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18 Jun BLACK-NECKED STILT-YES! and SEASIDE SPARROW @ Scarborough Marsh [Noah Gibb ] 18 Jun Baxter State Park II ["Bob Duchesne" ] 18 Jun Chickadees vs "snake" - observation of mistaken identity? [Allison Wells ] 18 Jun Paddlebirding Great Pond in Cape Elizabeth 23rd [Rafael Adams ] 18 Jun Paddlebirding Great Pond in Cape Elizabeth 23rd [Rafael Adams ] 18 Jun Black-necked Stilt still there this AM Pannes..Eastern Rd Scarborough Marsh [rob speirs ] 18 Jun Black-necked Stilt Photos [rob speirs ] 18 Jun Weskeag heron ["reimer6117 tds.net" ] 18 Jun Black-necked Stilt Scarborough Marsh Pannes [rob speirs ] 17 Jun Lake Josephine in Easton [Nancy Hudak ] 17 Jun Baxter State Park [] 17 Jun Red-bellied woodpecker, brunswick [Delia Guzman ] 17 Jun Black-billed Cuckoo - Stow [Mik Oyler ] 17 Jun Cranes [Julia Hanauer ] 16 Jun If you want a whip-poor-will........... ["Sue Burnham" ] 16 Jun Balt. Oriole nest at Riverpoint [Rafael Adams ] 16 Jun Least Tern, Bonaparte's at Reid ["Hodgkins" ] 16 Jun Re: Veery at Essex Street Marsh ["Sean Smith" ] 16 Jun Veery at Essex Street Marsh [David Small ] 16 Jun Kittery/Portsmouth ["Dave Tucker" ] 16 Jun Long-tails in SW Harbor [Craig Kesselheim ] 15 Jun quiz photo -- episodic no. 2 [Dave Thompson ] 15 Jun Re: quiz photo -- episodic no. 2 [Louis Bevier ] 15 Jun Yellow warbler catching caterpillar [David Small ] 14 Jun Frenchman Bay Eiders [] 14 Jun This Week's Highlights, 6/8-14 [Derek and Jeannette Lovitch ] 14 Jun White-winged Dove - Monhegan Island, 6/14 [Doug Hitchcox ] 14 Jun Re: Frenchman Bay area...Brant ["Down East Nature Tours" ] 14 Jun Eastern Egg Rock - Jun 13 [Mike Fahay ] 13 Jun Re: Where are the hermit thrushes? [Julia Hanauer ] 13 Jun Frenchman Bay area...Brant [] 13 Jun Bird walk? [Alex Barker ] 13 Jun Wilson's Phalarope - Weskeag Marsh, 6/13 [Doug Hitchcox ] 12 Jun Maine RBA - June 11, 2013 [Doug Hitchcox ] 12 Jun change of address ["Lewis, Calien" ] 12 Jun Re: (Maine Birds) MDI Black-bellied Whistling Ducks Revisited (Whose on First) ["Down East Nature Tours" ] 11 Jun The County - Jun 9-11 [Mike Fahay ] 11 Jun Re: Where are the hermit thrushes? [B G ] 11 Jun Re: Where are the hermit thrushes? [R&W Sumner ] 10 Jun Re: Abridged summary of maine-birds@googlegroups.com - 11 Messages in 6 Topics [Doreen Dun ] 10 Jun 17 White-rumps at Seawall Beach, Phippsburg [Peter Vickery ] 10 Jun Re: quiz photo -- episodic no. 2 [Louis Bevier ] 10 Jun Re: Where are the hermit thrushes? [Maggie Strickland ] 10 Jun Northern harrier [David Small ] 10 Jun quiz photo -- episodic no. 2 [Louis Bevier ] 10 Jun Re: Where are the hermit thrushes? ["Sean Smith" ] 10 Jun Re: Where are the hermit thrushes? ["Down East Nature Tours" ] 10 Jun YB Chat, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport [Kristen Lindquist ] 10 Jun RE: Where are the hermit thrushes? [Sharon F. ] 10 Jun Where are the hermit thrushes? [Alex Barker ] 10 Jun Tufted titmouse [David Small ] 9 Jun BICKNELLS, etc (haven't been on in a while) [Kayla Pelletier ] 9 Jun I. Bunting, Harmony [Maggie Strickland ] 9 Jun Milbridge Nelson's Sparrow & RT Loon [Joel and Sandy Wilcox-Fairbanks ] 8 Jun Re: (Maine Birds) Mount Desert Island Birds: Yellow-bellied Flycatcher’s and Swainson’s Thrush [Brenda Nelson ] 7 Jun Eurasian Collared Dove ["George Klueber" ] 8 Jun Red Knot @ Pine Point and Heron hybrid @ Scarborough Marsh [Noah Gibb ] 07 Jun Re: Whip-Poor-will ["Sue Burnham" ] 8 Jun Re: (Maine Birds) Mount Desert Island Birds: Yellow-bellied Flycatcher’s and Swainson’s Thrush ["Down East Nature Tours" ] 8 Jun 6 swans Cape Elizabeth, noon [Rafael Adams ] 8 Jun Midcoast downeast ["Bob Duchesne" ] 7 Jun Re: Stockton Springs ATPU, LTDU ["Down East Nature Tours" ] 7 Jun Northern Maine Birds: Surf Scoter, Mourning Warbler, Red Crossbill fledglings [Bill Sheehan ] 7 Jun Bangor Daily News birding column ["Bob Duchesne" ] 7 Jun Stockton Springs ATPU, LTDU [William Nichols ] 7 Jun Cutler [] 7 Jun meadowlark in Sidney [Julia Hanauer ] 7 Jun This Week's Highlights, 6/1-7 [Derek and Jeannette Lovitch ] 6 Jun Messalonskee Lake - the Pantanal of Maine [Mike Fahay ] 06 Jun Essex Woods Marsh, Bangor [] 6 Jun indigo bunting [Julia Hanauer ] 6 Jun Black-backed Woodpecker...best view ever ["Bob Duchesne" ] 6 Jun Pine Pt, Scarborough, June 6 [Jeannette Lovitch ] 6 Jun Green heron catches fish, American redstart g-w teal [David Small ] 6 Jun Black-billed Chuckoo [Dave Thompson ] 6 Jun RE: Re: Whip-Poor-will [Sharon F. ] Subject: BLACK-NECKED STILT-YES! and SEASIDE SPARROW @ Scarborough Marsh From: Noah Gibb <voodoochitlins AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:24:59 -0700 (PDT) I spotted the reported Black-Necked Stilt out behind the big panne on the Pine Point side of the Eastern Rd trail, unfortunately, about 5 minutes after Frank Mitchell left. Sorry Frank, I tried calling someone that I thought would have your number, but I got voicemail. The stilt was a life bird for me and much to my surprise, as I entered the woods past the pannes, I spotted another lifebird, a Seaside Sparrow! I first saw the bird scurry across the trail from the Pine Point side to the Route 1 side. I attempted pishing the bird out in hopes of photos, but it only gave me a brief look as it flew low into the brush alongside the water-filled trench. I certainly did not expect TWO life birds in the middle of June on a quick after work chase!   Bird haahd! Noah Gibb-Portland -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Baxter State Park II From: "Bob Duchesne" <duchesne AT midmaine.com> Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:39:32 -0400 Follow-up to last night's post: my 3-day tour of Baxter State Park and environs added Philadelphia Vireo and Mourning Warbler to the trip list, which totaled over a hundred species. Altogether, the tour scored every Maine swallow except rough-winged, every Maine vireo except yellow-throated, every northern warbler except Cape May and Wilson's, and every Maine flycatcher expect willow. But, just for ironic amusement, there were seven woodpeckers anticipated for the trip: yellow-bellied sapsucker, downy, hairy, American three-toed, black-backed, northern flicker, and pileated. Which two woodpeckers did we miss? Hairy and downy. Bob Duchesne -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Chickadees vs "snake" - observation of mistaken identity? From: Allison Wells <awells AT nrcm.org> Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:39:40 +0000 Hey, Maine birders, recent posts reporting on nesting birds made me think that some of you might be interested in this case of "mistaken identity" (?) at the nest box in our yard in Gardiner. I wrote about it for NRCM's blog - you can read it and see photos here: http://blog.nrcm.org/2013/06/the-chickadees-and-the-snake.html I posted it to BirdChat and several people asked where I got the nest box - check out Derek and Jeanette's Freeport Wild Bird Supply store for a great selection! Allison Wells Natural Resources Council of Maine 3 Wade Street Augusta, ME 04330 (207) 430-0180 www.nrcm.org "Like" us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/NRCMenvironment Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/NRCMenvironment -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Paddlebirding Great Pond in Cape Elizabeth 23rd From: Rafael Adams <soposup AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:11:22 -0400 We still have a few spots open for our paddlebirding (birding while on a stand-up paddleboard) trip around Great Pond this Sunday morning. Mike Windsor from Falmouth Audubon will be pointing out the birds for us, and I will give a quick lesson on how to stay on top of the water rather than in it. Two weeks ago we were lucky to find 3 Black-billed Cuckoos and had great looks at a Red-winged Blackbird harassing a Red-shouldered Hawk for about 5 minutes. Marsh Wrens are usually abundant in the cattails. Send me an e-mail if you are interested and I will fill you in on details. I'm off to see that stilt in Scarborough! -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Paddlebirding Great Pond in Cape Elizabeth 23rd From: Rafael Adams <soposup AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:11:21 -0400 We still have a few spots open for our paddlebirding (birding while on a stand-up paddleboard) trip around Great Pond this Sunday morning. Mike Windsor from Falmouth Audubon will be pointing out the birds for us, and I will give a quick lesson on how to stay on top of the water rather than in it. Two weeks ago we were lucky to find 3 Black-billed Cuckoos and had great looks at a Red-winged Blackbird harassing a Red-shouldered Hawk for about 5 minutes. Marsh Wrens are usually abundant in the cattails. Send me an e-mail if you are interested and I will fill you in on details. I'm off to see that stilt in Scarborough! -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Black-necked Stilt still there this AM Pannes..Eastern Rd Scarborough Marsh From: rob speirs <rspeirs1 AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:43:35 -0400 All, Just passing along the latest email re: BNST Hi again, The bird was there again this morning.**** We ran into Brad Zitske and had a very nice chat with him. He said to say hi. Norm Say Hi to Brad! Rob -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Black-necked Stilt Photos From: rob speirs <rspeirs1 AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:40:16 -0400 All, As promised. Attached are photos of Black-necked Stilt seen yeaterday by Normand Bonneau and friend. See his email below, as well as links to two photos Hi Rob, ** Here are two photos taken yesterday, June 17, around 10:30 a.m. It was spotted in the same area as the avocet two summers ago – near the duck blind most visible from the Eastern Trail road. ** Norm Links to two photos ** http://www.flickr.com/photos/64147480 AT N02/9076184778/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/64147480 AT N02/9076185288/in/photostream/ rob speirs -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Weskeag heron From: "reimer6117 tds.net" <reimer6117 AT tds.net> Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:29:48 -0400 This morning an adult little blue heron was feeding in the pannes beyond the parking area. Don -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Black-necked Stilt Scarborough Marsh Pannes From: rob speirs <rspeirs1 AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:27:10 -0400 Hello All, I just received an email from Normand Bonneau, vacationing from Ottawa, Canada. Yesterday (Monday), he said that the and a friend saw and photographed a Black-necked Stilt in pannes off Eastern Road. This is where two years ago he photographed an American Avoccet. Will post photos upon receipt. rob speirs cumberland, me -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Lake Josephine in Easton From: Nancy Hudak <nehudak AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:35:16 -0400 On the list for today's excursion around the Lake: Ruddy duck Redhead duck Mallard (including one Mom with 5 ducklings) Canada goose (several families) Common loon Ring-necked duck Crested cormorant Red-winged blackbird Common grackle And several we have yet to ID (I forgot my binoculars in the other car) which I'll pass along when we have done so including a sandpiper-like bird, terns, gulls, and a warbler or two. -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Baxter State Park From: <duchesne AT midmaine.com> Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:37:41 -0400 Day 2 of a Baxter State Park tour hit the motherlode today. We had most of the tough species by 10am, including American Three-toed Woodpecker, Black-backed Woodpecker, Spruce Grouse, Boreal Chickadee, and Gray Jay. (That's only 70 minutes off my record for getting the Big Five. My current record stands at :850am, set last year.) We easily added good looks at Tennessee, Bay-breasted, and Blackpoll Warbler. An Olive-sided Flycatcher and bunches of Yellow-bellied Flycatchers entertained. A hen Spruce Grouse challenged our right to walk the road. With wings arched and an angry attitude, she successfully drove us off. Nesting Merlins at Kidney Pond also amused. Lots of moose, too. Bob Duchesne www.mainebirdingtrail.com -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Red-bellied woodpecker, brunswick From: Delia Guzman <dguzman1964 AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:28:34 -0400 Just heard a RBWO's kwirrring call from a tree at the corner of Page and Union streets. -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Black-billed Cuckoo - Stow From: Mik Oyler <oylermik AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:08:53 -0400 From my office window off Deer Hill Rd. this afternoon...heard and seen! Mik Oyler North Conway, NH -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Cranes From: Julia Hanauer <windyridgemaine AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:11:58 -0400 We were paddling on Messalonskee Lake yesterday and discovered a pair of cranes who were very territorial. We thought they might have a chick and we promptly backed away. So today our phone rang at 7 a.m. and it was our neighbor calling to tell us that four cranes were standing in his cornfield behind his house. They're not visible from the road--sorry--and I don't know if they're still there. I haven't had a chance to check since this a.m. Our neighbor said they were displaying and calling, but they were just hanging out when we saw them. We also had 11 black terns on Messalonskee. And in our yard, our phoebes are just about to fledge--+/- one or two days. I hope they don't fall out of the nest! Two of our three swallow boxes are incubating second clutches of eggs after the first clutches failed. Too much cold, wet weather, I think. The third box is about to fledge and the fourth box has bluebirds who decided not to wait for the swallows to leave this year before setting up house. At the feeders: a pair of rose breasted grosbeaks, two pairs of purple finches. Woke up this a.m. to blue jay feathers scattered all over the lawn--no idea who took it out. Julia in Sidney -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: If you want a whip-poor-will........... From: "Sue Burnham" <sdhb AT oxfordnetworks.net> Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:07:57 -0400 Come get it. I'm coming undone with the 9 pm to 4 am broadcasting station. West Bethel at the Pleasant River Bridge. This whip-poor -will makes the Brown Thrasher my favorite yardbird. Sue -- Using Opera's mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Balt. Oriole nest at Riverpoint From: Rafael Adams <soposup AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:09:49 -0400 Took a walk with the family at Riverpoint Conservation area in Falmouth today and we found 2 adults and a nest along the river bank at the open stretch. The large, teardrop shape nest was high in a maple tree to the left of the largest clearing along the river path. We had as good views of the male as you could wish for. As a bonus, there were also at least 2 house wrens on the next tree over, also at nest I believe. Quite a boisterous section of the neighborhood it was with all that birdsong! -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Least Tern, Bonaparte's at Reid From: "Hodgkins" <hodgki AT myfairpoint.net> Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:37:20 -0400 Today at Reid State Park.... 2 Least Terns Several Common Terns 4 Bonapartes Gulls (1st winter plumage) 2 White-winged Scoters 1 Black Scoter Common Loons Red-throated Loon? (have Loch Ness-type picture, dark on throat which may have been red in the lighting, shape and bill looked right) Eiders with babies Willets Black-billed Cuckoo Lots of Yellow Warblers Common Yellowthroats Purple Finch -Glenn Hodgkins, Hallowell  -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Re: Veery at Essex Street Marsh From: "Sean Smith" <therefromhere168 AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:39:18 -0400 The swampy areas adjoining the Watchmaker Street side of the Essex Street Marsh trails are actually an intown hotspot for breeding Veeries. During a late afternoon walk there last week I gave up counting on the number of singing Veeries I heard alongside one small segment of the trail... 20+ wouldn’t be exaggerating! Sean Smith From: David Small Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2013 3:06 PM To: Maine-Birds google list Subject: [Maine-birds] Veery at Essex Street Marsh This morning I added this veery to my first ever sightings list. A bonus to have gotten a photo! http://photosbychance.zenfolio.com/p501323621/h6e9ebec6#h6e9ebec6 Cheers, Dave -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Veery at Essex Street Marsh From: David Small <docfinsdave AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:06:33 -0400 This morning I added this veery to my first ever sightings list. A bonus to have gotten a photo! http://photosbychance.zenfolio.com/p501323621/h6e9ebec6#h6e9ebec6 Cheers, Dave -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Kittery/Portsmouth From: "Dave Tucker" <dhtucker AT comcast.net> Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 09:52:14 -0400 While boating about in the Piscataqua Harbor environs Sat. evening at high tide came across a young loon in winter plumage in Spruce Creek looking forlorn. Also had a couple of sightings of adult Bald Eagles escorting angry crows. Otherwise slow birdwise but for terns, gulls, eiders and shags. Dave Tucker, Kittery Point -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Long-tails in SW Harbor From: Craig Kesselheim <ckesselheim AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 07:48:02 -0400 Good morning all -- Two male Long-tailed Ducks were diving off of the Causeway Club tennis court this morning. 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: quiz photo -- episodic no. 2 From: Dave Thompson <mainedave12 AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:50:38 -0700 (PDT) Is it a nighthawk? -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Re: quiz photo -- episodic no. 2 From: Louis Bevier <lrbevier AT colby.edu> Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:45:49 -0400 The answer to my quiz photo is male Bobolink in breeding plumage (http://flic.kr/p/eJ1DrY). Perspective and comparative size made this a difficult identification. Only a few people answered correctly, and only one, Will Russell, noted the pale tips to the primaries as being a field mark. The bird is clearly long-winged, which Bobolinks are--they migrate back and forth to Argentina. I think wing shape threw many people, who considered swallows and swifts or goatsuckers. Those long wings are even vaguely like American Golden-Plover, which also flies as far. The spikey tail tips likely encouraged many to think Chimney Swift (31% submitted that), and that makes sense. The tail is too long for that species, however, among other things. Some did notice a little bit of white showing on the rump (a few pixels!), and that helped them clinch Bobolink while dismissing the wing tip pattern as wear or photo effect. In the end, I received guesses for ten different species in eight different families (only three passerine). Maybe this was too difficult. To make up for it, what follows is an explantion of why I thought this quiz was a useful lesson. This bird possibly could have been identified by shape alone, but the pale wing tips are, I think, unique to Alternate (breeding) plumage male Bobolink, which is otherwise so distinctive that these pale tips are never really necessary for identification, except in a view like our quiz bird. I have a couple of photos illustrating the wing tip pattern here http://flic.kr/p/eLoTdm and here http://flic.kr/p/ek1C5J. No field guide or monograph that I know describes this character of male Bobolinks. The Birds of North America account, for example, says: "outermost primary (P10) edged on outer web with white, 2 adjacent primaries edged with maize yellow." That describes a different pattern, which they show, and not the pattern on the entire tip of the outer 3-5 primaries. The excellent monograph on the "New World Blackbirds" by Alvaro Jaramillo and Peter Burke likewise only mentions whitish "edges" to the primaries. Peter Burke’s illustration does depict the gray wing tips, but it is otherwise not noted. Field guides sometimes mention the pale edging and ignore the wing tip, e.g. the Stokes guide, which otherwise has a glaringly obvious, and superb, photo illustrating the pattern! The only guide that will show it, I’m assured by the author, is David Sibley’s upcoming revision to his field guide. I am looking forward to that. I’ve thought about how odd this pattern is among birds, having pale tips to the primaries, which are so exposed to wear and bleaching. This isn’t the same as the far more common trait of showing white at the base of the primaries (e.g., Black Vulture to Rose-breasted Grosbeak). The only other bird that I know, of off hand, with a similar pattern is a vagrant to North America, Northern Lapwing. The wing tip pattern on that species, however, is seen in all plumages to greater or lesser degree depending on age and sex. In the Bobolink, the pattern is, as far as I know, a feature only of the spring (Alternate) plumaged male. In fall after a complete molt, the males look like females. I have never seen this pale tip to the wing on the abundant overhead fall migrants. Both species do perform flight displays, however. The Bobolink’s molt is uncommon among birds, having two complete molts per year. Complete means all feathers, including wing and tail. Unlike most small passerines that grow a new set of primaries and tail feathers once per year and then "dress up" the body feathers for spring (think Blackpoll Warbler), the Bobolink has the ability to change its wing and tail pattern, as well as its body, for the spring fashion show. That is unusual. Kenn Kaufman had a great series called the "Practiced Eye" that was published in American Birds (now North American Birds), and he highlighted the changes the Blackpoll and Bobolink. His discussion and painting of the Bobolink, however, does not show the pale wing tip, even though he carefully notes how the Blackpoll’s primaries are wear away pale edging by spring (http://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/nab/v048n01/p00029-p00032.pdf). The unique and striking pattern of the male Bobolink is probably one reason these pale tips have not received any attention. Who needs to look for them to know what the bird is! The other reason this might have been overlooked is that once prepared as a specimen, the closed wing makes it difficult to see the pattern. Why would Bobolinks change their wing and tail patterns? (The tail tips also show pale spots not seen in fall plumage.) In their flight display, males beat their wings so rapidly that the wing tips seems to disappear. This makes them look short- and rounded-winged. Maybe that makes them seem stronger to females, which we know prefer males exhibiting longer duration display flights. These pale wing tips may be worth studying in terms of ageing Alternate plumage Bobolinks, which according Peter Pyle’s detailed plumage guide cannot be done on current understanding. I don’t think anyone has measured the breadth of these pale wing tips to see if it changes with age. Maybe older males have more (or less) dusty gray in the wing tip, and first year males might be identifiable by this method. The one study that attempted ageing criteria measured the width of black across the forehead, this becoming broader in older males (J. Nocera, North Am. Bird Bander 30: 1-5, 2005). The plumage changes in the Bobolink were last a hot topic in the early 1890s when Frank Chapman described the two complete molts. His papers from 1890 and 1893, which includes a plate of the key specimen from sw. Brazil, can be seen free on SORA: http://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v007n02/p0120-p0124.pdf http://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v010n04/p0309-p0311.pdf The most amazing birds are ever more amazing. Louis Bevier Fairfield -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Yellow warbler catching caterpillar From: David Small <docfinsdave AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 08:12:10 -0400 Essex Street Marsh was, again, full of wildlife activities. The usual; tree sparrows, r-w blackbirds, grackles, sora sounds, pie-billed grebe, mallards galore, warblers, etc.. I'm getting better at spotting the green heron, it's much smaller than I anticipated. http://photosbychance.zenfolio.com/p501323621/h66b99fa0#h66b99fa0 Cheers, Dave -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Frenchman Bay Eiders From: <wtownsend AT roadrunner.com> Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:33:08 -0400 Friday 6/14/13 I spoke too soon yesterday when I posted that no Common Eider ducklings had been seen. The first appeared today at Egg Rock in Frenchman Bay. Probably not coincidentally five Bald Eagles, two adult, 2 second year and 1 third year, appeared on the island. Prior to this there had been only one adult and one young seen occasionally as they fed on seal afterbirth. -- ---Check our nature, family, and other photos at: www.fotki.com/townsend-maine Updated June 2013 -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: This Week's Highlights, 6/8-14 From: Derek and Jeannette Lovitch <freeportwildbird AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:19:26 -0700 (PDT) Hi all, Much of my week was spent enjoying, and/or showing others, the area's breeding birds.  Therefore, the real highlights were cooperative Saltmarsh and Nelson's Sparrows, Roseate Terns, Atlantic Puffins, and a variety of desired warblers, etc.  As for things less-expected, those highlights this week included:   - 3 RED KNOTS, Wharton Point, Brunswick, 6/8 (with Saturday Morning Birdwalk group). - 4 Grasshopper Sparrows, Hollis, 6/9 (with Phil McCormack). - 1 active nest of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, with adults feeding nestlings, Old Town House Park, North Yarmouth, 6/10 (with clients). - _52_ Black Scoters, 3 Surf Scoters, and 4 Long-tailed Ducks, Simpson's Point, Brunswick, 6/10 (with clients). - 16 Black-bellied Plovers, Pine Point, Scarborough, 6/11 (with client). - 30 Black Scoters and 5 Long-tailed Ducks, Simpson's Point, 6/11 (with client). - 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper, Wharton Point, Brunswick, 6/11 (with client). - 3-4 fledgling Blue-gray Gnatcatchers being fed by adults, Old Town House Park, 6/11 (with client).   Photos of the fledgling Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, plus a few shots from Eastern Egg Rock on 6/11, are on my new blog, here: http://mebirdingfieldnotes.wordpress.com/2013/06/14/3-days-of-breeding-season-private-guiding/   -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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: White-winged Dove - Monhegan Island, 6/14 From: Doug Hitchcox <dhitchcox AT mac.com> Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:57:12 -0400 Things on the island are slowing down and breeding birds seem well established but this morning was highlighted by a White-winged Dove near the wharf. Just wanted to get the word out before the weekend if anyone wants to make a day trip. Good birding, Doug Hitchcox Hollis, ME 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Re: Frenchman Bay area...Brant From: "Down East Nature Tours" <info AT downeastnaturetours.com> Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:18:52 -0400 Hi Bill and all, Have been seeing baby birds of Robin, Chickadee and ? ....... First Ovenbird evening mating/territorial flight and a short call at 9:45 PM .. I was planting the garden before the rain.... A couple more Black-billed Cuckoo have been seen during the last week and I thought I had a short call from a Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus) I did not report this. The Hulls Cove Eaglet appears to be growing well after a nice observation for the Hughes Family from Ohio. Michael -----Original Message----- From: wtownsend AT roadrunner.com Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 8:26 PM To: Birds Subject: [Maine-birds] Frenchman Bay area...Brant Thur. 13 June 2013 A single Brant was at Egg Rock in Frenchman Bay this afternoon. Unusual for this location and date. Three Common Loons in non-breeding plumage were seen flying east across the bay together this afternoon. No Common Eider ducklings yet. Herring Gulls still on nests. Single Bald Eagle eaglet regularly being seen on Sheep Porcupine nest, not yet standing up on edge of nest however. More Laughing Gulls than usual roosting on various places around the bay....Bar Harbor breakwater, Egg Rock, various buoys. There have always been a few but so far this summer they are much more common. A few Gannets have been seen off Schoodic Pt. but none have made excursions up into the bay in spite a large schools of fish being seen on the fish finder. -- ---Check our nature, family, and other photos at: www.fotki.com/townsend-maine Updated June 2013 -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Eastern Egg Rock - Jun 13 From: Mike Fahay <mfahay AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:41:21 -0400 The highlight of this evening's Hardy Boat cruise out to Eastern Egg Rock had to be the continuing vocalizations of all three tern species. Both Arctic and Roseate terns also featured aerial displays to go along with the vocalizations, including food transfers in mid=flight. Also good looks at all three species standing in profile on the boulders. Terrific looks at the few Atl Puffins present. 2 Razorbills. 1 Great Cormorant spotted on the return trip to port. -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Re: Where are the hermit thrushes? From: Julia Hanauer <windyridgemaine AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:29:40 -0400 I have wood thrushes on my road, which is not unprecedented, but there are usually more hermit thrushes. Julia Sidney On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 2:00 PM, B G wrote: > Ditto on Wood Thrushes in Franklin (Hancock Co.) > I've heard one. > > On Tuesday, June 11, 2013, R&W Sumner wrote: > >> Hermit Thrushes are in their usual spots along our road in southern >> Somerset County. What's lacking is Wood Thrush. They are not in their >> usual places, and are hard to find this year. >> >> Wally S. >> > > > -- > *Boots.* > 207.812.0369 > > -- > -- > Maine birds mailing list > maine-birds AT googlegroups.com > http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds > https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Maine birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Frenchman Bay area...Brant From: <wtownsend AT roadrunner.com> Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:26:44 -0400 Thur. 13 June 2013 A single Brant was at Egg Rock in Frenchman Bay this afternoon. Unusual for this location and date. Three Common Loons in non-breeding plumage were seen flying east across the bay together this afternoon. No Common Eider ducklings yet. Herring Gulls still on nests. Single Bald Eagle eaglet regularly being seen on Sheep Porcupine nest, not yet standing up on edge of nest however. More Laughing Gulls than usual roosting on various places around the bay....Bar Harbor breakwater, Egg Rock, various buoys. There have always been a few but so far this summer they are much more common. A few Gannets have been seen off Schoodic Pt. but none have made excursions up into the bay in spite a large schools of fish being seen on the fish finder. -- ---Check our nature, family, and other photos at: www.fotki.com/townsend-maine Updated June 2013 -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Bird walk? From: Alex Barker <axelbr1 AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:41:16 -0400 Does anyone know of any guided birdwalks scheduled for this weekend in the Ellsworth or MDI area? Mary Lou in Sullivan -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Wilson's Phalarope - Weskeag Marsh, 6/13 From: Doug Hitchcox <dhitchcox AT mac.com> Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:43:34 -0400 Alex Carrier and I are currently watching a beautiful female Wilson's Phalarope swimming around with some baby Mallards in the Weskeag Marsh. The bird is in the largest panne down from the parking area off Buttermilk Lane in Thomaston. Good birding, Doug Hitchcox Hollis, ME 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Maine RBA - June 11, 2013 From: Doug Hitchcox <dhitchcox AT mac.com> Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:01:18 -0400 Name: Maine Audubon Rare Bird Alert Reporting Period: June 5 – 11, 2013 Area: State of Maine Compilers: Doug Hitchcox Noteworthy Species Mentioned: White-faced Ibis+ American Coot Sandhill Crane American Oystercatcher Black Tern Roseate Tern Eurasian Collared-Dove+ Black-backed Woodpecker Yellow-breasted Chat Seaside Sparrow Clay-colored Sparrow Painted Bunting (+ Details requested by Maine Bird Records Committee) York County The CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was apparently joined by a second this week at Kennebunk Plains. Greater Portland Up to five AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS continue to be seen at Pine Point in Scarborough. At least six ROSEATE TERNS and two BLACK TERNS were present here on the 6th. Seven MUTE SWANS were photographed in the Scarborough Marsh off the Eastern Trail on the 7th. At least one WHITE-FACED IBIS continued here throughout the week. On the 10th, a SEASIDE SPARROW was caught by banders working here. The apparent SNOWY EGRET X TRICOLORED HERON hybrid continued in the salt pannes along Route 1 through the marsh on the 8th. Kennebec River Valley (Augusta-Waterville) Five SANDHILL CRANES and 14 BLACK TERNS were reported from Messalonskee Lake in Belgrade on the 6th. Midcoast 17 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were at Seawall Beach in Phippsburg on the 10th. Penobscot Bay On the 7th, a single EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE was reported making a brief visit near a home on Bower Road in Searsport. A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was recorded at Beech Hill Preserve in Rockport on the 9th. Central Maine A male PAINTED BUNTING apparently spent the week visiting a private yard in Levant. A BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was filmed near Baxter State Park on the 5th. Northern Maine An adult RED CROSSBILL was seen with fledglings at a feeder on Canterbury Street in Presque Isle on the 4th. On the 9th, Lake Josephine in Easton hosted an AMERICAN COOT and two REDHEADS. Two BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS were at Square Lake on the 11th. -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: change of address From: "Lewis, Calien" <clewis AT mbf.org> Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:17:42 +0000 Greetings, the good news is that I have retired; the bad, my emails are not being forwarded as promised. I miss mainebirds! So can you change the email address for Calien Lewis, FROM clewis AT mbf.org TO silberose AT gmail.com? IF there is something else I should be doing to effect this, please let me know. Thank you, Calien -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Re: (Maine Birds) MDI Black-bellied Whistling Ducks Revisited (Whose on First) From: "Down East Nature Tours" <info AT downeastnaturetours.com> Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:57:21 -0400 Hello all, I just got off of the phone with the Steve Dugay from National Park Canoe Rentals on Long Pond in Somesville. After talking about the Black-bellied Whistling Duck on MDI on May 27, 2013, we realized that Steve and Brian Hamor were the first people to see the BBWD on Mount Desert Island. Steve said that he was standing on the dock at about 2 pm when he saw these large ducks fly over the dock and land with some American Black Duck. Soon they were making themselves at home and looking for food. The walked across the road when Steve shooed them back to the Pond. They spent the better part of 2 hours walking on the road and front yard at Brian’s house. Steve said it was about 4 o’clock when they took off, not to be seen here again. We know in retrospect that these birds made it to the MDI ponds when Becky and the first group of people saw them. Those claiming to be “the first” actually were not.... the birds first appeared on Long Pond on May 27, 2013. They were ID’ed by Steve Dugay and Brian Hamor. Finding no food they departed quickly and we know now that one bird was stressed and died on the 28th at the MDI HS ponds. An amazing story for this migratory season! Michael -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: The County - Jun 9-11 From: Mike Fahay <mfahay AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:11:05 -0400 Highlights: Lake Jo - Jun 9: No Gallinules found, but an Am. Coot was a first for us at this spot. (Only one bird seen). Are there nesting records for Maine? Also Redhead, Wigeon, No. Shovelers, and a bill-wagging display between breeding drake Ruddy Ducks. Stockholm to Van Buren Bike Trail - Jun 10: As usual, a very birdy trip. Some usual suspects were silent and left unobserved (e.g. Olive-sided Flycatchers). But 18 warblers, including singing Cape Mays and Tennessees, made up for the omissions. Boreal Chickadees outnumbered the Black-caps. The surrounding woods were very wet and flooded. Roadside ditches have become babbling brooks. NO Gray Jays. This was the sixth year we've done this trip. It's also good from the Van Buren end. But the action seems to start earlier from the Stockholm end. We only birded 6.5 miles, one-way this year. Square Lake: We have devised a three-mile loop walk that goes thru several different habitats, starting at the William Muscovic Public Landing (where we camped). The boreal parts produced 18 warblers, several flycatchers, and the highlight, an interaction between two Black-backed Woodpeckers. There were drumming duets, physical combat, and all centered on an 8-10" diameter tree, split down the middle, lengthwise (a drumming tree perhaps?) Rusty Blackbirds in two locations. But zero Gray Jays anywhere. Perhaps they are in fledgling-rearing-mode just now. Also totally dipped on Bay-breasted Warblers, despite a concerted effort. Oh...and the RC Kinglets were singing all-day, everywhere. It was the constant background sound. -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Re: Where are the hermit thrushes? From: B G <bootsg AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:00:55 -0400 Ditto on Wood Thrushes in Franklin (Hancock Co.) I've heard one. On Tuesday, June 11, 2013, R&W Sumner wrote: > Hermit Thrushes are in their usual spots along our road in southern > Somerset County. What's lacking is Wood Thrush. They are not in their > usual places, and are hard to find this year. > > Wally S. > -- *Boots.* 207.812.0369 -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Re: Where are the hermit thrushes? From: R&W Sumner <chrwsu AT myfairpoint.net> Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 06:42:41 -0400 Hermit Thrushes are in their usual spots along our road in southern Somerset County. What's lacking is Wood Thrush. They are not in their usual places, and are hard to find this year. Wally S. On 6/10/2013 7:55 AM, Alex Barker wrote: > I have heard none here in North Sullivan all season and only one where I work in Hulls Cove, back in April. A friend in Franklin reports a similar dearth. Has anyone else noticed a sudden drop in song or sightings this year? > > Mary Lou in Sullivan > > > -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Re: Abridged summary of maine-birds@googlegroups.com - 11 Messages in 6 Topics From: Doreen Dun <dundoreen AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:41:26 -0400 I too have been listening in vain for hermit thrushes this spring. One was here throughout the winter (!), but it was killed on our rural road, presumably by a car. Usually, there are several around, but not this year. Doreen Crawford Dun P.O. Box 42, East Boothbay, ME 04544 (h) 207 633 4228 (c) 207 837 0712 dundoreen AT gmail.com On Jun 10, 2013, at 6:10 PM, maine-birds AT googlegroups.com wrote: > Today's Topic Summary > Group: http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds/topics > > quiz photo -- episodic no. 2 [2 Updates] > Where are the hermit thrushes? [5 Updates] > Northern harrier [1 Update] > YB Chat, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport [1 Update] > Tufted titmouse [1 Update] > BICKNELLS, etc (haven't been on in a while) [1 Update] > quiz photo -- episodic no. 2 > Louis Bevier Jun 10 11:48AM -0400 > > Hi folks, > > Culling my bad photos, I found one that I think makes a good quiz. Learning the shapes of birds is one of the keys to skilled bird identification. Hawks, seabirds, swallows, swifts (more ...more > Louis Bevier Jun 10 01:46PM -0400 > > Some people have had difficulty with the link I sent in the original message. For most the link will work, but depending on one's browser settings, the new (and atrociously redesigned) Flickr might ...more > Where are the hermit thrushes? > Alex Barker Jun 10 07:55AM -0400 > > I have heard none here in North Sullivan all season and only one where I work in Hulls Cove, back in April. A friend in Franklin reports a similar dearth. Has anyone else noticed a sudden drop in ...more > Sharon F. Jun 10 09:31AM -0400 > > I hear one sporadically in the woods around my house-have only seen one this year; usually see more from early spring on...Sharon in West Kennebunk > > > ...more > "Down East Nature Tours" Jun 10 09:42AM -0400 > > Hi Sharon, > > Early in the season, it is about stealthfully hiding the nest building process... The males will begin to call territorially as they establish safe nesting locations. ...more > "Sean Smith" Jun 10 11:14AM -0400 > > I've noticed in previous years that Hermit Thrushes are more frequently > seen/heard during springs where woodlands were damp and there was a normal > or above average amount of rainfall. ...more > Maggie Strickland Jun 10 01:35PM -0400 > > Here in upper Somerset Co., we are enjoying about the same number as usual, > especially in the early morning as Michael mentioned. > > Maggie Strickland > Harmony ME > > ...more > Northern harrier > David Small Jun 10 01:01PM -0400 > > This morning at the Old Town Airport I found > this guy munching on a smaller bird. > > http://photosbychance.zenfolio.com/p501323621/h634de2a6#h634de2a6 > > Cheers, > Dave > ...more > YB Chat, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport > Kristen Lindquist Jun 10 09:38AM -0400 > > Brian Willson videoed a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT singing on Beech Hill > yesterday. So odd to see a bird here in Maine out in the open and > vocalizing like that--on the video, I mean; I didn't see it ...more > Tufted titmouse > David Small Jun 10 06:15AM -0400 > > This tufted titmouse and it's partner have been really > busy for a week or so feeding youngone in our backyard bird house. It's a > bad time for little green caterpillars. ...more > BICKNELLS, etc (haven't been on in a while) > Kayla Pelletier Jun 09 04:39PM -0700 > > I haven't posted in a million years, but the Bicknells are singing in the > Whites at last, despite the rainy weekend. > > I heard a few on Mt Zealand which is a relatively easy hike. 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To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: 17 White-rumps at Seawall Beach, Phippsburg From: Peter Vickery <petervickery AT roadrunner.com> Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 20:58:38 -0400 I birded Seawall Beach on the receding tide this afternoon and was surprised by 17 White-rumped Sandpipers, unusual number for this date. There were 11 in a single flock among Semi Sandpipers. I don't remember seeing so many White-rumps in this after spring migration - close to fall migration- period. i assume these are largely summering birds, which I also don't expect, but we'll see. Also present: Black-bellied Plover: 6 Semipalmated Plover: 2 Piping Plover: 7, 3+ nesting pairs across the Morse River on the Popham side. Semipalmated Sandpipers: 45+ Sanderling: 2 Least Tern: 15 etc... Best, Peter -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Re: quiz photo -- episodic no. 2 From: Louis Bevier <lrbevier AT colby.edu> Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:46:08 -0400 Some people have had difficulty with the link I sent in the original message. For most the link will work, but depending on one's browser settings, the new (and atrociously redesigned) Flickr might not work. This link should work: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lrbevier/9008056790/sizes/l/ Many have sent guesses already, and I'd love to hear more. I'm most interested in what confusion species come up; so don't be shy. I don't get these quizzes myself often, and I'm making no judgement of one's skills. It's not the same as being in the field. Good luck! I'll post an answer in about a week. Louis On Jun 10, 2013, at 11:48 AM, Louis Bevier wrote: > Hi folks, > > Culling my bad photos, I found one that I think makes a good quiz. Learning the shapes of birds is one of the keys to skilled bird identification. Hawks, seabirds, swallows, swifts (more than we appreciate), all have species specific profiles. These shapes are not always easy to discern or describe because of perspective or brevity of view. Plumage patterns are important then as an independent check on what we think we see in shapes. A lot of the touted shape characters are not reliable because one cannot independently assess or measure the characters, and the shape is so subject to distortion by various conformations of the body or the angle at which one sees the bird. With that in mind, I offer this quiz photo of a common Maine bird that allows one to test both knowledge of flight profile and distinctive plumage patterns: > http://flic.kr/p/eJ1DrY > > It is a bad photo, but that's part of the game. > > Louis Bevier > Fairfield -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Re: Where are the hermit thrushes? From: Maggie Strickland <gallinasviejas AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:35:42 -0400 Here in upper Somerset Co., we are enjoying about the same number as usual, especially in the early morning as Michael mentioned. Maggie Strickland Harmony ME On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 11:14 AM, Sean Smith wrote: > I've noticed in previous years that Hermit Thrushes are more frequently > seen/heard during springs where woodlands were damp and there was a normal > or above average amount of rainfall. My guess is that breeding birds tend > to gravitate toward deeper & damper woodlands in years where spring > conditions are very dry, as they were earlier this year... thus they're > found less frequently in the "normal" places we find them when conditions > are damp enough for their liking. I've observed that this seems to occur > with both Hermit Thrushes and Winter Wrens (2 species that thrive in damp > conditions & that I saw/heard very infrequently earlier this spring at > places they are usually fairly numerous). > > Sean Smith > > -----Original Message----- From: Alex Barker > Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 7:55 AM > To: maine-birds AT googlegroups.com > > Subject: [Maine-birds] Where are the hermit thrushes? > > I have heard none here in North Sullivan all season and only one where I > work in Hulls Cove, back in April. A friend in Franklin reports a similar > dearth. Has anyone else noticed a sudden drop in song or sightings this > year? > > Mary Lou in Sullivan > > > > -- > -- > Maine birds mailing list > maine-birds AT googlegroups.com > http://groups.google.com/**group/maine-birds > https://sites.google.com/site/**birding207 > > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Maine birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT **googlegroups.com > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out > . > > -- > -- > Maine birds mailing list > maine-birds AT googlegroups.com > http://groups.google.com/**group/maine-birds > https://sites.google.com/site/**birding207 > > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Maine birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT **googlegroups.com > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out > . > > > -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Northern harrier From: David Small <docfinsdave AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:01:37 -0400 This morning at the Old Town Airport I found this guy munching on a smaller bird. http://photosbychance.zenfolio.com/p501323621/h634de2a6#h634de2a6 Cheers, Dave -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: quiz photo -- episodic no. 2 From: Louis Bevier <lrbevier AT colby.edu> Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 11:48:31 -0400 Hi folks, Culling my bad photos, I found one that I think makes a good quiz. Learning the shapes of birds is one of the keys to skilled bird identification. Hawks, seabirds, swallows, swifts (more than we appreciate), all have species specific profiles. These shapes are not always easy to discern or describe because of perspective or brevity of view. Plumage patterns are important then as an independent check on what we think we see in shapes. A lot of the touted shape characters are not reliable because one cannot independently assess or measure the characters, and the shape is so subject to distortion by various conformations of the body or the angle at which one sees the bird. With that in mind, I offer this quiz photo of a common Maine bird that allows one to test both knowledge of flight profile and distinctive plumage patterns: http://flic.kr/p/eJ1DrY It is a bad photo, but that's part of the game. Louis Bevier Fairfield -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Re: Where are the hermit thrushes? From: "Sean Smith" <therefromhere168 AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 11:14:16 -0400 I've noticed in previous years that Hermit Thrushes are more frequently seen/heard during springs where woodlands were damp and there was a normal or above average amount of rainfall. My guess is that breeding birds tend to gravitate toward deeper & damper woodlands in years where spring conditions are very dry, as they were earlier this year... thus they're found less frequently in the "normal" places we find them when conditions are damp enough for their liking. I've observed that this seems to occur with both Hermit Thrushes and Winter Wrens (2 species that thrive in damp conditions & that I saw/heard very infrequently earlier this spring at places they are usually fairly numerous). Sean Smith -----Original Message----- From: Alex Barker Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 7:55 AM To: maine-birds AT googlegroups.com Subject: [Maine-birds] Where are the hermit thrushes? I have heard none here in North Sullivan all season and only one where I work in Hulls Cove, back in April. A friend in Franklin reports a similar dearth. Has anyone else noticed a sudden drop in song or sightings this year? Mary Lou in Sullivan -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Re: Where are the hermit thrushes? From: "Down East Nature Tours" <info AT downeastnaturetours.com> Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 09:42:20 -0400 Hi Sharon, Early in the season, it is about stealthfully hiding the nest building process... The males will begin to call territorially as they establish safe nesting locations. They can be detected by call notes and I am sure the males are calling early in the morning...some all day. Pre-dawn trips should answer your question. Begin to listen for the night-time territorial/mating flight of Ovenbirds....listen for them in the wee hours of the night. Michael From: Sharon F. Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 9:31 AM To: maine-birds AT googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [Maine-birds] Where are the hermit thrushes? I hear one sporadically in the woods around my house-have only seen one this year; usually see more from early spring on...Sharon in West Kennebunk > Subject: [Maine-birds] Where are the hermit thrushes? > From: axelbr1 AT yahoo.com > Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 07:55:28 -0400 > To: maine-birds AT googlegroups.com > > I have heard none here in North Sullivan all season and only one where I work in Hulls Cove, back in April. A friend in Franklin reports a similar dearth. Has anyone else noticed a sudden drop in song or sightings this year? > > Mary Lou in Sullivan > > > > -- > -- > Maine birds mailing list > maine-birds AT googlegroups.com > http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds > https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: YB Chat, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport From: Kristen Lindquist <kelindquist AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 09:38:47 -0400 Brian Willson videoed a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT singing on Beech Hill yesterday. So odd to see a bird here in Maine out in the open and vocalizing like that--on the video, I mean; I didn't see it myself. Beautiful bird. Kristen -- Kristen Lindquist 12 Mount Battie St. Camden, ME 04843 www.klindquist.blogspot.com "What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" --Mary Oliver -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: RE: Where are the hermit thrushes? From: Sharon F. <sfinley111 AT hotmail.com> Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 09:31:38 -0400 I hear one sporadically in the woods around my house-have only seen one this year; usually see more from early spring on...Sharon in West Kennebunk > Subject: [Maine-birds] Where are the hermit thrushes? > From: axelbr1 AT yahoo.com > Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 07:55:28 -0400 > To: maine-birds AT googlegroups.com > > I have heard none here in North Sullivan all season and only one where I work in Hulls Cove, back in April. A friend in Franklin reports a similar dearth. Has anyone else noticed a sudden drop in song or sightings this year? > > Mary Lou in Sullivan > > > > -- > -- > Maine birds mailing list > maine-birds AT googlegroups.com > http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds > https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Where are the hermit thrushes? From: Alex Barker <axelbr1 AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 07:55:28 -0400 I have heard none here in North Sullivan all season and only one where I work in Hulls Cove, back in April. A friend in Franklin reports a similar dearth. Has anyone else noticed a sudden drop in song or sightings this year? Mary Lou in Sullivan -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Tufted titmouse From: David Small <docfinsdave AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 06:15:29 -0400 This tufted titmouse and it's partner have been really busy for a week or so feeding youngone in our backyard bird house. It's a bad time for little green caterpillars. http://photosbychance.zenfolio.com/p501323621/h69fcf200#h69fcf200 Cheers, Dave -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: BICKNELLS, etc (haven't been on in a while) From: Kayla Pelletier <kayla.pelletier AT maine.edu> Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2013 16:39:05 -0700 (PDT) I haven't posted in a million years, but the Bicknells are singing in the Whites at last, despite the rainy weekend. I heard a few on Mt Zealand which is a relatively easy hike. You can just hike up to Z cliff which has a wonderful view, a hut nearby for water fill up/baked goods, and the way there is mostly flat (and a beautiful walk with a lot of warblers on the way). They are also singing in the Presidentials, and probably all the other mountains as well. I have also been remarkably successful at pishing Magnolia warblers out in the mountains for whatever reason...... Speaking of warblers, I have discovered an app called Larkwire that anyone trying to learn bird songs should download! It makes you play a stupid game at first but once you get through it, you can build your own quizzes and it is REALLY wonderful and worth the money. Happy spring at last! P.S. Broke down and bought the Brome Squirrel buster and the squirrels don't even come into my yard anymore :) Thanks Freeport Bird Supply for talking me into it :) -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: I. Bunting, Harmony From: Maggie Strickland <gallinasviejas AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2013 13:55:31 -0400 Was excited to spy a pair of Indigo Buntings along Bagley Road late yesterday evening, but more excited to see another male on the wild raspberries in our own yard just 5 minutes ago. New yard bird for us. Yahoo! Maggie Strickland Harmony ME -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Milbridge Nelson's Sparrow & RT Loon From: Joel and Sandy Wilcox-Fairbanks <joelandsandy AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2013 09:03:07 -0400 The sparrows (it seemed like more than one) were heard only at a small tidal marsh on Kansas Rd. between Cherryfield and Milbridge. I'll go back with a chair and a scope and try to see one. The Red-throated loon was in Milbridge harbor, off the small park next to the marina. Joel Wilcox Cherryfield -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Re: (Maine Birds) Mount Desert Island Birds: Yellow-bellied Flycatcher’s and Swainson’s Thrush From: Brenda Nelson <brendahnelson AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 19:38:32 -0700 (PDT) Just visited your website and saw the picture of the Cedar Waxwing. I am new to birding and have never seen this bird before--or even a picture. What a stunningly beautiful creature! Brenda Nelson _______________________________________________ On Saturday, June 8, 2013 1:31:51 PM UTC-4, Michael J. Good MDI wrote: > > *Mount Desert Island Birds: **Yellow-bellied Flycatcher’s and > Swainson’s Thrush* > > *Emerson Middle School, *Hancock, US-ME > Jun 5, 2013 7:45 AM > Protocol: Incidental > Comments: Weather is fabulous > 4 species > > Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) 1 > American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 2 > Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) 1 > Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) 1 > http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14359061 > > *Beech Mountain Acadia National Park*, Hancock, US-ME > Jun 5, 2013 6:00 AM - 9:30 AM > Protocol: Traveling > 3.0 mile(s) > Comments: Mike and Cord Heaney from Nebraska. Old memories about > Turtles researched in the sand hills of western Nebraska and times on > the plains. *No Spruce Grouse *but Yellow-bellied Flycatchers everywhere > on the south ridge trail . Great pictures > 24 species (+1 other taxa) > > Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 1 > Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 2 > Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) 1 > Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) 1 > *Eastern Wood-Pewee* (Contopus virens) 1 > *Yellow-bellied Flycatcher* (Empidonax flaviventris*) 3* Three > distinct territories separated by distance and habitat. The first bird > was about as high in elevation as I have ever heard them before. > > *Blue-headed Vireo* (Vireo solitarius) 1 > Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) 1 > Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 2 > American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 7 > swallow sp. (Hirundinidae sp.) 1 > Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 10 > Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 2 > Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis) 1 > Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) 23 We walked over the > mountain and into the south valley... many birds were seen and counted > *Swainson's Thrush* (Catharus ustulatus) 3 Great looks and calling > ... omg excellent call notes loud and forceful. Clearly on territory > American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 2 > Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) 2 > *Nashville Warbler* (Oreothlypis ruficapilla) 1 This Nashville is > HIGH on Beech Mountain. Foraging but are they nesting down below?? I > associate nesting with edge habitat of small and large wetland enclosures. > This male has been here for at least 3 years…. > *Blackburnian Warbler* (Setophaga fusca) 2 > *Black-throated Blue Warbler* (Setophaga caerulescens) 1 phished > right to us, sat , sang and Photos > Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 4 > Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 6 > White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 1 > Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 3 > http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14359145 > > > > Michael > > > Michael J. Good, MS > President Down East Nature Tours > Founder and Director Research and Development > 15th Acadia Birding Festival, May 30-June 2, 2013 > 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 > facebook AT DownEastNatureTours.com > > info AT AcadiaBirdingFestival.com > www.AcadiaBirdingFestival.com > facebook AT AcadiaBirdingFestival.com > > > -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Eurasian Collared Dove From: "George Klueber" <gfklueber AT roadrunner.com> Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 19:20:47 -0400 Sunflower Yesterday AM, about 9:30 AM, a single Eurasian Collared Dove flew onto my barn roof, stayed for maybe 5-10 minutes and flew. Haven't seen him/her today. Location, Bowen Road, Searsport, ME. George Klueber -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Red Knot @ Pine Point and Heron hybrid @ Scarborough Marsh From: Noah Gibb <voodoochitlins AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 15:17:57 -0700 (PDT) There was a Red Knot present in the emerging flats at Pine Point this afternoon. Also 4 Oystercatchers, 40+ Black-Bellied Plovers, 1 Short-Billed Dowitcher, a handful of Ruddy Turnstones, Willets, of course, and I only saw one Semipalmated Sandpiper and a small flock in flight of probable SESA's.   In the pannes by Rte 1 at the Scarborough Marsh, I saw and photographed the hybrid heron that is presumed to be a Tricolored Heron X Snowy Egret.     Bird haahd, Noah Gibb-Portland -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Re: Whip-Poor-will From: "Sue Burnham" <sdhb AT oxfordnetworks.net> Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:05:42 -0400 On Wed, 05 Jun 2013 02:53:47 -0400, cadmando wrote: > Heard a Whip-Poor-will in Oxford, rt. 26 behind Dave's small engines. > 9:00 > Tuesday evening. Has been some time since I have heard one and was wonder > if anyone else has seen or heard any. > S.Burkett I apparently have one nesting in the overgrown japanese knotweed thicket outside my bedroom window, West Bethel next to the Pleasant River Bridge. Vocalizes consistently and constantly 9 PM to 4 AM, and ( in jest) free to a good home, please capture and provide transport. Sue Burnham > -- Using Opera's mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Re: (Maine Birds) Mount Desert Island Birds: Yellow-bellied Flycatcher’s and Swainson’s Thrush From: "Down East Nature Tours" <info AT downeastnaturetours.com> Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 13:31:51 -0400 Mount Desert Island Birds: Yellow-bellied Flycatcher’s and Swainson’s Thrush Emerson Middle School, Hancock, US-ME Jun 5, 2013 7:45 AM Protocol: Incidental Comments: Weather is fabulous 4 species Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) 1 American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 2 Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) 1 Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) 1 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14359061 Beech Mountain Acadia National Park, Hancock, US-ME Jun 5, 2013 6:00 AM - 9:30 AM Protocol: Traveling 3.0 mile(s) Comments: Mike and Cord Heaney from Nebraska. Old memories about Turtles researched in the sand hills of western Nebraska and times on the plains. No Spruce Grouse but Yellow-bellied Flycatchers everywhere on the south ridge trail . Great pictures 24 species (+1 other taxa) Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 1 Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 2 Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) 1 Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) 1 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) 3 Three distinct territories separated by distance and habitat. The first bird was about as high in elevation as I have ever heard them before. Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) 1 Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) 1 Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 2 American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 7 swallow sp. (Hirundinidae sp.) 1 Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 10 Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 2 Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis) 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) 23 We walked over the mountain and into the south valley... many birds were seen and counted Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) 3 Great looks and calling ... omg excellent call notes loud and forceful. Clearly on territory American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 2 Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) 2 Nashville Warbler (Oreothlypis ruficapilla) 1 This Nashville is HIGH on Beech Mountain. Foraging but are they nesting down below?? I associate nesting with edge habitat of small and large wetland enclosures. This male has been here for at least 3 years…. Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) 2 Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) 1 phished right to us, sat , sang and Photos Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 4 Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 6 White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 1 Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 3 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14359145 Michael Michael J. Good, MS President Down East Nature Tours Founder and Director Research and Development 15th Acadia Birding Festival, May 30-June 2, 2013 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 facebook AT DownEastNatureTours.com info AT AcadiaBirdingFestival.com www.AcadiaBirdingFestival.com facebook AT AcadiaBirdingFestival.com -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: 6 swans Cape Elizabeth, noon From: Rafael Adams <soposup AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 12:16:17 -0400 6 swans seen exactly at noon, taking off from Spurwink River flying north and heading toward Kettle Cove. One had coloration on its rump. -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Midcoast downeast From: "Bob Duchesne" <duchesne AT midmaine.com> Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 06:35:03 -0400 Rain will make today difficult, but the last two days have been great in and around Lubec for a Midcoast Audubon group. Highlights include Bay-breasted and Tennessee Warblers in the Edmunds Division of Moosehorn NWR, plus Olive-sided Flycatcher. A juvenile Gray Jay flew over me, calling noisily as I was moving my van. Two males and one hen Spruce Grouse put on a show in Lubec. A Cape May Warbler next to the Quoddy Head Lighthouse has been singing sporadically for two weeks and Razorbills have been observable in the distance every day. A breeding plumage Red Knot was in the marsh with a small flock of Black-bellied Plovers at South Lubec Sand Flats. Bob Duchesne www.mainebirdingtrail.com -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Re: Stockton Springs ATPU, LTDU From: "Down East Nature Tours" <info AT downeastnaturetours.com> Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 21:44:30 -0400 Hi Will, This is really good news Will as it points to the hope that Food production is increasing in the Gulf of Maine especially in the estuaries and near-coastal waters around our Islands.... keep your eyes open... Michael From: William Nichols Sent: Friday, June 07, 2013 8:30 PM To: maine-birds AT googlegroups.com Subject: [Maine-birds] Stockton Springs ATPU, LTDU Everyone, My brother reported to me that he had an Atlantic Puffin in Stockton Harbor at 1:50pm today, seen just north of the town dock from less than 150 feet off the beach. While not an avid birder, he has been on multiple pelagic trips with me and knows this species well. He said that the bill was somewhat dark, so this wasn't a full breeding adult. I didn't didn't have any luck when I returned to look for it at 7:00pm, but I did find a drake Long-tailed Duck: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wnbirder/8982728950/ Best, William Nichols Stockton Springs -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Northern Maine Birds: Surf Scoter, Mourning Warbler, Red Crossbill fledglings From: Bill Sheehan <bill.j.sheehan AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 21:32:00 -0400 Though I really haven't been out birding this week, I have a few interesting incidental observations to report. Today in Fort Fairfield, I heard my first Mourning Warbler song of the season. The bird was singing in a recently harvested woodlot along the Sam Everett Road near Pattee Brook. An Olive-sided Flycatcher was singing here too. I found and photographed male Surf Scoter on a small pond in Presque Isle on Wednesday. It was hanging with a pair of American Wigeon, and some Mallards and Blacks... a strange association. Residents on Canterbury Street in Presque Isle sent over pictures of an adult Red Crossbill with fledglings at their feeder on Tuesday. Since this couple has had the adult Red Crossbills visiting their feeders since February, I'm assuming these birds nested locally and this is the first documented breeding of this species for the county. At least one hatchling was reported from the new Bald Eagle nest in Aroostook State Park at Echo Lake in Presque Isle. Was hoping to get the scope on it during the Aroostook SP Bird Festival tomorrow, but the predicted deluge force us to cancel that shindig. Hopefully it'll be better next year! Cheers Bill Sheehan -- Bill Sheehan Woodland, Aroostook Co., Maine http://northernmainebirds.blogspot.com/ -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Bangor Daily News birding column From: "Bob Duchesne" <duchesne AT midmaine.com> Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 21:09:16 -0400 A column for those who puzzle over sparrows: http://bangordailynews.com/2013/06/06/outdoors/sparrows-shameless-sameness-c an-be-frustrating/ Bob Duchesne -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Stockton Springs ATPU, LTDU From: William Nichols <wnbirder AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 20:30:48 -0400 Everyone, My brother reported to me that he had an Atlantic Puffin in Stockton Harbor at 1:50pm today, seen just north of the town dock from less than 150 feet off the beach. While not an avid birder, he has been on multiple pelagic trips with me and knows this species well. He said that the bill was somewhat dark, so this wasn't a full breeding adult. I didn't didn't have any luck when I returned to look for it at 7:00pm, but I did find a drake Long-tailed Duck: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wnbirder/8982728950/ Best, William Nichols Stockton Springs -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Cutler From: nhexactly AT metrocast.net Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 20:14:57 -0400 My hubby and I will be traveling to Cutler this week to join Bold Coast for a puffin tour. Can anyone tell us a little more about the old naval station in Cutler and if there is any public access for birding. We know nothing about the area. Any info would be very helpful. Thanks so much! We plan to be in the area from Wednesday through Friday of next week. Ralph and Deb Sanders, Barrington, NH -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: meadowlark in Sidney From: Julia Hanauer <windyridgemaine AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 18:50:58 -0400 Was pleased to hear and see a meadowlark along the Town Farm Road in Sidney this afternoon. Last fall I had a group "around the corner" on the Junction Road in Waterville and wondered if they were residents or just passing through. It may be that we still have at least one resident in that neighborhood. Julia -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. 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Subject: This Week's Highlights, 6/1-7 From: Derek and Jeannette Lovitch <freeportwildbird AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 14:09:48 -0700 (PDT) Hi all,   A handful of observations of note from me in the past seven days as we transition into the heart of breeding season, include:   - 1 pair Blue-gray Gnatcatchers feeding young, Old Town House Park, North Yarmouth, 6/1 (with Saturday Morning Birdwalk group). - migrants in the Biddeford Pool neighborhood on 6/2 included 2 Blackpoll Warblers, 2 Magnolia Warblers, 6 American Redstarts, and 2 Eastern Wood-Pewees. - 1 Red-necked Grebe, Ocean Avenue, Biddeford Pool, 6/2. - 2 ORCHARD ORIOLES (one immature male, one female), 3 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers (including pair at nest), and 4 Great Cormorants, Fort Foster, Kittery, 6/3 (with Chris Borg and Kristen Lindquist). - 1 continuing CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, 4 Upland Sandpipers, 14 Grasshopper Sparrows, etc, Kennebunk Plains, 6/4 (with Jeannette). - 1 Pied-billed Grebe, 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 2 Sora, etc, Sanford Sewerage facility, 6/4 (with Jeannette). - 1 Fish Crow, Capisic Pond Park, Portland, 6/5 (from which colony is this bird from?).   -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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Messalonskee Lake - the Pantanal of Maine From: Mike Fahay <mfahay AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 20:58:07 -0400 Messalonskee has to rank right up there with the very best places to bird in New England. Today, before launching my kayak for a three-hour trip around the south end, Margaret and I were shooting the breeze at the boat ramp and watching an interaction between a pair of Sandhill Cranes and a solo bird. Several flly-bys, much vocalization, and translocating all over the marsh. This went on for an hour, and was accompanied by another pair vocalizing over near Hammond's. Photos here: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14354032 I was also able to count 14 Black Terns at one time, all actively foraging. A Virginia Rail, uttering a very uncharacteristic "kick" call provided a rare photo op. The constant sounds were provided by snipe, loons, PBGrebes, etc. All the swallows and martins were also there, except for Rough-winged. Only three singing Swamp Sparrows. But no Least Bittern today. Why Pantanal? Because I've also been lucky enuf to get good photos of Bobcat here. The Jaguar of New England. -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Essex Woods Marsh, Bangor From: ellenrc AT myfairpoint.net Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 20:47:22 -0400 Yesterday, June 5, was a beautiful day to head to the Essex Marsh in Bangor at 5:00 AM.  I hadn't even reached the water before I heard a Warbling Vireo, then saw him up high in a birch.  He then crossed the path to a poplar tree, where he continued to sing, but I couldn't see him.  Because there was a substantial wind, the leaves were moving enough that I could finally spot a mass which turned out to be a nest.  He was sitting on the nest, still singing.  A little later, on the other side of the marsh, I did get to see the Sora, and was able to capture two quick shots before it disappeared back into the reeds.  There were lots of Chimney Swifts darting overhead; I didn't even try for a picture.  I saw Mallards with babies, and a Common Merganser with 10 babies (down from 12, I was told), a Pied-billed Grebe, Cedar Waxwings, Tree Swallows.  In the last couple of weeks there, I've seen Rough-winged Swallows, Blue-winged Teals, American Redstarts, Yellow Warblers, but still no Green Heron for me.  Photos can be seen at http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellenrc/ .   Ellen Campbell     -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: indigo bunting From: Julia Hanauer <windyridgemaine AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 18:46:37 -0400 On the Quaker Road in Sidney today. First of the year for me. Julia -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Black-backed Woodpecker...best view ever From: "Bob Duchesne" <duchesne AT midmaine.com> Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 18:07:51 -0400 A black-backed woodpecker was the icing on the cake for a wicked good Baxter State Park birding tour that wrapped up yesterday. Gotta say: he gave great looks. I've posted the video at www.mainebirdingtrail.com. Later, we had a mourning warbler perch in open sunlight almost within arm's reach - best view ever. The tour notched 20 warbler species, missing only Cape May, Wilson's, and Yellow. (Really? Who misses Yellow Warbler?) Bay-breasted Warblers were so numerous that we stopped announcing them as they were heard out the open car window. Ditto for Blackpolls. Three Tennessee Warblers and a bunch of Philadelphia Vireos made the list. Boreal Chickadees are starting to come out of hiding. I just hope all these birds perform so well on the next Baxter State Park birding tour later this month. Bob Duchesne www.mainebirdingtrail.com -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Pine Pt, Scarborough, June 6 From: Jeannette Lovitch <freeportwildbird AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 18:03:58 -0400 I spent a few hours at Pine Pt this afternoon. About 40 Black-bellied Plovers led the now dwindling list of migrant shorebirds, but I did pick up the 4 American Oystercatchers from the Lobster Co-op. Feeding terns off of the Pine Pt jetty included 5-6 Roseate and 2 BLACK TERNS. -Jeannette 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Green heron catches fish, American redstart g-w teal From: David Small <docfinsdave AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 15:35:02 -0400 Essex St Marsh in Bangor was alive with activity this morning. I went to find a black-billed cuckoo and to see the sora, but the marsh had other plans. http://photosbychance.zenfolio.com/p501323621/h6a61ba21#h6a61ba21 Cheers, Dave -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Black-billed Chuckoo From: Dave Thompson <mainedave12 AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 10:20:10 -0700 (PDT) Saw a black-billed cuckoo at Evergreen last weekend. -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: RE: Re: Whip-Poor-will From: Sharon F. <sfinley111 AT hotmail.com> Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 10:47:42 -0400 Very little whip-poor-will activity in my area section of West Kennebunk. This is the first year I that I don't hear at least one in the evening. Heard one the first part of May but none since then. CMP power line work near the Kennebunk Plains may be part of the reason but beyond that I cannot say-I very much miss hearing them! Sharon in West K. Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 15:33:21 -0700 From: jayrod144 AT gmail.com To: maine-birds AT googlegroups.com Subject: [Maine-birds] Re: Whip-Poor-will We have had them for about a week now in Whitefield. On Wednesday, June 5, 2013 2:53:47 AM UTC-4, cadmando wrote: Heard a Whip-Poor-will in Oxford, rt. 26 behind Dave's small engines. 9:00 Tuesday evening. Has been some time since I have heard one and was wonder if anyone else has seen or heard any. S.Burkett -- -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. 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