beaver pond (below old landfill) Black-throated Green Warbler 11 Canada Warbler 1 Chipping Sparrow 2 Savannah Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 3 Swamp Sparrow 4 White-throated Sparrow 12 Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Bobolink 6 Red-winged Blackbird 8 Common Grackle 2 Purple Finch 1 Pine Siskin 2 American Goldfinch 9 *Essex Woods Marsh, Penobscot, US-ME* May 13, 2012 5:45 PM - 7:00 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.5 mile(s) 38 species Mallard 4 Blue-winged Teal 2 Hooded Merganser 2 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Turkey Vulture 1 Osprey 1 Sora 2 Common Gallinule 1 heard only, called multiple times giving joker laugh; heard side-by-side with calling Pied-billed Grebe. Only my 2nd record for this species from Essex Woods Marsh with both likely being overflow birds from known breeding locale of nearby Penjajawoc Marsh Herring Gull (American) 5 Rock Pigeon 2 Mourning Dove 3 Belted Kingfisher 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 increasing in Penobscot County (and Maine); female observed between marsh and interstate; heard calling and observed flying in to leafless tree; observed for ca. 20 seconds before she flew on paralleling the interstate (south) and lost view behind trees Downy Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Eastern Kingbird 3 Warbling Vireo 2 Blue Jay 1 American Crow 8 Tree Swallow 11 Black-capped Chickadee 4 American Robin 3 Gray Catbird 2 European Starling 3 Black-and-white Warbler 2 Common Yellowthroat 3 American Redstart 2 Yellow Warbler 8 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 2 Savannah Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 3 Northern Cardinal 1 Red-winged Blackbird 17 Common Grackle 8 Baltimore Oriole 2 American Goldfinch 3 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) -- *Jonathan Mays Veazie, ME USA* ** -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Yesterday From: "Don Cramer" <pinelandwood AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 22:35:28 -0400 Hi All, Yesterday Ms. Oakly and myself, made a loop up on the Stud mill Rd. where we saw BC Chickadees, Siskins, Pine Warblers, Ravens, and Phoebes, Common Crows, and one Eagle. We went to the Narrows and photographed a male falcon, and saw the female land in a tree nearby. We got some great shots of her with a small bird kill. Down Lamoine, I found the first of the Shorebirds in this neck of the woods. A pair of SEPLs were resting on some kelp covered rocks. Along the shore was some SESAs feeding along the tideline. Off a little, was a BBPL all by his lonesome. I did get a few pics, they are on Flickr. I hope you got out and did some birding and outdoor activities too. Don Cramer http://flickr.com/photos/piney1/ -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Swallows at sand Quarry - New Gloucester From: Mike Fahay <mfahay AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 22:18:54 -0400 5 species of swallows were active around the old sand quarry on Rt 231 near Woodman Rd today. Bank - 2 Barn - 3 Tree - 1 Rough-winged - 2 Cliff - 2 2 well-maintained burrow openings in the upper bank, but I didn't see birds entering or leaving. 2 Crows appeared to be inspecting the bank (on foot), perhaps searching for nesting burrows?? The ground here is "spongy" underfoot, even where dry. Swallows apparently like its consistency, since all the above species (exc Tree) were landing here, presumably to take away nest materials. Also a White-crowned Sparrow in the brush along the roadside. Only one I've seen this spring. -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Fw: HSR: Bradbury Mountain State Park (13 May 2012) 107 Raptors From: freeportwildbird AT yahoo.com Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 23:32:35 +0000 Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: reports AT hawkcount.org Date: 13 May 2012 19:05:14 To: Reply-To: freeportwildbird AT yahoo.com Subject: HSR: Bradbury Mountain State Park (13 May 2012) 107 Raptors Bradbury Mountain State Park Pownal, Maine, USA Daily Raptor Counts: May 13, 2012 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 226 Osprey 10 47 352 Bald Eagle 1 11 94 Northern Harrier 0 3 81 Sharp-shinned Hawk 29 135 584 Cooper's Hawk 2 6 70 Northern Goshawk 0 0 11 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 47 Broad-winged Hawk 50 226 1621 Red-tailed Hawk 0 10 259 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 1 American Kestrel 3 14 289 Merlin 6 36 81 Peregrine Falcon 3 4 8 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 4 Unknown Buteo 0 0 5 Unknown Falcon 1 2 6 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 2 7 50 Total: 107 502 3789 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:30:00 Total observation time: 8.5 hours Official Counter: Katrina Fenton Observers: Alan McKelvy, Dave Gulick, Derek Lovitch, Jeannette Lovitch, Julie Krasne, Zane Baker Visitors: 50. Weather: Mostly cloudy to overcast with many layers and forms of clouds shifting across the sky. Temperatures again made it into the 70s. The light ESE wind strengthened slightly and became more southerly in the afternoon. Raptor Observations: A record day for peregrine falcons with three birds in one hour. Many other migrants deemed it a perfect day to trek north, following the flood of butterflies and swallows. Even the locals put on quite a show, with 8 turkey vultures being joined by a bald eagle pair in a thermal directly over the summit to close out the day. Non-raptor Observations: A total of 52 species were observed, with a few more first-of-years mixed in, including Eastern Wood-Pewee, Scarlet Tanager, Eastern Kingbird, and Common Nighthawk. Migrants: Yellow-rumped Warbler- 2 Warbler sp.- 2 Bobolink- 6 American Goldfinch- 13 Ceder Waxwing- 8 Eastern Kingbird- 2 Passerine sp.- 6 Chimney Swift- 20 Tree Swallow- 90 Northern rough-winged swallow- 3 Barn Swallow- 23 Swallow sp.- 59 Common Nighthawk- 1 Common Loon-12 Double-crested Cormorant- 107 Migrant Butterflies: Red Admiral- 109 Question Mark- 4 Anglewing sp.- 3 Predictions: It looks like the rain should hold off tomorrow, at least for most of the day. Overcast skies, with the possibility of a few blue patches in the afternoon. The wind will be blowing lightly from the NE, becoming E, then SE. This may be the last opportunity this count season to see some migrants moving ahead of the rain. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jeannette Lovitch (freeportwildbird AT yahoo.com) Bradbury Mountain State Park information may be found at: www.freeportwildbirdsupply.com/hawkwatch.asp -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Am. Coot at Seawall, Acadia NP (MDI) From: Craig Kesselheim <ckesselheim AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 19:26:33 -0400 Hi all -- Kudos to Billy Helprin who alerted me to an American Coot at Seawall lagoon. It was there when I checked this evening, ~7 p.m., on the far shore and just under the buildings that used to be the Seawall Dining Room. Also offshore from Seawall Picnic Area, 102 Black Scoters in a typically tight raft, 1 Surf Scoter, 4 Common Loons, 14 Laughing Gulls... Best, Craig K -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: terns Phippsburg From: Robin R Robinson <rrrobinson2010 AT hotmail.com> Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 16:38:21 -0500 Phippsburg Me Map 6 Totman Cove common terns, two flying south to northn then headed east toward Small Point, VERY vocal which is what got my initial attention. FOY Robin R Robinson Birding The Burg http://robins-chaos.blogspot.com http://robinrobinsonmaine.com "On the internet", the dog using the keyboard reassures his canine friend, "nobody knows you're a Dog." -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Asticou Azalea Gardens today - MDI From: Craig Kesselheim <ckesselheim AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 17:12:05 -0400 This afternoon amid multiple butterflies... N. Parula Magnolia Wilson's B-t Green Y-rumped - also - Am. Black Duck mom and 2 ducklings. An ABDU nested here last summer as well. Wondered whether there were more ducklings earlier and something got 'em? Need to look up typical clutch size. Pair of Hoodies in the Somesville pond as you drive through town, also. Cheers, Craig K -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Limestone: American redstart From: Nancy Hudak <nehudak AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 16:13:40 -0400 Took a ride over the the Mill Pond this afternoon: 7 Hooded mergansers (2 F, 5 M); 50 or so Tree swallows performing aerial acrobatics catching insects over the pond; 2 American robins and 1 American Redstart checking out the shoreline. Nancy -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Black poll From: denverwaters AT gmail.com Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 16:13:42 -0400 Singing blackpoll warbler near Little Jackson saddle (near Weld) this morning. Around a dozen black throated blues sorting out real estate on the slopes with twice as many ovenbirds and black throated greens doing the same. Sent from my iPad -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Bangor City Forest: PRAIRIE, WILSON'S & 15 other Warblers From: "Sean Smith" <therefromhere168 AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 15:49:22 -0400 Jeff Webb and I found 17 species of Warblers at Bangor City Forest this afternoon. The PRAIRIE WARBLER continues near the loop intersection at the Bog Boardwalk; this afternoon he was singing incessantly, so very easy to locate. There was also an obliging male WILSON'S WARBLER feeding in some flowering bushes across the dirt road from the pond in the Arboretum area. Warbler species: Nashville, Northern Parula, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Black-throated Blue, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated Green, Pine, Prairie, Palm, Black-and-White, Am. Redstart, Ovenbird, N. Waterthrush, C. Yellowthroat, Wilson's. Also seen were FOY Eastern Kingbird, Least Flycatcher (lots of them) and Indigo Bunting. Sean Smith -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Frankfort/Stockton Springs area birds from bicycle ride this AM~85 species. From: William Nichols <wnbirder AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 14:25:10 -0400 Hi All, Kyle and I were going to lead a birding by bicycle ride in Frankfort this morning, but we did not get any participants (is this a sad example of how reliant most of us really are on our cars?). Anyhow, we still did the route, and had a very nice diversity of species. From the time we rode out of the yard at 4:45am, until the time we returned at 12:15pm, we had 85 species! (see eBird checklist). This is without using any gas. We had 16 species of warblers, and out of the birds we saw and heard today, I had 11 year birds. Some highlights include: 2 Wood Thrush in Frankfort; two singing Wilson's Warblers on Loggin Road in Frankfort; many nesting Barn Swallows at the Frankfort town salt shed; 1 Cliff Swallow nesting in the same building; 1 singing Vesper Sparrow in North Searsport (saw too); and a late female Bufflehead in Stockton Harbor. This was around 30 miles, but it was really just a casual ride in some ways. If we had been looking for additional species the list would have been closer to 100, going by what we were seeing. Good birding, William ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Date: Sun, May 13, 2012 at 2:00 PM Subject: eBird Report - Fankfort School/ Loggin Rd. area, May 13, 2012 To: wnbirder AT gmail.com Fankfort School/ Loggin Rd. area, Waldo, US-ME May 13, 2012 4:45 AM - 12:15 PM Protocol: Traveling 30.0 mile(s) Comments: Birds seen/heard while my brother Kyle and I bicycled from our house in Sandy Point, to the Frankfort area, through the down-town Stockton area, and home again. No gas used! I can give more info on any of the species to anyone who would like it. Just email wnbirder AT gmail.com Please note: species marked with an "x" were present in fairly large numbers, and I do not have an exact count. 85 species Wood Duck 2 American Black Duck 8 Mallard 3 Common Eider 1 Surf Scoter 6 White-winged Scoter 1 Bufflehead 1 In Stockton Harbor. Seems late (for this area anyhow). Common Merganser 2 Common Loon 2 Double-crested Cormorant 3 Great Blue Heron 5 Turkey Vulture 2 Osprey 2 Cooper's Hawk 1 Carrying nesting material. Broad-winged Hawk 2 Killdeer 2 Spotted Sandpiper 3 Ring-billed Gull 1 Herring Gull 12 Rock Pigeon X Mourning Dove X Common Nighthawk 1 FOY. Flew over our house at 4:45am. Ruby-throated Hummingbird 7 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 14 The 14 birds were seen over the length of our ride. This is a close estimate. Downy Woodpecker 3 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 4 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Least Flycatcher 6 FOY. Heard. Eastern Kingbird 3 FOY. Heard and saw. Blue-headed Vireo 8 Red-eyed Vireo 2 FOY. Heard. Blue Jay 2 American Crow X Common Raven 2 Tree Swallow 15 Barn Swallow 40 Estimate. Many nesting at the Town of Frankfort salt shed, on Loggin Road. Cliff Swallow 1 FOY. Nesting in Loggin Road salt shed too (we saw it carrying mud). Black-capped Chickadee X Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Brown Creeper 1 Winter Wren 4 Golden-crowned Kinglet 2 Eastern Bluebird 1 Veery 1 Hermit Thrush 2 Wood Thrush 2 FOY. Heard both on Loggin Road at about 6am. American Robin X Gray Catbird X European Starling X Cedar Waxwing 2 Ovenbird X Northern Waterthrush 1 FOY Black-and-white Warbler X Nashville Warbler 3 Common Yellowthroat X American Redstart 8 FOY. Heard lots. Northern Parula X Magnolia Warbler 2 Blackburnian Warbler 3 Yellow Warbler X Chestnut-sided Warbler X Black-throated Blue Warbler 4 Pine Warbler 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 5 Black-throated Green Warbler X Wilson's Warbler 2 FOY. Singing on Loggin Road. Saw one, heard both. Chipping Sparrow X Vesper Sparrow 1 FOY. Saw first, then heard too. Near the edge of a blueberry field in North Searsport. Savannah Sparrow 3 Song Sparrow X Swamp Sparrow 4 White-throated Sparrow 3 White-crowned Sparrow 2 In bush at Frankfort School. Scarlet Tanager 4 FOY. Heard all. Northern Cardinal 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 10 10 or 12 birds along the route. Bobolink 6 FOY. Red-winged Blackbird X Common Grackle 4 Purple Finch 6 House Finch 2 Pine Siskin 4 American Goldfinch X This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Prothonotary @ BP From: Rafael Adams <soposup AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 14:22:40 -0400 I saw it about 1 hour ago, just past the gate at the end of Elphis Rd. (in Biddeford Pool) on a small willow at the edge of the pond. -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: World Series of Birding From: Stella Walsh <stellawalsh AT earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 13:40:42 -0400 Just a quick note that Team Zeiss, with its newest member-Maine's Luke Seitz- took top honors this weekend at Cape May. Meanwhile, I'm on Stratton Island, banding. best bird so far-a second year male Bay-breasted Warbler. Common and Roseate Terns beginning to settle in. I'll be looking for White-faced Ibis. Stella -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: FOY hummers in yard From: Maggie Strickland <gallinasviejas AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 13:08:18 -0400 Put out one hummer feeder yesterday afternoon and discovered a pair of RT's in the forsythia this morning. A thrush has begun to sing in the evenings and at least one ovenbird is making its presence known. -- Maggie Harmony ME -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: New Sweden: FOY RT Hummingbird, Common yellowthroat From: Nancy Hudak <nehudak AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 12:43:04 -0400 A male Ruby-throat; 6 days earlier than last year and 3 earlier than any since I've been keeping track. Also, a Common yellowthroat (adult) put in a short appearance in the honeysuckle bush out front. At the feeders: Black-capped chickadees (6 to 12 depending on time of day) Pine siskins (30 or so) American goldfinches (6 - 8) Blue jays Mourning doves Rose-breasted grosbeaks (1 female, 2 male so far) White-capped sparrows White-throated sparrows Grackles Red-breasted nuthatch Hairy woodpeckers (2 female, 2 male) Purple finches And other sparrows I must make a more concerted effort to identify... -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Pileated Woodpecker? From: Pat Meadows <pat AT meadows.pair.com> Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 12:08:55 -0400 Hi, I'm new to the list, and new to Maine. We live in a small clearing in the woods, about 20 miles southwest of Calais (Washington County). I believe I saw a pileated woodpecker about a week ago - I have never seen one before, but I really don't think it could possibly have been anything else. And we've been hearing drumming. Is it likely to have been a pileated woodpecker? Off-topic: we have also seen a pine marten (American marten) twice! Once I got to watch it *flow* up a tree to a fork in the tree, sit down and groom itself carefully, then *flow* down the tree (really, the motion looks like that). I watched it for about 3-4 minutes. This was a real privilege. The second time, my husband also saw it. The second time, it went into a hole in the (same) large tree. Possibly it's a female with kits. Wikipedia says they have the kits in April or May, in holes in trees. Pat -- Living and Gardening Way Downeast (northern coastal Maine) -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Ruby-throated H. Courtship Dive From: Carol Muth <suzmuth AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 12:03:23 -0400 I have never seen this spectacular behavior before today. At first I thought there was something wrong with my eyes (retinal detachment!) and then I thought maybe someone was playing Quidditch and the Sneech was loose in the yard. Thank heavens for Google. It is, according to www.worldofhummingbirds.com , a hummingbird "courtship dive". Amazing. I've seen it three times now in the last two hours. I hope you all get to see this in your own yard, because it almost defies description. Carol in Town Hill (Mount Desert Island) -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Great-crested Flycatcher, Camden From: Kristen Lindquist <kelindquist AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 11:46:12 -0400 After hearing my FOY Great-crested Flycatchers on both my birding stops this morning, came home to hear one in our back yard here in Camden! -- Kristen Lindquist 12 Mount Battie St. Camden, ME 04843 www.klindquist.blogspot.com -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, May 13, 2012 From: Kristen Lindquist <kelindquist AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 11:44:58 -0400 Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Knox, US-ME May 13, 2012 8:29 AM - 11:09 AM Protocol: Traveling 3.5 mile(s) Comments:     Ran into fellow birder Brian Willson who also reported seeing 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker and 1 Wilson's Warbler, neither of which I was able to relocate. 34 species Herring Gull  2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1 Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1 Eastern Phoebe  3 Great Crested Flycatcher  1 Blue Jay  4 American Crow  3 Tree Swallow  1 Black-capped Chickadee  10 Tufted Titmouse  1 Veery  3 American Robin  4 Gray Catbird  4 Ovenbird  11 Black-and-white Warbler  5 Nashville Warbler  2 Common Yellowthroat  7 American Redstart  3 Northern Parula  3 Yellow Warbler  2 Chestnut-sided Warbler  13 Black-throated Green Warbler  2 Eastern Towhee  7 Chipping Sparrow  1 Field Sparrow  2 Savannah Sparrow (Eastern)  2 Song Sparrow  2 White-throated Sparrow  2 Northern Cardinal  1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak  4 Bobolink  1 Brown-headed Cowbird  1 American Goldfinch  6 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) -- Kristen Lindquist 12 Mount Battie St. Camden, ME 04843 www.klindquist.blogspot.com -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Ragged Mountain Recreation Area, Camden, ME, May 13, 2012 From: Kristen Lindquist <kelindquist AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 11:43:57 -0400 Date: Sun, May 13, 2012 at 11:42 AM Subject: eBird Report - Ragged Mountain Recreation Area, Camden, ME, May 13, 2012 To: kelindquist AT gmail.com Ragged Mountain Recreation Area, Camden, ME, Knox, US-ME May 13, 2012 7:06 AM - 8:13 AM Protocol: Traveling 0.75 mile(s) Comments:      Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.4.4 27 species Common Loon  1     Flyover Mourning Dove  4 Downy Woodpecker  1 Eastern Phoebe  1 Great Crested Flycatcher  1 Blue Jay  1 American Crow  1 Common Raven  2 very vocal pair Tree Swallow  3 Black-capped Chickadee  1 Hermit Thrush  3 Wood Thrush  2     Pair with nesting material American Robin  7 Gray Catbird  1 European Starling  6 Ovenbird  5 Black-and-white Warbler  2 Common Yellowthroat  1 Yellow Warbler  1 Black-throated Blue Warbler  2 Black-throated Green Warbler  6 Chipping Sparrow  3 Song Sparrow  3 Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2 Red-winged Blackbird  1 Baltimore Oriole  1 American Goldfinch  2 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) -- Kristen Lindquist 12 Mount Battie St. Camden, ME 04843 www.klindquist.blogspot.com -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Blue-gray Gnatcatcher-Evergreen From: Julie Krasne <jkraz1984 AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 10:56:38 -0400 Found just inside chain link gate heading toward ball field on the back side of junk pond.10:30 AM Julie Krasne -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Red Crossbills in Acadia NP: eBird Report - Connector Trail, May 13, 2012 From: Craig Kesselheim <ckesselheim AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 09:57:48 -0400 Hi all -- just back from a walk on the SWHarbor Village Connector trail that begins across from Lurvey Spring Road and Long Pond Rd. Highlights included 9 Red Crossbills and my FOY B-t Blue Warbler. Cheers, Craig ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Date: Sun, May 13, 2012 at 9:52 AM Subject: eBird Report - Connector Trail, May 13, 2012 To: ckesselheim AT gmail.com Connector Trail, Hancock, US-ME May 13, 2012 8:35 AM - 9:35 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.25 mile(s) Comments: to Mill Field Reservoir, r-trip 19 species Herring Gull (American) 20 Great Black-backed Gull 1 Mourning Dove 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Black-capped Chickadee 2 Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 Hermit Thrush 1 American Robin 4 Ovenbird 2 Black-and-white Warbler 1 Northern Parula 1 Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 6 Black-throated Green Warbler 2 Song Sparrow 1 Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 2 Purple Finch 4 Red Crossbill 9 Seen well, both sexes, in tip of spruce; counted singly as they departed Pine Siskin 1 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: RE: Worm-eating and Golden-winged From: Allison Wells <awells AT nrcm.org> Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 02:23:48 +0000 Kudos to Scott for finding the Worm-eating - great find! A bonus among a busy flock of about a dozen warblers. Also of note: Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. Allison and Jeff ________________________________________ From: maine-birds AT googlegroups.com [maine-birds AT googlegroups.com] on behalf of Scott Richardson [scott.xot AT gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2012 12:27 PM To: maine Birds Subject: [Maine-birds] Worm-eating and Golden-winged Our International Migratory Bird Day walk at the Wells Reserve, led by Jeff and Allison Wells, turned up a Worm-eating Warbler near the Pilger/barrier beach trail intersection. Lots of other warblers and a few other goodies, too. Also got a report of a female Golden-winged Warbler at the Cart Path / Laird-Norton connection, again at Laudholm. Scott Richardson -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: FOY Dennysville, ME From: "Maurry Mills" <mills8111 AT roadrunner.com> Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 21:05:25 -0400 I had at least four FOY in my yard yesterday morning: gray cat bird, yellow warbler, black-throated green warbler, and least flycatcher. When I returned home from work yesterday afternoon I was watching about 25-30 goldfinches and two pine siskins when all the birds abruptly scattered, then a Coopers hawk appeared and made three circles around the feeder. The same thing happened at least three times today, but I haven't seen the hawk catch anything. I was talking with the professor of the Wildlife Techniques class that is spending two weeks at Suffolk Universities Friedman Field Station; they have seen allot of blackburnians and several Cape May warblers around the field station located off the South Edmunds Road. I will be leading the annual warbler walk on the Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge's Baring Division on Saturday, May 19. We will meet at 6:30 AM at the new eagle observation deck located along the Charlotte Road in Calais, a short distance south of the intersection with Route 1. Water proof footwear and insect repellant are recommended. The walk usually lasts 2-21/2 hours. Everyone is welcome to join us. The event is sponsored by the Refuge, The Friends of Moosehorn, and the Schoodic Chapter of Maine Audubon. Maurry Mills Dennysville and Moosehorn NWR -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: IMBD walk Arnold Brook Lake, Presque Isle From: Bill Sheehan <bill.j.sheehan AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 21:04:15 -0400 The Aroostook Birders hosted an International Migratory Bird Day (IMBD) walk at Arnold Brook Recreation Area in Presque Isle this AM. ....Never mind that the date for this event is a tad early for most neotropical migrants at this latitude.... We had a good morning with some notable avian spectacles. 53 species were tallied for the morning, with the first substantial warbler waves of the season making for some excitement now and again. No rarities but ten warbler species were either seen or heard, with an obliging male American Redstart and bucket-loads of Yellow-rumps providing the best part of the show. The cool temperatures resulted in a haze of somewhat-stressed swallows feeding out on the pond. Though Tree Swallows made up the majority of the mass, Barn, Cliff and Bank Swallows were also in the mix. A pair of amorous Merlins allowed us great looks and kept our attention for quite a while. Spotting scoped views of the Bald Eagle nest on the far shore provided some glimpses of the apparently freshly-hatched chicks as they peaked out over the nest's rim. The next Aroostook Birders birdwalk is scheduled for Wednesday May 16 at Mantle Lake Park in Presque Isle. The list is attached below.... Cheers -- Bill Sheehan Woodland, Aroostook Co., Maine http://northernmainebirds.blogspot.com/ Arnold Brook Lake, Aroostook, US-ME May 12, 2012 7:00 AM - 9:30 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.4 mile(s) 53 species Canada Goose 4 heard only Bufflehead 4 sleeping Hooded Merganser 2 pair flyover Red-breasted Merganser 1 apparently in Alternate 1 (first spring) plumage... female like. Ruffed Grouse 1 drumming male Common Loon 1 Great Blue Heron 2 Flyovers Bald Eagle 6 pair at nest with hatchlings occasionally visible above nest rim. Others flybys American Kestrel 1 male seen along dike Merlin 2 Pair observed copulating. Vocal (of course) Spotted Sandpiper 2 Greater Yellowlegs 1 on dike Wilson's Snipe 2 Winnowing Ring-billed Gull 2 Herring Gull 16 fly overs headed to the landfill Belted Kingfisher 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4 Downy Woodpecker 2 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 3 female at cavity at parking lot Least Flycatcher 1 feeding with mixed warbler flock at outlet of lake Blue Jay 6 American Crow 10 Common Raven 5 Tree Swallow 800 rough estimate. lake was covered with feeding swallows Bank Swallow 6 Barn Swallow 15 Cliff Swallow 8 Black-capped Chickadee 10 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 Brown Creeper 1 singing Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 singing male Hermit Thrush 1 singing American Robin 5 Ovenbird 1 singing Northern Waterthrush 1 singing male Black-and-white Warbler 4 Singing males. One well seen Nashville Warbler 3 American Redstart 1 first of year. Silent but feeding actively Northern Parula 2 Singing males Magnolia Warbler 1 singing male. Arrival Yellow Warbler 2 Singing males Yellow-rumped Warbler 40 Predominant warbler species of all mixed flocks. Mostly males Black-throated Green Warbler 2 singing males Chipping Sparrow 1 Singing male in parking lot Savannah Sparrow 2 Seen on dike Song Sparrow 3 Singing White-throated Sparrow 2 singing Red-winged Blackbird 3 Common Grackle 8 Brown-headed Cowbird 1 Pine Siskin 2 American Goldfinch 1 flyover This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Blackburnian and bay-breasted, Highland Lake, Falmouth From: Jessica Costa <jesslynncosta AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 20:09:08 -0400 blackburnian warbler bay-breasted warbler were the highlights this morning in the woods at Highland lake in Falmouth. Other warblers included: northern parula magnolia warbler black-and-white warbler black-throated blue warbler (is it just me or are there A LOT of black-throated blues around this year?) nashville warbler common yellowthroat ovenbird Also, last weekend I heard a northern waterthrush. -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: IMBD at Schoodic From: <rich AT thenaturalhistorycenter.com> Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 19:48:31 -0400 SERC (Schoodic Education and Research Center) Institute and Acadia National Park hosted a series of birding field trips around the tip of Schoodic Peninsula today. These walks were jointly led by Bob and Sandi Duchesne and me. There was also an ongoing bird banding demonstration all day, a kids birding workshop, and two lectures, one on the status of bird migration in the Gulf of Maine, the other on the Maine Birding Trail and the role of birding in the Maine economy (GREAT job, Bob!). Forty-nine bird species were tallied today. The day's list: Common Eider Surf Scoter Black Scoter Red-throated Loon Common Loon Double-crested Cormorant Bald Eagle Sharp-shinned Hawk Peregrine Falcon Greater Yellowlegs Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull Black Guillemot Mourning Dove Chimney Swift Hairy Woodpecker Pileated Woodpecker Blue-headed Vireo Blue Jay American Crow Common Raven Black-capped Chickadee Red-breasted Nuthatch Golden-crowned Kinglet Hermit Thrush Veery American Robin Gray Catbird Black-and-white Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Magnolia Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Chipping Sparrow Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Rusty Blackbird Common Grackle Purple Finch Red Crossbill White-winged Crossbill Pine Siskin American Goldfinch Richard MacDonald The Natural History Center 6 Firefly Lane, "On the Village Green" P.O. Box 6 Bar Harbor, Maine 04609 207/801-2617 (store) 207/266-9461 (mobile) Rich AT TheNaturalHistoryCenter.com www.TheNaturalHistoryCenter.com www.facebook.com/TheNaturalHistoryCenter -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Fw: HSR: Bradbury Mountain State Park (12 May 2012) 29 Raptors From: freeportwildbird AT yahoo.com Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 23:43:05 +0000 Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: reports AT hawkcount.org Date: 12 May 2012 19:05:57 To: Reply-To: freeportwildbird AT yahoo.com Subject: HSR: Bradbury Mountain State Park (12 May 2012) 29 Raptors Bradbury Mountain State Park Pownal, Maine, USA Daily Raptor Counts: May 12, 2012 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 226 Osprey 4 37 342 Bald Eagle 1 10 93 Northern Harrier 0 3 81 Sharp-shinned Hawk 7 106 555 Cooper's Hawk 0 4 68 Northern Goshawk 0 0 11 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 47 Broad-winged Hawk 14 176 1571 Red-tailed Hawk 0 10 259 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 1 American Kestrel 1 11 286 Merlin 2 30 75 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 5 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 4 Unknown Buteo 0 0 5 Unknown Falcon 0 1 5 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 5 48 Total: 29 395 3682 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 17:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Katrina Fenton Observers: Dave Gulick, Derek Lovitch, Zane Baker Visitors: 36. Weather: For much of the day, the fading form of the waning moon provided the only relief to the monotonous blue of the sky. A few stray clouds drifted in later in the afternoon. The temperature rose to the mid 70s. A 10-15mph W wind swung to the WNW, decreasing slightly as the day progressed. Raptor Observations: The beautiful weather seemed to have its effect on both hawk and watcher alike. Raptors soared in lazy spirals and drifted leasurly across the sky, the rush of migration tempered by youngsters free of the urgency of the adults. Non-raptor Observations: A steady trickle of red admiral butterflies wove like a red and black velvet ribbon over the hawkwatch. Another SANDHILL CRANE was spotted at 3:40, preceded by first-of-year bobolink and solitary sandpiper. American Gondfinch- 11 Indigo Bunting- 1 Bobolink- 1 Tree Swallow- 75 Barn Swallow- 13 Swallow sp. 5 Chimney Swift- 10 Ruby-throated hummingbird- 5 Solitary Sandpiper- 1 Sandhill Crane- 1 Predictions: Light SE to ESE wind. The high will be in the mid to upper 60s. There is a chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon. The cloud cover will be nearly compete, with a few small pockets of blue scattered around. There should be some raptors utilizing the more southerly wind. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jeannette Lovitch (freeportwildbird AT yahoo.com) Bradbury Mountain State Park information may be found at: www.freeportwildbirdsupply.com/hawkwatch.asp -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Great Crested Flycatcher in Topsham From: "Brian Guzzetti" <brian AT farcornersphotography.com> Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 18:03:50 -0400 Got a new life bird today with a Great Crested Flycatcher in my Topsham yard. He didn't stick around for pictures, but I heard him for about 8 hours around the neighborhood. From: Craig Kesselheim Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2012 10:27 AM To: Maine Birders Listserv Subject: [Maine-birds] Great crested Flycatcher - MDI At Sieur de Mont Springs this morning. Craig K -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: RE: Holbrook Sanctuary Warbler Walk From: "Down East Nature Tours" <info AT downeastnaturetours.com> Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 17:14:03 -0400 Holbrook Sanctuary Brooksville Maine , Hancock, US-ME May 12, 2012 8:00 AM - 10:20 AM Protocol: Traveling 4.5 mile(s) Comments: Holbrook Sanctuary Yearly Warbler Walk produced a nice list showing the mixed species flocks that typify spring migration along the Maine coast. 9 species of Warbler. 29 species (+1 other taxa) Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) 2 One diving into the water and catching a fsh Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) 1 Third Year hawk sp. (Accipitridae sp.) 1 Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 18 Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) 1 Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 4 Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) 1 Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 1 American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 5 Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) 3 Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 7 Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 4 Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) 3 Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) 9 Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) 5 American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 2 Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) 5 Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 2 Nashville Warbler (Oreothlypis ruficapilla) 1 Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 1 Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 10 Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia) 2 Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) 1 great looks for everyone but the guide Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 12 Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 18 Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) 1 calling nicely and crisply White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 2 Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) 1 Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 1 American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 7 Michael J. Good, MS President Down East Nature Tours Founder and Director Research and Development 14th Acadia Birding Festival, May 31-June 3, 2012 Co-founder Penobscot Watershed Eco Center 150 Knox Road Bar Harbor, Maine 04609 207-288-8128 / 207-479-4256 info AT DownEastNatureTours.com www.DownEastNatureTours.com info AT AcadiaBirdingFestival.com www.AcadiaBirdingFestival.com -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Yellow-throated Warbler, Fort Foster, Garrish Island, May 12, 2012 From: "Andrew Aldrich" <aaldrich1 AT maine.rr.com> Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 15:32:40 -0400 18 warblers and perfect weather. Garrish Island, York, US-ME May 12, 2012 6:40 AM - 12:10 PM Protocol: Traveling 5.0 mile(s) Comments: perfect weather for birding 52 species (+1 other taxa) Mallard 2 Common Eider 15 Double-crested Cormorant 12 Great Blue Heron 2 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Killdeer 1 Herring Gull 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 2 Empidonax sp. 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Blue-headed Vireo 6 Red-eyed Vireo 1 Blue Jay 14 American Crow 3 Tree Swallow 1 Black-capped Chickadee 5 Tufted Titmouse 5 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 American Robin 3 Gray Catbird 5 European Starling 5 Ovenbird 4 Blue-winged Warbler 1 Black-and-white Warbler 8 Nashville Warbler 3 Common Yellowthroat 6 American Redstart 2 Northern Parula 8 Magnolia Warbler 12 Bay-breasted Warbler 1 Blackburnian Warbler 2 Yellow Warbler 2 Chestnut-sided Warbler 6 Black-throated Blue Warbler 6 Palm Warbler 1 Pine Warbler 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler X Yellow-throated Warbler 1 Watched for 15 minutes or so with the sun behind us. Put on a great show feeding high up in the tree. About 150 yards from main gate at noon time. Black-throated Green Warbler 6 Wilson's Warbler 1 Chipping Sparrow 4 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 Swamp Sparrow 3 White-throated Sparrow 4 Scarlet Tanager 1 Northern Cardinal 2 Red-winged Blackbird X Common Grackle 3 Baltimore Oriole 4 Purple Finch 1 American Goldfinch X Happy birding Andy Aldrich North Berwick -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Green Point WMA & Dresden Bog - May 12 From: Mike Fahay <mfahay AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 14:40:57 -0400 Highlights from Green Point: Com Loon - sky high overflight Am Bittern - calling from swampy woods Blk Billed Cuckoo - Upper Orchard 5 Flies incl EW Pewee - No Alders Warbling and Red-eyed Vireos 14 spp warblers incl Wilson's, No, Waterthrush, Maggies, one male Blackpoll 1 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 RBGros No BGGnats, No Orchard Oriole Highlights from Dresden Bog: 1 Yellow-throated Vireo singing 1 Philadelphia Vireo singing briefly 2 REVireos 16 spp warblers incl Tennessee, No Waterthrush, Nashville (Total of 18 warblers for the day. Dipped on Canada) -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: oriole, hummingbird From: sarah Caputo <catbird338 AT hotmail.com> Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 16:03:56 +0000 Buzzed by first Ruby Throat of the year, also Baltimore Oriole, center Montville.Sarah -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 Subject: Maine Birds From: "luvbrds" <luvbrds AT myfairpoint.net> Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 13:08:54 -0400 May 12, 2012 AM - Recreational Trail in Corinna: MALLARD TURKEY VULTURE OSPREY BOARD-WINGED HAWK MOURNING DOVE HAIRY and DOWNY WOODPECKERS EASTERN KINGBIRD TREE SWALLOW BC CHICKADEE NORTHERN PARULA YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER RW BLACKBIRD Heard only: PIED-BILLED GREBE BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER OVENBIRD COMMON YELLOWTHROAT WHITE-THROATED SPARROW SONG and SWAMP SPARROW RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH We have regularly at our feeder in Dexter: PINE SISKINS AM. GOLDFINCHES HOUSE FINCH CHIPPING SPARROW HAIRY and DOWNY WOODPECKERS On May 10, a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER came to our suet feeder. This is the fourth time that one has come. Beautiful bird!!! C&A Larrabee -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207