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2 Sep MDI Spruce Grouse and Long-eared Owl [] 2 Sep Re: Baird's - Buff-breasts at Flood Farm, Clinton [FALMOUTH WILDBIRDCENTER ] 2 Sep Mystery Birds in Rockland [Nate ] 01 Sep Forster's Tern continues at Pine Point - 9/1/10 [Doug Hitchcox ] 1 Sep Sanford Sewage Plant ["Andrew" ] 1 Sep Baird's - Buff-breasts at Flood Farm, Clinton [Peter Vickery ] 1 Sep Fw: CONSERVATIONISTS CREATE NEW VENUE FOR LEARNING ABOUT PENOBSCOT WATERSHED Bar Harbor ["Down East Nature Tours" ] 1 Sep Winnegance Causeway - Phippsburg/Bath [Mike Fahay ] 1 Sep Popham in the morning [Mike Fahay ] 1 Sep Buff-breasted and Baird's, Clinton [Louis Bevier ] 31 Aug Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Forster's Tern, etc., 31 August [Luke Seitz ] 31 Aug Frenchman Bay area 8/31... [] 31 Aug Popham Beach - evening - Aug 31 [Mike Fahay ] 31 Aug Recent Monhegan migration ["Tom M." ] 31 Aug Re: Nighthawks [Renee and Zack ] 31 Aug Peregrine and calling in "Woody" [Joanne Stevens ] 31 Aug RE: Matinicus Rock Photojournal ["Kirk M. Rogers" ] 31 Aug Sandy Point Morning Flight (Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Pileated Woodpecker, 14 spp warbler), 8/31 [Derek and Jeannette Lovitch ] 31 Aug RFI: Hudsonian Godwit at Pine Point? [Derek and Jeannette Lovitch ] 31 Aug Re: Forester's Tern at Pine Point [Derek and Jeannette Lovitch ] 31 Aug Yellow Crowned Night Herons to Godwits ["Lloyd W. Alexander" ] 31 Aug Yellow Crowned Night Herons to Godwits ["Lloyd W. Alexander" ] 31 Aug Forester's Tern at Pine Point ["Stella Walsh" ] 31 Aug Forester's Tern at Pine Point ["Stella Walsh" ] 31 Aug Forester's Tern at Pine Point ["Stella Walsh" ] 31 Aug Re: Nighthawks-PS [Kristen Lindquist ] 31 Aug Frenchman Bay area... [] 31 Aug Re: Nighthawks [Renee and Zack ] 31 Aug Re: Pectoral Sandpiper at Otter Cove MDI ["Down East Nature Tours" ] 31 Aug Nighthawks ["Linda Scotland" ] 30 Aug bird song in late August [Leda Beth Gray ] 30 Aug RE: coastal Cape CONIs tonight ["marie jordan" ] 30 Aug coastal Cape CONIs tonight [Scott Cronenweth ] 30 Aug coastal Cape CONIs tonight [Scott Cronenweth ] 30 Aug coastal Cape CONIs tonight [Scott Cronenweth ] 30 Aug Downeast today ["Bob Duchesne" ] 30 Aug Popham Beach - Aug 30 - Baird's SPs [Mike Fahay ] 30 Aug a few from the north [Craig Kesselheim ] 30 Aug Downeast yesterday ["Bob Duchesne" ] 30 Aug QUERY: Lesser Yellowlegs in spring [Peter Vickery ] 30 Aug thanks and birds [Sharon F. ] 30 Aug Merlin at Sandy Point this Morning ["Stella Walsh" ] 29 Aug Kennebunk Plains - Saturday, 28 Aug [Peter Vickery ] 29 Aug Yellow-cr Night Herons, Black-headed Gull, Biddeford Pool, 8/29 [Mike Resch ] 29 Aug Belated Appledore Report ["Stella Walsh" ] 29 Aug Camden-BW Hawk [Kristen Lindquist ] 29 Aug birding the backside of MDI [Craig Kesselheim ] 29 Aug Fw: eBird Report - Essex Wood's Trail , 8/28/10 [Paul Corcoran ] 29 Aug Maine Birds ["C & A Larrabee" ] 28 Aug Maine Birds ["C & A Larrabee" ] 28 Aug Re: Marbled Godwits and Juv Yellow Crowned Night Heron [Nicholas Lund ] 28 Aug Marbled Godwits and Juv Yellow Crowned Night Heron ["Marie" ] 28 Aug Monhegan 8/27 ["Tom M." ] 28 Aug Weskeag-8.28.10 [Kristen Lindquist ] 28 Aug Re: 3 YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS, 8/27, Biddeford Pool [Derek and Jeannette Lovitch ] 28 Aug Re: 3 YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS, 8/27, Biddeford Pool [Joanne Stevens ] 28 Aug Offshore 8/28. [] 28 Aug Frenchman Bay area... [] 28 Aug Sandy Point Morning Flight (SUMMER TANAGER, moderate flight), Yarmouth, 8/28. [Derek and Jeannette Lovitch ] 28 Aug Pine Point yes marbled and hudsonian [Peaceable Garden ] 27 Aug Fw: eBird Report - Bass Harbor Wetland and Migratory stopover Hotspots MJGood , 8/27/10 ["Down East Nature Tours" ] 27 Aug More Monhegan ["Tom M." ] 27 Aug Re: Sandy Point morning flight, 27 August [Derek and Jeannette Lovitch ] 27 Aug Additional Highlights and Shorebirds high counts (inc. juv. Long-billed Dowitcher, Pine Point, 8/27) this week, 8/21-27 [Derek and Jeannette Lovitch ] 27 Aug FW: Maine RBA - August 27, 2010 ["Stella Walsh" ] 27 Aug Fw: Maine RBA August 27, 2010 ["Paul Garrity" ] 27 Aug larger id pic [Sharon F. ] 27 Aug 3 YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS, 8/27, Biddeford Pool [Derek and Jeannette Lovitch ] 27 Aug Buff Breasted Sandpiper still at Fryeburg [Dave Briddon ] 27 Aug No white-chinned petrel on the 8:30 Bar Harbor boat [Nicholas Lund ] 27 Aug migrant Eastern Whip-poor-will, Fairfield; Viles Arboretum misc. [Louis Bevier ] 27 Aug Recent Monhegan Sightings ["Tom M." ] 27 Aug Sanford Sewage Plant , 8/26/10, and 8/27/10 ["Andrew" ] 27 Aug RE: Re: [Maine-birds Semi-palmated Plovers?? [] 27 Aug Sandy Point morning flight, 27 August [Luke Seitz ] 27 Aug semi plovers [Joel and Sandy Wilcox-Fairbanks ] Subject: MDI Spruce Grouse and Long-eared Owl From: <rich AT thenaturalhistorycenter.com> Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 10:55:59 -0400 While biking Acadia National Park's Loop Road yesterday in the blazing heat (What was I thinking?), I was pleasantly distracted by a Spruce Grouse just in the woods near Thunder Hole. A Cooper's Hawk near Precipice and a plethora of kinglets and chickadees rounded out my ride. A friend showed me a picture of a Long-eared Owl taken in Bass Harbor about two weeks ago. Richard MacDonald The Natural History Center 6 Firefly Lane, "On the Village Green" P.O. Box 6 Bar Harbor, Maine 04609 207/801-2617 (store) 207/266-9461 (mobile) Rich AT TheNaturalHistoryCenter.com www.TheNaturalHistoryCenter.com -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Re: Baird's - Buff-breasts at Flood Farm, Clinton From: FALMOUTH WILDBIRDCENTER <wbcfal AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 10:18:17 -0400 Brendan Casey and I travelled to Flood Farm this morning from 7am to 8am. This morning there were *three* Buff-breasted Sandpipers, but we couldn't pick out any Baird's in the time that we were there. Dipped on Pec as well, but there were a few Greater Yellowlegs this morning. Lighting was terrible, an afternoon trip would be a better idea. Casey Hynes Wild Bird Center of Falmouth falmouth AT wildbird.com On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Peter Vickery wrote: > I stopped by the farm this afternoon after Louis's post. Thanks, Louis. > > There were 2 juv Buff-breasted Sandpipers and as many as 5 juv Baird's > Sandpipers. Three were present for most of the time and then another two > materialized. > > Also, Least, Semipalmated Sandpipers, 2 Pectoral Sandpipers, Killdeer, Semi > PLovers, Solitary Sandpipers, and brown legged Lesser Yellowlegs, perhaps > better called Lesser Manure-legs at this site. Curious to see them lacking > yellow legs. > > Thanks Wally for the initial discovery. > > Best, Peter > > > > > > -- > Maine birds mailing list > maine-birds AT googlegroups.com > http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds > -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Mystery Birds in Rockland From: Nate <amplifiedreality AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 06:57:46 -0700 (PDT) Hi, I was wondering if someone out there might help me with identifying a couple birds I spotted off the jetty at the Marie Reed Park in Rockland last Tuesday. I've posted a few images to Picasa so you can find them here: http://picasaweb.google.com/amplifiedreality/MysteryBirds?authkey=Gv1sRgCN6Frs-M39SHGA&feat=directlink Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Forster's Tern continues at Pine Point - 9/1/10 From: Doug Hitchcox <dhitchcox AT mac.com> Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:03:01 -0400 At least one of the Forster's Terns was present at the Lobster Co-op in Pine Point today around 11:00AM. The bird was seen roosting on the mudflats near Ferry Beach (viewing would have been much better from that side) with two Common Terns and more Bonaparte's Gulls then I was going to count. The rising tide forced these birds into the air and the Forster's proceeded up-river (gone by 12). Thanks all for the reports on this bird; it was a fun twitch before class today. The two Marbled Godwits are still there and love getting their picture taken. Photos of the Forster's and other recent birds are up at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dhitchcox/ Good birding, Doug Hitchcox -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Sanford Sewage Plant From: "Andrew" <aaldrich1 AT maine.rr.com> Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 20:10:54 -0400 Location: Sanford Sewage Plant 6:50 AM to 9:10 AM Observation date: 9/1/10 Number of species: 24 Wood Duck Mallard Blue-winged Teal Green-winged Teal Double-crested Cormorant 77 Great Blue Heron 4 Peregrine Falcon 1 Virginia Rail 3 Common Moorhen 1 Lesser Yellowlegs Least Sandpiper Herring Gull Flicker Eastern Phoebe 4 Blue Jay American Crow Tree Swallow Barn Swallow Black-capped Chickadee Yellow-rumped Warbler 5 Common Yellowthroat 4 Song Sparrow Bobolink 8 American Goldfinch Happy birding Andy Aldrich North Berwick Directions: take Gavel Rd. east off of Rte. 4 at blinking light, 3.7 miles south of jct. of Rtes. 4 and 111, (in Alfred) or 0.7 miles north of jct. of Rtes. 4 and 109., (in S. Sanford) Hours as posted: 6-4:30 MON-FRI, 7-8:30 SAT+SUN -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Baird's - Buff-breasts at Flood Farm, Clinton From: Peter Vickery <petervickery AT roadrunner.com> Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 17:48:28 -0400 I stopped by the farm this afternoon after Louis's post. Thanks, Louis. There were 2 juv Buff-breasted Sandpipers and as many as 5 juv Baird's Sandpipers. Three were present for most of the time and then another two materialized. Also, Least, Semipalmated Sandpipers, 2 Pectoral Sandpipers, Killdeer, Semi PLovers, Solitary Sandpipers, and brown legged Lesser Yellowlegs, perhaps better called Lesser Manure-legs at this site. Curious to see them lacking yellow legs. Thanks Wally for the initial discovery. Best, Peter -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Fw: CONSERVATIONISTS CREATE NEW VENUE FOR LEARNING ABOUT PENOBSCOT WATERSHED Bar Harbor From: "Down East Nature Tours" <info AT downeastnaturetours.com> Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 17:28:23 -0400 ----- Original Message ----- From: info AT AcadiaBirdingFestival.com Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 1:48 PM Subject: Re: CONSERVATIONISTS CREATE NEW VENUE FOR LEARNING ABOUT PENOBSCOT WATERSHED Bar Harbor Hello, Important to all birders in Maine, the Penobscot river is the life blood of the Gulf of Maine and the major artery connecting land and Sea. I am extremly happy to announce a two year project now called the Penobscot Watershed Eco-Center located on Main Street across from the village Green at 160 Main Street Bar Harbor. . The opening event is listed below. I look forward to representing the birds of Down East Maine in this educational display that will focus on the connection between Birds and Fish!! I am sending this to you because I know how deeply this list serve cares about birds!! .. but I also know how deeply this group of people care about the rivers and ecology of Maine. PWEC is about Maine and the importance of the Penobscot River for providing 10,000 years of human existance and a thriving Gulf of Maine ecology. The ecosystem ideas presented through the display and the collaboration will help guide the future health of the Gulf of Maine and especially the Penobscot River. Hope to see some of you at the opening on September 9 at the Abby Museum than we will walk over to the PWEC venue (please see below) All the best, Michael Michael J. Good. MS Founder and Director 13th Acadia Birding Festival June 2-5, 2011 Co-collaborator for Penobscot Watershed Eco-Center CONSERVATIONISTS CREATE NEW VENUE FOR LEARNING ABOUT PENOBSCOT WATERSHED BAR HARBOR - The mighty Penobscot is the largest river in Maine and the second largest in New England. It is 350 miles long, drains an 8,592 square-mile watershed - roughly one quarter of the state's land area, and is home to a stunning collection of wildlife. The Penobscot River provides the largest freshwater input into the Gulf of Maine, connecting the inland forests of the Katahdin region with the sea. The Penobscot Watershed Eco-Center (PWEC) in Bar Harbor has been created to celebrate this important river, its watershed, and the diverse cultural benefits that the river provides. PWEC's mission is to increase understanding and appreciation for the character, history, and future of the Penobscot River Watershed. PWEC is hosting a program entitled, "The Living Web: Conservation and Connections", Thursday, September 9, 2010 from 4:30-5:30 p.m. at the Abbe Museum, 26 Mount Desert Street, in Bar Harbor. The evening will highlight speakers involved in creating this new educational space, including RESTORE: The North Woods, Michael Good, Director of the Acadia Birding Festival, The Penobscot East Resource Center, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Penobscot River Restoration Project, and the Penobscot Indian Nation. Immediately following the panel presentation, guests are invited to take a short walk to the Penobscot Watershed Eco-Center located at 160 Main Street, Bar Harbor for a reception and to view the opening exhibit, "The Living Web". This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, contact the PWEC Project Coordinator, Maria Girouard, at (207) 817-7471, or at maria.girouard AT penobscotnation.org -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Winnegance Causeway - Phippsburg/Bath From: Mike Fahay <mfahay AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 13:51:55 -0400 Numbers and species have been fluctuating here recently, but this morning featured 88 Blue Winged Teal. Also present were 12 Mallards, 1 Black Duck, 2 Gtr Yellowlegs and 1 GBHeron. -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Popham in the morning From: Mike Fahay <mfahay AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 13:49:12 -0400 Birded a bit more than an hour at Popham this A.M., ca 3 hours after High Tide. Almost all the peeps had split for Atkins Bay and the Kennebec margins. Most of the remainders were Sanderlings, and they are increasing in numbers (e.g. ca 150, mostly juve). Also there were: Western Willet (last night's bird) more photos 5 Pectoral Sandpipers in a flock flying in and landing in the mud. 1 Ruddy Turnstone (juve) Semipalm. Plovers (ca 75) BB Plover (19) Least Sandpiper (ca 35) Zero Semipalmated Sandpipers -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Buff-breasted and Baird's, Clinton From: Louis Bevier <lrbevier AT colby.edu> Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 10:27:42 -0700 (PDT) Peak time for Buff-breasted Sandpiper passage it seems, and those of us consigned to the interior have been wanting. My friend Kevin Aanerud and I were minutes away from the Flood farm manure pits(**) determined to find our own Tryngites today, when the call came in from Wally Sumner that he had two in sight. We saw those birds and a bonus three Baird's Sandpipers. This locality, to put it bluntly, has been "dead" until late, with a few Baird's as highlights. Today, there were over 60 shorebirds, which is a significant change. Some totals (all juvs. except birds with deer in the name). Semipalmated Plover (1), Killdeer (2), Solitary Sandpiper (12+), Lesser Yellowlegs (8), Semipalmated Sandpiper (5), Least Sandpiper (30), Baird's Sandpiper (3), Buff-breasted Sandpiper (2) ** this area is on private property but open to small numbers of birders at a time; please respect the property owners and watch out for machinery. Louis Bevier Fairfield, Maine -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Forster's Tern, etc., 31 August From: Luke Seitz <birdfreak007 AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:33:43 -0700 (PDT) Hi all, As Derek and Jeannette previously posted, the flight at Sandy Point wasn't that bad this morning, highlighted by a single BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER flying over, along with a pretty good diversity of warblers (incl. Tennessee and Bay-breasted) I then went on a mad twitch to Biddeford before work, relocating two juvenile YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS at the edge of the pond on the trail off 7th Ave.  There were no shorebirds on Biddeford Pool Beach, and nothing of note at Hills Beach. After work, I headed to Pine Point on another dirty chase of the FORSTER'S TERNS found by Derek and Jeannette earlier in the day.  There were FOUR juvenile birds foraging in the channel and resting on boats and buoys.  The two MARBLED GODWITS were still present, providing the best views and photos I've had yet. For some photos from today (including some truly pitiful shots of warblers in flight...though including Bay-breasted, Tennessee, Pine, etc...along with the YCNH, FOTE, and MAGO), visit the following link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/51533299 AT N05/sets/72157624728409587/ Good Birding, Luke Seitz Falmouth, ME birdfreak007 AT yahoo.com www.seitzart.com -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Frenchman Bay area 8/31... From: <wtownsend AT roadrunner.com> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:35:14 -0400 8/31 Several (14) Osprey passing across the bay this morning. 20+ Ruddy Turnstones on Egg Rock, also this morning. Hummingbird passed by the boat at the mouth of the bay at 11 a.m. -- Check our nature, family, and other photos at: www.fotki.com/townsend-maine Updated on 18 August. -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Popham Beach - evening - Aug 31 From: Mike Fahay <mfahay AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:18:28 -0400 Several hundred peeps assembled at the eastern end of New Sand Island near sunset tonight. High tide was at 4 PM, and by 7 PM it was still too deep to wade across the old river course. But from 100+ yards away, scope views included: 550 peeps 1 Western Willet (ad) (photo) 1 Pectoral sand (Juve) (photo) 1 SB Dowitcher 2 Baird's SP 2 WR SP 85 Semipalm Plovers (Most Juve) and 2 distinct flocks of Com Terns, seemingly assembling for migration south?? Both o0f these flocks (tight formations) were headed directly for Seawall Beach. No Forster's Terns tonight. -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Recent Monhegan migration From: "Tom M." <tmagarian AT alumni.unity.edu> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:40:54 -0700 (PDT) The last few days have been good out on the island. The mornings are relatively birdy. The accipts and falcons are around now. Warblers are about and bobolinks are more common. The seabirding has been slow, but gannets are easy to see. Here is a recap. 29 AUG northern waterthrush - 1 yellow-rumped warbler - 1 common yellowthroat - 1 red-breatsed nuthatch - 1 carolina wren - 1 bobolink - 1 northern gannet gray catbird - 1 30 AUG american kestrel - 2 eastern wood-peewee - 1 sharp-shinned hawk - 3 merl - 1 common eider northern gannet - 15 black guillemot - 2 eastern kingbird - 2 red-breasted nuthatch - 1 one unidentified medium passerine cam in off the water to Lobster Point from the SW at 0920. It makes you wonder how far offshore it was and how long it had been flying to find land. 31 AUG downy woodpecker - 1 blue jay - 5 common grackle - 2 red-winged blackbird - 2 purple finch - 5 cape may warbler - 7 red-breasted nuthatch - 10 european starling - 4 cedar waxwing - 100 eastern kingbird - 4 wilson's warbler - 1 american warbler - 17 common yellowthroat - 1 carolina warbler - 2 gray catbird - 1 yellow warbler - 2 yellow-rumped warbler - 2 bobolink - 30 american kestrel - 4 merlin - 3 peregrine falcon - 1 sharp-shinned hawk - 1 black guillemot - 2 northern gannet unidentified warbler - 15 Cheers! -Tom M. -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Re: Nighthawks From: Renee and Zack <reneeandzack AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:10:55 -0700 (PDT) Photos of one Nighthawk unafraid to show off for a camera can be found on the Maine-Birds site: http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds ________________________________ From: Renee and Zack To: Linda Scotland ; Maine Birds Sent: Tue, August 31, 2010 7:21:59 AM Subject: Re: [Maine-birds] Nighthawks The show here in Buxton this week has been incredible as well. Such beautiful birds in flight, especially in the waning sun. Agreed that here too they are flying with the damselfies, some so close I have some great photographs of them in flight. Renee ________________________________ From: Linda Scotland To: Maine Birds Sent: Tue, August 31, 2010 6:59:47 AM Subject: [Maine-birds] Nighthawks Last night, around 7pm, I was sitting on the deck watching the most wonderful Nighthawk migration I've seen in years.  At the same time, there seemed to be a huge damselfly flight and the nighthawks were eating them as they flew by.  There were so many nighthawks I couldn't even estimate the numbers!     Linda D. Scotland PO Box 248 Cape Neddick, ME 03902 (207) 363-5377-- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Peregrine and calling in "Woody" From: Joanne Stevens <joshawk AT maine.rr.com> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:46:26 -0400 My son Jeff and I walked the trail around the Indian Cellar Preserve, along the Saco River in Hollis, this morning. A Peregrine Falcon flew over and was nice enough to land in a tree across the river from us so Jeff got his first look at a Peregrine. As we walked on he got talking about hearing a Pileated Woodpecker along another trail he had been on recently. I said, "Oh yeah, like Woody the Woodpecker" and proceeded to do a very poor rendition of the cartoon character's laughing call, "uh-uh-uh-uh--ah, uh-uh-uh-uh--ah, ah-ah-ah-ah". I was promptly answered by a nearby real Pileated! My son just rolled his eyes and said,"your friends are never going to believe this one!" But I have a witness! Joanne -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: RE: Matinicus Rock Photojournal From: "Kirk M. Rogers" <krogers1 AT maine.rr.com> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:44:41 -0700 (PDT) Hi All: If anyone has an interest, I recently posted a photojournal from a July morning on Matinicus Rock. Bird images include Atlantic Puffins, Wilson’s Storm-Petrels, Common and Arctic Terns, Razorbills, Black Guillemots and Laughing Gulls. There are chick and fledglings shots and a series of views of the Audubon staff working with the birds. The direct link is: http://www.kiroastro.com/writings/MatinicusRock.html. Kirk Kirk M. Rogers Astronomical & Earthbound Images 'A Shot in the Dark' www.kiroastro.com -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Sandy Point Morning Flight (Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Pileated Woodpecker, 14 spp warbler), 8/31 From: Derek and Jeannette Lovitch <freeportwildbird AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:12:09 -0700 (PDT) Hi all, Thanks to a rather strong flight overnight, a surprisingly steady, and very diverse trickle of migrant passed through Sandy Point, Cousin's Island, Yarmouth this morning despite calm conditions.  As usual with light to no wind, birds were wicked high, and few were landing in the trees at the parking lot, or near the bridge - hence the low "batting average" of identified birds, despite being joined in "my office" by Luke Seitz and Jeannette.    The highlights included a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER crossing overhead, my first of the fall, and 168th species at Sandy Point.  Also, a PILEATED WOODPECKER made the crossing from Cousin's Island - my first "countable" PIWO at Sandy Point (although hearing and seeing birds around the park is regular).   5:57 to 7:25 Clear, calm, 63F.  Warming rapidly.    166 Unidentified 58 Northern Parulas 11 American Redstarts 5 Yellow Warblers 5 American Robins 4 Red-breasted Nuthatches 4 Yellow-rumped Warblers 4 Black-throated Green Warblers 4 Chipping Sparrows 3 Red-eyed Vireos 3 Magnolia Warblers 3 Blackpoll Warblers 3 Bobolinks 2 Sharp-shinned Hawks 2 Unidentified vireos 2 Common Yellowthroats 1 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER (my first for Sandy Point). 1 PILEATED WOODPECKER (first crossing documented). 1 Barn Swallow 1 Least Flycatcher 1 Tennessee Warbler 1 Nashville Warbler 1 Black-and-white Warbler 1 Bay-breasted Warbler 1 Pine Warbler 1 Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 Baltimore Oriole 1 Purple Finch 1 American Goldfinch   Stella Walsh added a Philadelphia Vireo to the collective list.   -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 -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: RFI: Hudsonian Godwit at Pine Point? From: Derek and Jeannette Lovitch <freeportwildbird AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:00:36 -0700 (PDT) Hi all,   Multiple people have reported a Hudsonian Godwit recently at Pine Point.  While John Berry and I had one adult on 8/26, I and a few others have not seen the bird again despite much searching.  Meanwhile, on both occassions, I have encountered the same two juvenile Marbled Godwits - although one is distinctly smaller and paler than the other (likely a male and a female), they are most obviously Marbled Godwits.   I hope no one is offended by this post, as this query is for information only, not to call anyone out.  However, following up on a recent conversation with a friend, I am trying to ascertain the current occurrence and duration of Hudsonian Godwit visits here in Southern Maine, so I am curious to know if this bird has indeed stuck around, or if a "new" bird has arrived.  I have also had a couple of inquiries as to "Is there a Hudsonian Godwit at Pine Point," and I would like to be able to answer those accurately.   Many thanks, 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 -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Re: Forester's Tern at Pine Point From: Derek and Jeannette Lovitch <freeportwildbird AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:48:42 -0700 (PDT) Make it two . . . Jeannette and I had a second juvenile FORSTER'S TERN a short while later, foraging together with a few Commons in the Pine Point Narrows this morning.   Also present: 2 continuing juvenile MARBLED GODWITS 1 juvenile "Western" Willer 6 (!!, a personal high count in Maine), American Oystercatchers.   -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 --- On Tue, 8/31/10, Stella Walsh wrote: From: Stella Walsh Subject: [Maine-birds] Forester's Tern at Pine Point To: maine-birds AT googlegroups.com Date: Tuesday, August 31, 2010, 12:55 PM Derek Lovitch just sent me a txt that he and Jeannette just saw a Forester’s Tern at Pine Point   Stella   -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Yellow Crowned Night Herons to Godwits From: "Lloyd W. Alexander" <lngdrvr AT maine.rr.com> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:48:44 -0400 A fun day of traveling yesterday that was full of some fun birds. I started in the Biddeford Pool area and covered from one end to the other. The last stop was to find the Yellow Crowned Juvenilles. Two were sitting nice and pretty with one giving a wierd wing drying display. If I did not know any better I would have assumed it was calling the Sun God. Then off to Pine Point for the last few minutes of flats to be seen. Very rewarding with both types of Godwits there and one coming close for some nice shots. One Sanderling was also at BP amongst a few Killdeer and Semi palmated Sandpipers. There is one interesting Sandpiper I photographed at Pine Point that was taller then the others but I have not I'D'ed it yet. Images are located here.... http://public.fotki.com/lwa11/2010/august-2010/8-30-10-biddeford-p/ I hope everyone has a great day. Best... Lloyd www.lloydsjourney.com -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Yellow Crowned Night Herons to Godwits From: "Lloyd W. Alexander" <lngdrvr AT maine.rr.com> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:48:44 -0400 A fun day of traveling yesterday that was full of some fun birds. I started in the Biddeford Pool area and covered from one end to the other. The last stop was to find the Yellow Crowned Juvenilles. Two were sitting nice and pretty with one giving a wierd wing drying display. If I did not know any better I would have assumed it was calling the Sun God. Then off to Pine Point for the last few minutes of flats to be seen. Very rewarding with both types of Godwits there and one coming close for some nice shots. One Sanderling was also at BP amongst a few Killdeer and Semi palmated Sandpipers. There is one interesting Sandpiper I photographed at Pine Point that was taller then the others but I have not I'D'ed it yet. Images are located here.... http://public.fotki.com/lwa11/2010/august-2010/8-30-10-biddeford-p/ I hope everyone has a great day. Best... Lloyd www.lloydsjourney.com -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Forester's Tern at Pine Point From: "Stella Walsh" <stellawalsh AT earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:55:41 -0400 Derek Lovitch just sent me a txt that he and Jeannette just saw a Forester's Tern at Pine Point Stella -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Forester's Tern at Pine Point From: "Stella Walsh" <stellawalsh AT earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:55:41 -0400 Derek Lovitch just sent me a txt that he and Jeannette just saw a Forester's Tern at Pine Point Stella -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Forester's Tern at Pine Point From: "Stella Walsh" <stellawalsh AT earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:55:41 -0400 Derek Lovitch just sent me a txt that he and Jeannette just saw a Forester's Tern at Pine Point Stella -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Re: Nighthawks-PS From: Kristen Lindquist <kelindquist AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:47:32 -0400 That reminds me that a co-worker who lives in West Appleton told me yesterday that for the past couple of weeks he's been seeing several dozen nighthawks hanging out near a pond behind his house. Guess it's really buggy out there! Kristen On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 9:51 PM, Scott Cronenweth wrote: > Greetings, birding friends. Kayaking just off the rowdy surf zone between > Kettle Cove and Dyer Point on Cape Elizabeth this evening I was treated to a > nice Common Nighthawk flight. Despite needing to pay attention to the wave > action, I counted 37 CONIs in about 1/2 hour, all heading south over the > water, within 100 yards or so of the shoreline and only 50-100 feet off the > ground. Many were eating on the wing, though it wasn't obvious to me what > they were catching. > > I also spotted 10+ Laughing Gulls on the same flight path as the nighthawks. > I wonder if they were exploiting the same food source? There can be quite a > few mosquitoes, dragonflies, swallows and bats out over the water in that > area on a warm night, as the sun sets and the wave crests burn red as they > break... And I think to myself: what a wonderful world... > > Peace & good birding, > > Scott Cronenweth > South Portland, ME > scott AT naturalpathwalks.com > www.naturalpathwalks.com > > > > -- > Maine birds mailing list > maine-birds AT googlegroups.com > http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds > -- Kristen Lindquist 12 Mt. Battie St. Camden, ME 04843 -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Frenchman Bay area... From: <wtownsend AT roadrunner.com> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 8:30:14 -0400 Monday 8/30 Small flocks of 15-20 Double-crested Cormorants heading south. Two Kestrels, one Merlin passing across the mouth of the bay this morning. Four Rough-winged Swallows and another four Barn Swallows passing over Egg Rock this morning. Great Cormorants are becoming quite common throughout the bay. A few Gannets scattered across the bay all day. 10% of Black Guillemots in winter plumage but a couple of birds still carrying fish into nesting crevasses on Long Porcupine Island this date. Non bird: Mourning Cloak butterflies passing across the bay all day. A report of a large dead unidentified shark floating off Sand Beach in Acadia NP (not seen by this reporter). -- Check our nature, family, and other photos at: www.fotki.com/townsend-maine Updated on 18 August. -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Re: Nighthawks From: Renee and Zack <reneeandzack AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:21:59 -0700 (PDT) The show here in Buxton this week has been incredible as well. Such beautiful birds in flight, especially in the waning sun. Agreed that here too they are flying with the damselfies, some so close I have some great photographs of them in flight. Renee ________________________________ From: Linda Scotland To: Maine Birds Sent: Tue, August 31, 2010 6:59:47 AM Subject: [Maine-birds] Nighthawks Last night, around 7pm, I was sitting on the deck watching the most wonderful Nighthawk migration I've seen in years.  At the same time, there seemed to be a huge damselfly flight and the nighthawks were eating them as they flew by.  There were so many nighthawks I couldn't even estimate the numbers!     Linda D. Scotland PO Box 248 Cape Neddick, ME 03902 (207) 363-5377-- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Re: Pectoral Sandpiper at Otter Cove MDI From: "Down East Nature Tours" <info AT downeastnaturetours.com> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:20:01 -0400 Hello, I had a single Pectoral Sandpiper at Otter Cove yesterday afternoon. Report to follow. MJ Good Michael J. Good, MS President Down East Nature Tours Founder and Director 12th Acadia Birding Festival 150 Knox Road Bar Harbor, Maine 04609 207-288-8128 207-479-4256 INFO AT downeastnaturetours.com www.downeastnaturetours.com www.acadiabirdingfestival.com -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Nighthawks From: "Linda Scotland" <lds AT maine.rr.com> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:59:47 -0400 Last night, around 7pm, I was sitting on the deck watching the most wonderful Nighthawk migration I've seen in years. At the same time, there seemed to be a huge damselfly flight and the nighthawks were eating them as they flew by. There were so many nighthawks I couldn't even estimate the numbers! Linda D. Scotland PO Box 248 Cape Neddick, ME 03902 (207) 363-5377 -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: bird song in late August From: Leda Beth Gray <ledabeth AT gwi.net> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:34:20 -0400 Yesterday we had a hike over Pemetic Mountain in Acadia. I was startled to hear songs from both brown creeper and golden crowned kinglet on the north slope, the latter singing a truncated song. From the other call notes I heard nearby, both seemed to be part of small groups, possibly family groups. I didn't realize they would sing this late. A few juncos and a song sparrow in evidence in the area of the summit, only call notes from them. Saturday I heard a modified song out of a b&w warbler. I saw the warbler but did not see it sing, only heard it before I saw it. It did a few phrases of "squeaky wheel" sound, then the song degenerated into a more complex ending. Leda Beth Blue Hill -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: RE: coastal Cape CONIs tonight From: "marie jordan" <mijord AT maine.rr.com> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:39:18 -0400 I was enjoying the view at the Portland Head Light this evening with out of state friends and also witnessed the same flight of nighthawks - At the lighthouse area they were flying every which way over land and slightly out over the ocean - Great show. Marie Jordan -----Original Message----- From: maine-birds AT googlegroups.com [mailto:maine-birds AT googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Cronenweth Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 9:51 PM To: Maine Birds Subject: [Maine-birds] coastal Cape CONIs tonight Greetings, birding friends. Kayaking just off the rowdy surf zone between Kettle Cove and Dyer Point on Cape Elizabeth this evening I was treated to a nice Common Nighthawk flight. Despite needing to pay attention to the wave action, I counted 37 CONIs in about 1/2 hour, all heading south over the water, within 100 yards or so of the shoreline and only 50-100 feet off the ground. Many were eating on the wing, though it wasn't obvious to me what they were catching. I also spotted 10+ Laughing Gulls on the same flight path as the nighthawks. I wonder if they were exploiting the same food source? There can be quite a few mosquitoes, dragonflies, swallows and bats out over the water in that area on a warm night, as the sun sets and the wave crests burn red as they break... And I think to myself: what a wonderful world... Peace & good birding, Scott Cronenweth South Portland, ME scott AT naturalpathwalks.com www.naturalpathwalks.com -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: coastal Cape CONIs tonight From: Scott Cronenweth <scott AT naturalpathwalks.com> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:51:25 -0400 Greetings, birding friends. Kayaking just off the rowdy surf zone between Kettle Cove and Dyer Point on Cape Elizabeth this evening I was treated to a nice Common Nighthawk flight. Despite needing to pay attention to the wave action, I counted 37 CONIs in about 1/2 hour, all heading south over the water, within 100 yards or so of the shoreline and only 50-100 feet off the ground. Many were eating on the wing, though it wasn't obvious to me what they were catching. I also spotted 10+ Laughing Gulls on the same flight path as the nighthawks. I wonder if they were exploiting the same food source? There can be quite a few mosquitoes, dragonflies, swallows and bats out over the water in that area on a warm night, as the sun sets and the wave crests burn red as they break... And I think to myself: what a wonderful world... Peace & good birding, Scott Cronenweth South Portland, ME scott AT naturalpathwalks.com www.naturalpathwalks.com -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: coastal Cape CONIs tonight From: Scott Cronenweth <scott AT naturalpathwalks.com> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:51:25 -0400 Greetings, birding friends. Kayaking just off the rowdy surf zone between Kettle Cove and Dyer Point on Cape Elizabeth this evening I was treated to a nice Common Nighthawk flight. Despite needing to pay attention to the wave action, I counted 37 CONIs in about 1/2 hour, all heading south over the water, within 100 yards or so of the shoreline and only 50-100 feet off the ground. Many were eating on the wing, though it wasn't obvious to me what they were catching. I also spotted 10+ Laughing Gulls on the same flight path as the nighthawks. I wonder if they were exploiting the same food source? There can be quite a few mosquitoes, dragonflies, swallows and bats out over the water in that area on a warm night, as the sun sets and the wave crests burn red as they break... And I think to myself: what a wonderful world... Peace & good birding, Scott Cronenweth South Portland, ME scott AT naturalpathwalks.com www.naturalpathwalks.com -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: coastal Cape CONIs tonight From: Scott Cronenweth <scott AT naturalpathwalks.com> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:51:25 -0400 Greetings, birding friends. Kayaking just off the rowdy surf zone between Kettle Cove and Dyer Point on Cape Elizabeth this evening I was treated to a nice Common Nighthawk flight. Despite needing to pay attention to the wave action, I counted 37 CONIs in about 1/2 hour, all heading south over the water, within 100 yards or so of the shoreline and only 50-100 feet off the ground. Many were eating on the wing, though it wasn't obvious to me what they were catching. I also spotted 10+ Laughing Gulls on the same flight path as the nighthawks. I wonder if they were exploiting the same food source? There can be quite a few mosquitoes, dragonflies, swallows and bats out over the water in that area on a warm night, as the sun sets and the wave crests burn red as they break... And I think to myself: what a wonderful world... Peace & good birding, Scott Cronenweth South Portland, ME scott AT naturalpathwalks.com www.naturalpathwalks.com -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Downeast today From: "Bob Duchesne" <duchesne AT midmaine.com> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:30:04 -0400 My second day of birding downeast with Nathaniel and Rick today was hot for both temperature and birds. We had to work at it, but did score a pair of Boreal Chickadees in the Edmunds Division of Moosehorn NWR. Before the day heated up, the birds there were surprisingly noisy - especially the woodpeckers, calling and hammering. We notched multiple warblers in foraging flocks. The highlights were Bay-breasted and Blackburnian, both in their ugliest indiscernible confusing fall plumages. At Schoppee Point in Roque Bluffs, there were over 150 Black Guillemots floating on the dead calm. Deciding to hug the coastline in the heat, we had a productive outing at Schoodic Point, stopping for every foraging flock along the road and watching a family group of at least three Winter Wrens prowling the woods. The highlight was a Parasitic Jaeger flyby at the point. Not close, but not far. Bob Duchesne -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Popham Beach - Aug 30 - Baird's SPs From: Mike Fahay <mfahay AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:09:25 -0400 Late afternoon High Tide. Apparently, loafing birds on the New Sand Island don't go far on the ebbing tide when the evening sun is failing. Only a few small Groups headed north toward Atkins Bay and the Kennebec mudflats. As the sun was setting tonight, 500-600 peeps (many Semipalm Plovers) were using the semi-muddy "covelets" on the eastern end of New Sand Island. Very few birds were utilizing the "Lagoon", but included in the latter group were at least 3 juvenile Baird's Sandpipers. First juvenile Baird's of the season for Popham (3), and the first time I've ever photo'd 2 in a single frame. These 2, w/ a solo Least SP, were obviously not associating w/ the mass on New Sand Island. -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: a few from the north From: Craig Kesselheim <ckesselheim AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:59:48 -0400 Hi all - a day in s. Aroostook County today, mostly not birding. Dyer Brook, roadside and school grounds: E. Bluebird 6 Sav. Sparrow 3 Evening walk along Meduxnekeag River in Houlton (just a bare trickle of water) Pileated Woodpecker heard Cedar Waxwing 1 Not enough water for a duck to land in, at least where I was. Stay cool, Craig K -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Downeast yesterday From: "Bob Duchesne" <duchesne AT midmaine.com> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:56:33 -0400 A walk on the Boot Head Trail in Lubec produced two cooperative male Spruce Grouses yesterday morning. As is SOOOO typical, my clients and I walked all the way to the scenic overlook with no luck, and then easily caught them both on the return trip. As I have long suspected, the two males have a closely overlapping territory. The second was less than 50 yards from the first. West Quoddy Head delivered a couple of Razorbills, one bridled form Common Murre, and a pair of RN Phalaropes. Plus 100+ kittiwakes. Two surprises at South Lubec Sand Flats: One Long-billed Dowitcher among four SBs, and one Hudsonian Godwit among a flock of BB Plovers. I don't remember ever getting a Hudsonian in Lubec before. Peep numbers are down, but the number of Sanderlings, BB Plovers, Ruddy Turnstones, and SB Dowitchers has remained very steady for two weeks. At East Quoddy on Campobello, the whales were a little farther out and the shearwater numbers were a little lower. Otherwise, much remains the same as reports posted earlier this week. Bobolinks persist in the field opposite Eastland Motel, "pinking" around the pond. Bob Duchesne -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: QUERY: Lesser Yellowlegs in spring From: Peter Vickery <petervickery AT roadrunner.com> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:06:19 -0400 I'm interested in any Lesser Yellowlegs counts or more than 12 individuals for spring - prior to 10 June. Please reply offline. Thanks. Best, Peter -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: thanks and birds From: Sharon F. <sfinley111 AT hotmail.com> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:16:56 -0400 Good morning - Thanks to all who worked at identifying our mystery guests-general consensus is wood duck with a helping of possible grebe(pied billed) as well as a tree duck or two! This weekend revealed a few summer residents still about: the bluebird family has expanded to 12+ - all three families have seemed to band together. 3 immature Baltimore orioles are still about chaperoned by one adult male-they still sing and call occasionally and snag a quick snack of grape jelly; red eyed vireo is about as well singing random notes. Nighthawks are beginning to pass through on a limited basis as well. Thanks again, Sharon in West K'bunk -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Merlin at Sandy Point this Morning From: "Stella Walsh" <stellawalsh AT earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:37:53 -0400 Light fight this am on gentle NW winds with fewer than 50 birds crossing between 6:45 and 7:00. Around 30 during the next ¾ hour. (Derek birding elsewhere this am.) Mostly Red-eyed Vireos and American Redstarts. Merlin was the highlight. Stella -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Kennebunk Plains - Saturday, 28 Aug From: Peter Vickery <petervickery AT roadrunner.com> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:13:59 -0400 Barbara and I spent part of the morning at the Kennebunk Plains - primarily to enjoy the remarkable display of Northern Blazing Star - >98% of the global population occurs at this site - and it's spectacular. Birds: kestrel Grasshopper Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Filed Sparrow Eastern Meadowlark numerous Bobolinks overhead Prairie Warblers, etc... Still birdy, and remarkably beautiful. Best, Peter IMG_0301.JPG IMG_0321.JPG -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Yellow-cr Night Herons, Black-headed Gull, Biddeford Pool, 8/29 From: Mike Resch <mresch8702 AT aol.com> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:26:16 -0700 (PDT) The immature Yellow-Crowned Night Herons continued in Biddeford Pool this morning. Between 8:30 and 9 AM I was able to find 2 birds perched pretty much in the open about 10 feet above ground level in a 20-ft tall tree. As Derek posted earlier, the location is "at the edge of the small pond at the southeast corner of Great Pond via the land trust trail off of 7th Ave. through the Pitch Pine grove." Also in this wooded area was a Carolina Wren, a Thrasher, and resident chickadees and nuthatches. I then headed to the Hills Beach section of Biddeford Pool and found an adult Black-Headed Gull in pretty much full breeding plumage. Pretty stunning plumage! Biddeford Pool itself was full of Semi and Black-bellied Plovers, along with 2 Whimbrels. Mike Resch Pepperell, MA -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Belated Appledore Report From: "Stella Walsh" <stellawalsh AT earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:12:34 -0400 Forwarding a couple of sightings of interest from island report just received: August 26 highlights included a male YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER and 2 LARK SPARROWS. Stella, home in Yarmouth -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Camden-BW Hawk From: Kristen Lindquist <kelindquist AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:47:06 -0400 My husband spotted a juv. broad-winged hawk near Rawson Ave. in Camden this morning, probably an offspring of the adults that we have seen circling over our neighborhood and heard calling off and on throughout the summer. Kristen -- Kristen Lindquist 12 Mt. Battie St. Camden, ME 04843 -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: birding the backside of MDI From: Craig Kesselheim <ckesselheim AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:19:18 -0400 Hi all -- Birded a couple hours this a.m. w/Becky Marvil. At Manset Corner in SWHarbor, the steep slope provides nice sheltered cover for a cluster of passerines, notably a close and extended view of a Philadelphia Vireo. Also there, a lone Yellow Warbler, House Finches, Song Sparrow (family?), ... standard fare. It's a scramble down to the shoreline, but at low tide it's a lot more rewarding to look up and into this small bit of habitat. At the Wonderland Trail, in spite of low tide conditions, only a Spotted Sandpiper for shorebirds. Close fly-bys of Sharp-shinned Hawk and Bald Eagle; songsters were Parula Warbler and W-t Sparrow; and a modest vee of 82 D-c Cormorants. No scoters. Cheers, Craig K. -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Fw: eBird Report - Essex Wood's Trail , 8/28/10 From: Paul Corcoran <paulc2402 AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 05:03:33 -0700 (PDT) Yesterday Bruce, Rosemary and I birded Essex Woods Marsh in Bangor. We had several warblers grouped in with black capped chickadees. Also we saw two green herons in the marsh. The great egrets are still there. Overall the birding has been good in the late afternoon at the marsh. Paul from Bangor ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: "do-not-reply AT ebird.org" To: paulc2402 AT yahoo.com Sent: Sat, August 28, 2010 7:27:31 PM Subject: eBird Report - Essex Wood's Trail , 8/28/10 Location:    Essex Wood's Trail Observation date:    8/28/10 Number of species:    27 Mallard    30 Green-winged Teal    2 Great Blue Heron    1 Great Egret    1 Green Heron    2 Solitary Sandpiper    1 Rock Pigeon    2 Mourning Dove    2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird    1 Belted Kingfisher    1 Downy Woodpecker    1 Eastern Phoebe    2 Eastern Kingbird    1 American Crow    2 Black-capped Chickadee    7 Gray Catbird    2 Cedar Waxwing    10 Northern Parula    1 Chestnut-sided Warbler    1 Yellow-rumped Warbler    5 Black-and-white Warbler    1 American Redstart    1 Common Yellowthroat    2 Song Sparrow    1 Common Grackle    55 Purple Finch    4 American Goldfinch    5 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Maine Birds From: "C & A Larrabee" <luvbrds AT myfairpoint.net> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 08:00:46 -0400 I left this email unfinished and somehow it got sent. I'll try again. August 27, early evening at Dover-Foxcroft wetland - the water was low MALLARD HOODED MERGANSER female GREAT BLUE HERON BROAD-WINGED HAWK harassing COMMON RAVEN family SOLITARY SANDPIPER MOURNING DOVE BELTED KINGFISHER BLUE JAY AM. CROW B C CHICKADEE E STARLING CEDAR WAXWING SONG SPARROW C GRACKLE Also seen in Dover, Route 15: AMERICAN BITTERN standing in what mud and water was left of a very small pond, obligingly photogenic TURKEY VULTURE - 15 to 25 AMERICAN KESTREL August 28, morning at Essex Woods marsh in Bangor MALLARD - singles and families GREEN HERON - probable, only caught a glimpse COMMON YELLOWTHROAT YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER SONG SPARROW PURPLE FINCH - saw 1 male, many female AMERICAN GOLDFINCH SPOTTED SANDPIPER HERRING GULL MOURNING DOVE BELTED KINGFISHER - several EASTERN PHOEBE BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE HOUSE WREN - we weren't expecting this one! GRAY CATBIRD EUROPEAN STARLING CEDAR WAXWING - delightful to watch the juveniles PEREGRINE FALCON - quite certain of ID, has one been seen here before? At the West Penjajawoc kiosk - SHARP-SHINNED HAWK C & A Larrabee (luvbrds), Dexter -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Maine Birds From: "C & A Larrabee" <luvbrds AT myfairpoint.net> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 22:56:57 -0400 August 27, early evening Dover-Foxcroft wetland - the water was low MALLARD HOODED MERGANSER female GREAT BLUE HERON BROAD-WINGED HAWK harassing COMMON RAVEN family SOLITARY SANDPIPER MOURNING DOVE BELTED KINGFISHER BLUE JAY AM. CROW B C CHICKADEE E STARLING CEDAR WAXWING SONG SPARROW C GRACKLE Also seen in Dover: AMERICAN BITTERN standing in -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Re: Marbled Godwits and Juv Yellow Crowned Night Heron From: Nicholas Lund <nicholas.lund AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:30:29 -0400 I also went down to Biddeford pool around 5pm, finding 2 yellow-crowned night herons at 7th street (thank Derek) and 1 juvenile Baird's Sandpiper and 1 White-rumped Sandpiper at Hills Beach. Nick On Aug 28, 2010, at 8:59 PM, "Marie" wrote: > AS Joanne noted we had wonder views of these birds today – the Godwits at the coop in Scarborough and the Herons at Biddeford Pool. Here are a couple pictures if you wish to take a look. Marie Jordan > > > > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/55woodduck/?saved=1 > > -- > Maine birds mailing list > maine-birds AT googlegroups.com > http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Marbled Godwits and Juv Yellow Crowned Night Heron From: "Marie" <mijord AT maine.rr.com> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 20:59:42 -0400 AS Joanne noted we had wonder views of these birds today - the Godwits at the coop in Scarborough and the Herons at Biddeford Pool. Here are a couple pictures if you wish to take a look. Marie Jordan http://www.flickr.com/photos/55woodduck/?saved=1 -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Monhegan 8/27 From: "Tom M." <tmagarian AT alumni.unity.edu> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:51:42 -0700 (PDT) This morning was rather birding on the island. I bumped into a couple birding and they told me I had missed a lark sparrow by minutes by the school house. There were a number of warblers and others around. Another blue-gray gnatcatcher by the Winter Works. It could have been the same as the one the evening before. Here is the tally: coopers hawk - 1 merlin - 1 sharp-shinned hawk - 1 purple finch - 5 northern gannet - 15 black guillemot - 3 bobolink - 12 black-throated green warbler - 3 yellow warbler - 8 american redstart - 1 BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER - 1 baltimore oriole - 7 eastern kingbird - 3 red-eyed vireo - 4 belted kingfisher - 1 blackpoll warbler - 1 northern waterthrush - 4 least sandpiper - 3 Cheers! -Tom M. -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Weskeag-8.28.10 From: Kristen Lindquist <kelindquist AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:20:35 -0400 Spent a quiet hour or so at Weskeag Marsh in South Thomaston this afternoon, but even a quiet day on the marsh is not without interest (or beauty). Shoveler - 1, female Red-tailed Hawk - 1, adult Merlin - 1 Turkey Vulture - 2 Bobolink - 1 Least Sandpiper - 12+ Greater Yellowlegs - 6 or 7 Lesser Yellowlegs - 2 Snowy Egret Great Egret Great Blue Heron - 2 Swallow sp. - 1 Kristen -- Kristen Lindquist 12 Mt. Battie St. Camden, ME 04843 -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Re: 3 YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS, 8/27, Biddeford Pool From: Derek and Jeannette Lovitch <freeportwildbird AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:05:01 -0700 (PDT) Hi all,   I think -with FOUR fresh juveniles here in the same place - that this is indicative of at-least-somewhat-local breeding, rather than vagrancy.  Fantastic!   Photos of three of the foursome are now up on my blog: http://maineoutdoorjournal.mainetoday.com/blogentry.html?id=20927   -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 --- On Sat, 8/28/10, Joanne Stevens wrote: From: Joanne Stevens Subject: Re: [Maine-birds] 3 YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS, 8/27, Biddeford Pool To: Cc: "Maine-birds" , "Julie Suchecki" Date: Saturday, August 28, 2010, 6:57 PM    Marie Jordan, Pat Sanborn and I found not 3, but _4_ juvenile YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS roosting at the same spot this morning.    Joanne Stevens Derek and Jeannette Lovitch wrote: > Hello all, >  Derek and a guiding client just called to report 3 juvenile YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS with 2 juvenile Black-crowned Night-Herons roosting at the edge of the small pond at the southeast corner of Great Pond via the land trust trail off of 7th Ave. through the Pitch Pine grove.  They extensively photographed the birds and will post photos later on Derek's blog. >  Jeannette > > ------------------ > 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 > > >        >    -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Re: 3 YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS, 8/27, Biddeford Pool From: Joanne Stevens <joshawk AT maine.rr.com> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:57:16 -0400 Marie Jordan, Pat Sanborn and I found not 3, but _4_ juvenile YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS roosting at the same spot this morning. Joanne Stevens Derek and Jeannette Lovitch wrote: > Hello all, > > Derek and a guiding client just called to report 3 juvenile YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS with 2 juvenile Black-crowned Night-Herons roosting at the edge of the small pond at the southeast corner of Great Pond via the land trust trail off of 7th Ave. through the Pitch Pine grove. They extensively photographed the birds and will post photos later on Derek's blog. > > Jeannette > > ------------------ > 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 > > > > > -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Offshore 8/28. From: <wtownsend AT roadrunner.com> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:27:53 -0400 Trip to the "Bumps" a point 30 miles south of Schoodic Pt. this morning 8/28. Common Loon 2 Great Shearwater 25+ Wilson's Storm-Petrel 50+ Leach's Storm-Petrel 1 Gannet 10+ Common Eider 20+ Red Phalarope 21 Pomarine Jaeger 1 chasing immature Black-backed Gull Skua, one dark individual most likely a Great Skua 1 Gulls: Herring, Great Black-backed, Laughing, Bonapartes Tern, 1 Common, 1 distant sp. Puffin 4 Barn Swallow 1 Non-bird: Humpback Whale (Flicker, breaching, etc.), Harbor Porpoise, Harbor Seals, Northern Gray Seals, Ocean Sunfish -- Check our nature, family, and other photos at: www.fotki.com/townsend-maine Updated on 18 August. -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Frenchman Bay area... From: <wtownsend AT roadrunner.com> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:18:34 -0400 Friday 8/27...8 Rough-winged Swallows and one Barn Swallow seen passing southward across the mouth of the bay this morning. -- Check our nature, family, and other photos at: www.fotki.com/townsend-maine Updated on 18 August. -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Sandy Point Morning Flight (SUMMER TANAGER, moderate flight), Yarmouth, 8/28. From: Derek and Jeannette Lovitch <freeportwildbird AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 08:45:19 -0700 (PDT) Hi all,   A suprisingly (considering the extremely light winds overnight and calm dawn) good flight this morning through Sandy Point Beach, Cousin's Island, Yarmouth was highlighted by a SUMMER TANAGER.  The bird dropped in from high above, and landed in the American Elm at the base of the bridge, affording me a great look from "my office."  The bird then took off, and flew back into the woods of Cousin's Island.    Even more suprisingly, when I returned with my Saturday Morning Birdwalk Group, lighting struck twice and the tanager reappeared, affording excellent views for the entire group - and even brief scope views for some!  It once again returned to the woods, so the bird may linger in the area for at least the day, if not longer.  This was my 167th species at Sandy Point!   Here's the complete scorecard: 5:55 to 7:45am. 54F, mostly clear, calm   156 unidentified 78 American Redstarts 68 Northern Parulas 14 Yellow Warblers 12 Black-and-white Warblers 10 Red-breasted Nuthatches 8 Red-eyed Vireos 8 Magnolia Warblers 8 American Goldfinches 6 American Robins 3 "Traill's" Flycatchers 3 Least Flycatchers 3 Black-throated Blue Warblers 3 Yellow-rumped Warblers 3 Black-throated Green Warblers 3 Common Yellowthroats 3 Bobolinks 2 Chimney Swifts 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds 2 Eastern Phoebes 2 Unidentified Empids 2 Prairie Warblers 2 Blackpoll Warblers 2 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks 2 Baltimore Orioles 1 Barn Swallow 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Philadelphia Vireo 1 Tennessee Warbler 1 SUMMER TANAGER 1 White-throated Sparrow   My birdwalk group and I added: 1 Canada Warbler 1 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher and a handful of additional individuals of some of the species listed above.   Stella Walsh added at least 1 Warbling Vireo to the morning's total.   -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 -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Pine Point yes marbled and hudsonian From: Peaceable Garden <peaceablegarden AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 07:16:22 -0700 (PDT) Both Godwits present this morning.  Finally also an Oyster Catcher. -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Fw: eBird Report - Bass Harbor Wetland and Migratory stopover Hotspots MJGood , 8/27/10 From: "Down East Nature Tours" <info AT downeastnaturetours.com> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:02:58 -0400 Info AT DownEastNatureTours.com Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 8:50 PM Subject: eBird Report - Bass Harbor Wetland and Migratory stopover Hotspots MJGood , 8/27/10 Location: Bass Harbor Wetland and Migratory stopover Hotspots MJGood Observation date: 8/27/10 0600-1000 Notes: Todays field trips were marked by migratory birds everywhere we went on the west and southern side of MDI. There wasn't one hotspot that did not produce some very wonderful birds. A Lincoln's Sparrow at Bass Harbor marsh gave my client an I a long look of interest. I never tire of seeing these dainty sparrows and understand why Peter Vickery finds these guys so fascinating. A migrating flock of immature female Hooded Mergansers was also a treat as they fished at the head of Bass Harbor.I did Finally have a flock of 7 Semi-Palmated Plovers!! My largest flock of Gt.Blue Herons to date highlighted why I have begun to pick my basal to make pesto! Flycatchers are still in the mix as an E. Kingbird and Pewee were part of a large extended flock of Warblers, Vireos, Thrush and Sparrows etc.. on the southern peninsulas of Mount Desert Island. It was an unbelievably beautiful morning on coastal Maine and we will remember it fondly in February. The diversity of birds today suggests a coordinated large movement of birds. While I have not looked at the recent radar images it was apparent from the activity on the Island today that many species are on the move. Blue Sky and West North westerly winds are guiding the hoards so the next many weeks should be exciting. It even blew in some avian researchers from Rebecca Holberton's lab up in University of Maine. I wonder if they got 59 species today using nets?? MJ Good Number of species: 59 Wood Duck 7 American Black Duck 5 American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) 3 Mallard 15 Common Eider (Atlantic) 141 Hooded Merganser 11 Red-breasted Merganser 22 Common Loon 1 Double-crested Cormorant 38 Great Blue Heron 11 Turkey Vulture 2 Osprey 3 Bald Eagle 1 Broad-winged Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Peregrine Falcon 2 Semipalmated Plover 7 Lesser Yellowlegs 2 Least Sandpiper 32 peep sp. 5 American Woodcock 1 Ring-billed Gull 7 Herring Gull (American) 45 Great Black-backed Gull 14 Common Tern 2 Black Guillemot 2 Mourning Dove 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Belted Kingfisher 2 Downy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Eastern Kingbird 1 Blue-headed Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 1 Blue Jay 3 American Crow 15 Common Raven 2 Tree Swallow 2 Black-capped Chickadee 8 Red-breasted Nuthatch 3 Golden-crowned Kinglet 10 Veery 1 American Robin 38 Gray Catbird 1 European Starling 4 Cedar Waxwing 18 Northern Parula 6 Magnolia Warbler 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 5 Black-throated Green Warbler 8 Palm Warbler 1 Black-and-white Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 26 Song Sparrow 2 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 White-throated Sparrow 1 Pine Siskin 2 American Goldfinch 16 House Sparrow 1 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: More Monhegan From: "Tom M." <tmagarian AT alumni.unity.edu> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:37:30 -0700 (PDT) This afternoon, while doing things other than birding, still turned up some good birds. american kestrel - 1 merlin - 1 sharp-shinned hawk - 2 osprey - 1 greater yellowlegs - 1 least sandpiper - 5 bobolink - 4 DICKCISSEL - 1 (calling with the bobolinks over the village) cedar waxwing - 20 BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER - 1 (by Hot Fat) I plan on listening this evening, as it is looking like birds will be in the air! Cheers! -Tom -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Re: Sandy Point morning flight, 27 August From: Derek and Jeannette Lovitch <freeportwildbird AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:02:24 -0700 (PDT) Hi all,   I was with clients (one from Scotland, the other from Chicago) this morning, so Luke manned the "count site."  In the parking lot, we had little to add, with the exception of:   4-5 Least Flycatchers +3 Black-throated Green Warblers 1 Hermit Thrush (local?) 3 Common Yellowthroats 2+ Ruby-throated Hummingbirds and perhaps a slight bump in a few other counts of the warblers Luke listed.   Winds became WSW before dawn, shutting off the potential for a bigger flight here.  I'll have radar analysis, and the photos of the shocking-three Yellow-crowned Night-Herons up on my blog tomorrow (too exhausted ast the moment after 12hrs of 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 --- On Fri, 8/27/10, Luke Seitz wrote: From: Luke Seitz Subject: [Maine-birds] Sandy Point morning flight, 27 August To: "mainebirds" Date: Friday, August 27, 2010, 12:04 PM Hi all, The morning flight at Sandy Point this morning was unfortunately quite light; winds were nearly nonexistent.  Here's the tally of birds seen crossing (0550-0715): Eastern Wood-Pewee (1) Traill's Flycatcher (1) Red-breasted Nuthatch (2) Northern Parula (7) Nashville Warbler (1) Yellow Warbler (1) Magnolia Warbler (3) Blackburnian Warbler (1) Black-throated Green Warbler (9) Black-throated Blue Warbler (1) Yellow-rumped Warbler (2) Blackpoll Warbler (16) American Redstart (12) Black-and-white Warbler (1) Ovenbird (1) Northern Waterthrush (2) Bobolink (2) unidentified warbler sp. (54) There was also an adult Peregrine Falcon early in the morning, and an immature later on (both seemed to be males).  Derek Lovitch might have some birds to add; he was working the edge of the parking lot with two other birders. The flight last night/pre-dawn this morning was quite good, with a similar species composition to this morning (though 5+ Black-throated Blue and one Canada).  Additionally, there were several (6+) Swainson's Thrushes, a couple Veery, and at least one presumed Rose-breasted Grosbeak in just five minutes of listening at around 5:00 this morning. Good birding, Luke Seitz W Falmouth www.seitzart.com -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Additional Highlights and Shorebirds high counts (inc. juv. Long-billed Dowitcher, Pine Point, 8/27) this week, 8/21-27 From: Derek and Jeannette Lovitch <freeportwildbird AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:55:11 -0700 (PDT) Hi all,   What a great week of birding! With most of my sightings of note posted previously, a few additional sightings of note are limited to:   - 67 Snowy Egrets, 27 Great Egrets, 12 Great Blue Herons, 7 Black-crowned Night-Herons, 2 Glossy Ibis, and 1 Little Blue Heron, Pine Point, Scarborough, 8/26 (with John Berry). - 1 TRICOLORED HERON, Eastern Road Trail, Scarborough Marsh, 8/26 (with John Berry) and 8/27 with clients.  - 1 Merlin and 1 juvenile Peregrine Falcon, Eastern Road Trail, 8/26 (with John Berry).  - 1 molting adult Field Sparrow, feeders here at Freeport Wild Bird Supply, 8/26 (odd time of year for us to get a FISP at our feeders).   And my shorebirds high counts this week: Black-bellied Plover: 121, Lubec Flats, Lubec, 8/24 (with Jeannette). Semipalmated Plover:  284, Pine Point, 8/26 (with John Berry). AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER: 3, Pine Point, 8/27 (with clients). Killdeer: 1 in a couple of locations. Greater Yellowlegs: 16, Pine Point, 8/27 (with clients). Lesser Yellowlegs: 26, Eastern Road Trail, Scarborough Marsh, 8/27 (with clients). "Eastern" Willet: 18, Pine Point, 8/26 (with John Berry). "WESTERN" WILLET: 3 juveniles, Pine Point, 8/26 (with John Berry, Luke Seitz, et al. Photos at: http://maineoutdoorjournal.mainetoday.com/blogentry.html?id=20873).  Two present on 8/27 (with clients). Spotted Sandpiper: 1-2, multiple locations. MARBLED GODWIT: 2 juveniles, Pine Point, 8/26 (with John Berry, et al.  Photos at: http://maineoutdoorjournal.mainetoday.com/blogentry.html?id=20873) and 8/27 (with clients). Whimbrel: 3, Pine Point, 8/27 (with clients). HUDSONIAN GODWIT: 1 molting adult, Pine Point, 8/26 (with John Berry et al). Ruddy Turnstone: 4, Dyer Point, Cape Elizabeth, 8/25. Red Knot: 1 juvenile, Pine Point, 8/26 (with John Berry). Sanderling: 6, Pine Point, 8/26 (with John Berry). Semipalmated Sandpiper: ~1300, Lubec Flats, 8/24 (with Jeannette). Least Sandpiper: ~300, Lubec Flats, 8/24 (with Jeannette).  White-rumped Sandpiper: 4, Eastern Road Trail, 8/26 (with John Berry). BAIRD'S SANDPIPER: 2 juveniles, Lubec Flats, 8/24 and 8/25 (with Jeannette; photos at http://maineoutdoorjournal.mainetoday.com/blogentry.html?id=20847) Pectoral Sandpiper: 2 juveniles, Eastern Road Trail, 8/26 (with John Berry). STILT SANDPIPER: 1 juvenile, Eastern Road Trail, 8/26 (with John Berry) and 8/27 (with clients). Short-billed Dowitcher: 24, Pine Point, 8/26 (with John Berry). LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER: 1 juvenile, mouth of Jones Creek at Pine Point, 8/27 (with clients, Stella Walsh, Gloria Carson, et al.). -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 -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: FW: Maine RBA - August 27, 2010 From: "Stella Walsh" <stellawalsh AT earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:50:22 -0400 Name: Maine Audubon Rare Bird Alert Reporting Period: August 21 - 27, 2010 Area: State of Maine Compilers: Eric Hynes, Stella Walsh Of Special Note An apparent WHITE-CHINNED PETREL was photographed on August 24. See the RBA Slideshow at: http://www.maineaudubon.org/nature/birdalert.shtml to view images. Other standouts recently include: CORY'S SHEARWATER, LEACH'S STORM-PETREL, TRICOLORED HERON, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, MARBLED GODWIT, WESTERN SANDPIPER, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, STILT SANDPIPER, BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, SOUTH POLAR SKUA, PARASITIC JAEGER, FORSTER'S TERN, SEDGE WREN, LARK SPARROW, and DICKCISSEL. Shorebird migration continues to dominate the reports this week. COMMON NIGHTHAWK migration is being noted throughout the state and sightings of PEREGRINE FALCONS remain widespread along the coast. Tree Swallows are staging in big numbers along the southern coast. Gulf of Maine During a whale watch cruise out of Bar Harbor on August 24, a Procellaria petrel was found on the water among Great Shearwaters. Initial comments on the photographs all point to WHITE-CHINNED PETREL which would be the first for Maine and only the fourth for North America. It has not been seen on subsequent outings. On August 27, the Bar Harbor whale watch in the morning came across two SOUTH POLAR SKUAS, a PARASITIC JAEGER, RED and RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, and LEACH'S STORM-PETRELS. Once again, DICKCISSELS are being found on Monhegan this week. Seawatching recently from Monhegan has produced the four shearwater species, including CORY'S, and a multiple PARASITIC JAEGERS. York County The last report of the EARED GREBE was on August 12. Three TENNESSEE WARBLERS and a LARK SPARROW were on Appledore Island in the Isles of Shoals on August 21. Three BRANT were at the mouth of the Little River in Wells. Greater Portland The two MARBLED GODWITS at Pine Point in Scarborough were joined by a HUDSONIAN GODWIT on August 26. On the 27th, a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was present as well and five AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS are lingering. A juvenile STILT SANDPIPER and a continuing TRICOLORED HERON were in the salt pannes off Eastern Trail as it crosses Scarborough Marsh on August 26. Seen from Dyer Point in Cape Elizabeth on August 25 were six GREAT SHEARWATERS, two WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, two CORY'S SHEARWATERS, and a MANX SHEARWATER. A juvenile BAIRD'S SANDPIPER was among many Semipalmated Sandpipers on the mudflats of the Presumpscot River, as viewed from the north meadow at Gilsland Farm in Falmouth on August 26. Lewiston-Auburn A LITTLE BLUE HERON and two GREAT EGRETS were seen at Sabattus Pond in Sabattus on August 22. Midcoast A FORSTERS'S TERN and a WESTERN SANDPIPER were the highlights among many shorebirds at Popham Beach State Park in Phippsburg on August 24. Central Maine A SEDGE WREN was seen in a marsh in Orrington on August 25. Downeast PHILADELPHIA VIREOS were detected among migrant flocks along the coast in several locations this week. The South Lubec mudflats continue to draw an impressive number and diversity of shorebirds. One to two BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS were noted in the last couple days. An immature LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL continued on Clark Ledge in Eastport through August 22. The Burn Road, off Route 1 north of Topsfield, produced BOREAL CHICKADEES, a pair of BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS, and a male SPRUCE GROUSE at mile 8 and another at mile 6.5. Western Mountains A BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER has been associated with a number of Killdeer in the Fryeburg Harbor area this week. Check the sod and agricultural fields along McNeil, Old River, and Harbor Roads. Northern Maine Tough to find at inland locations, up to nine species of shorebirds have been frequenting the muddy edge of Collins Pond in Caribou. For full details, check out Bill Sheehan's excellent summary at www.northernmainebirds.blogspot.com. -- Eric Hynes Gilsland Farm Naturalist / Adult Education Program Coordinator Maine Audubon 20 Gilsland Farm Road Falmouth, Maine 04105 207-781-2330 x237 ehynes AT maineaudubon.org -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Fw: Maine RBA August 27, 2010 From: "Paul Garrity" <paulg AT mainebirding.net> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:17:33 -0400 Forwarding the Maine RBA for 8/27 - sorry if it's a duplicate Paul Garrity Mainebirding.net www.mainebirding.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Linda Woodard To: BIRDEAST AT LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 3:48 PM Subject: [BIRDEAST] Maine RBA August 27, 2010 Name: Maine Audubon Rare Bird Alert Reporting Period: August 21 - 27, 2010 Area: State of Maine Compilers: Eric Hynes, Stella Walsh Of Special Note An apparent WHITE-CHINNED PETREL was photographed on August 24. See the RBA Slideshow at: http://www.maineaudubon.org/nature/birdalert.shtml to view images. Other standouts recently include: CORY'S SHEARWATER, LEACH'S STORM-PETREL, TRICOLORED HERON, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, MARBLED GODWIT, WESTERN SANDPIPER, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, STILT SANDPIPER, BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, SOUTH POLAR SKUA, PARASITIC JAEGER, FORSTER'S TERN, SEDGE WREN, LARK SPARROW, and DICKCISSEL. Shorebird migration continues to dominate the reports this week. COMMON NIGHTHAWK migration is being noted throughout the state and sightings of PEREGRINE FALCONS remain widespread along the coast. Tree Swallows are staging in big numbers along the southern coast. Gulf of Maine During a whale watch cruise out of Bar Harbor on August 24, a Procellaria petrel was found on the water among Great Shearwaters. Initial comments on the photographs all point to WHITE-CHINNED PETREL which would be the first for Maine and only the fourth for North America. It has not been seen on subsequent outings. On August 27, the Bar Harbor whale watch in the morning came across two SOUTH POLAR SKUAS, a PARASITIC JAEGER, RED and RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, and LEACH'S STORM-PETRELS. Once again, DICKCISSELS are being found on Monhegan this week. Seawatching recently from Monhegan has produced the four shearwater species, including CORY'S, and a multiple PARASITIC JAEGERS. York County The last report of the EARED GREBE was on August 12. Three TENNESSEE WARBLERS and a LARK SPARROW were on Appledore Island in the Isles of Shoals on August 21. Three BRANT were at the mouth of the Little River in Wells. Greater Portland The two MARBLED GODWITS at Pine Point in Scarborough were joined by a HUDSONIAN GODWIT on August 26. On the 27th, a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was present as well and five AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS are lingering. A juvenile STILT SANDPIPER and a continuing TRICOLORED HERON were in the salt pannes off Eastern Trail as it crosses Scarborough Marsh on August 26. Seen from Dyer Point in Cape Elizabeth on August 25 were six GREAT SHEARWATERS, two WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, two CORY'S SHEARWATERS, and a MANX SHEARWATER. A juvenile BAIRD'S SANDPIPER was among many Semipalmated Sandpipers on the mudflats of the Presumpscot River, as viewed from the north meadow at Gilsland Farm in Falmouth on August 26. Lewiston-Auburn A LITTLE BLUE HERON and two GREAT EGRETS were seen at Sabattus Pond in Sabattus on August 22. Midcoast A FORSTERS'S TERN and a WESTERN SANDPIPER were the highlights among many shorebirds at Popham Beach State Park in Phippsburg on August 24. Central Maine A SEDGE WREN was seen in a marsh in Orrington on August 25. Downeast PHILADELPHIA VIREOS were detected among migrant flocks along the coast in several locations this week. The South Lubec mudflats continue to draw an impressive number and diversity of shorebirds. One to two BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS were noted in the last couple days. An immature LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL continued on Clark Ledge in Eastport through August 22. The Burn Road, off Route 1 north of Topsfield, produced BOREAL CHICKADEES, a pair of BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS, and a male SPRUCE GROUSE at mile 8 and another at mile 6.5. Western Mountains A BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER has been associated with a number of Killdeer in the Fryeburg Harbor area this week. Check the sod and agricultural fields along McNeil, Old River, and Harbor Roads. Northern Maine Tough to find at inland locations, up to nine species of shorebirds have been frequenting the muddy edge of Collins Pond in Caribou. For full details, check out Bill Sheehan's excellent summary at www.northernmainebirds.blogspot.com. For Birdeast archives, and to join, leave, or change address, see: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdeast.html -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: larger id pic From: Sharon F. <sfinley111 AT hotmail.com> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:16:58 -0400 Some requested a larger pic of the mystery bird-this the largest that my questioner could resolve it to...Sharon in West K'bunk -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: 3 YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS, 8/27, Biddeford Pool From: Derek and Jeannette Lovitch <freeportwildbird AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:29:56 -0700 (PDT) Hello all,   Derek and a guiding client just called to report 3 juvenile YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS with 2 juvenile Black-crowned Night-Herons roosting at the edge of the small pond at the southeast corner of Great Pond via the land trust trail off of 7th Ave. through the Pitch Pine grove.  They extensively photographed the birds and will post photos later on Derek's blog.   Jeannette ------------------ 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 -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Buff Breasted Sandpiper still at Fryeburg From: Dave Briddon <briddo13 AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:05:17 -0600 I went today to look for the Buff breasted Sandpiper at Fryeburg . aided by excellent directions from Mik Oyler, I located the field where he had seen it over the past few days. After searching diligently for 20 minutes with no success I tried plan B and searched the fields to the left of Old River Rd. There was quite a lot of activity going on at the farm so, no birds were obvious at first. Last throw of the dice i decided to scan the area of bare soil in the second last field with a large white trailer in the corner . It has lots of killdeer in it ,I took heart scanned quickly with the scope and there it was my first Buff Breasted Sandpiper. Some years ago I set myself the challenge od seeing all the Shorebirds with Sandpiper in their name . todays bird brings me to my last one 1 Rock Sandpiper !! not one for Maine i feel ! once again many thanks to Mik -- Dave Briddon -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: No white-chinned petrel on the 8:30 Bar Harbor boat From: Nicholas Lund <nicholas.lund AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:37:52 -0400 Hi all, Doug Hitchcox, Paul Miliotis and I took a great cruise on the Bar Harbor Whale Watch this morning, though no white-chinned petrels were found. What was found, though, included: 2 south polar skuas(!) 1 parasitic jaeger Lots of red-necked and several red phalaropes Lots of leach's storm-petrels, fewer wilson's storm-petrels 1 atlantic puffin 1 black guillemot 1 yellow warbler Gannets Lots of great shearwaters And two dumb humpback whales jumping out of the water and flapping their fins around and generally distracting us from the more important mission of birding. Best, Nick -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: migrant Eastern Whip-poor-will, Fairfield; Viles Arboretum misc. From: Louis Bevier <lrbevier AT colby.edu> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:53:58 -0700 (PDT) An Eastern Whip-poor-will has called shortly after 5 a.m. August 25th and today, the 27th, in my woods located in Fairfield. The species breeds not too far away (but several miles at least), and I haven't heard one all summer here. I therefore presume this bird is a migrant. Whip-poor-wills call less frequently on migration, least in fall, but perhaps the lunarphilic(!) in it has taken hold during these brilliant, full moon nights and beautiful late August twilights like this morning. Good to hear it too so that I could identify it as an Eastern and not a Mexican Whip-poor-will since the recent split of those taxa. If I had only flushed it, then I would have to worry about whether it had black or brown bases to its rictal bristles. (Just kidding, but the part about the rictal bristles is true!) Hey, anything is possible if White-chinned Petrel can show up in the Gulf of Maine, right? Viles Arboretum, Thursday, 26 August. A brief visit produced a few birds on a day when few migrants were moving: Yellow-bellied (1), Least (1), and Willow (2, calling) Flycatchers; Philadelphia (2 together), Blue-headed (1), and several Red-eyed Vireos; Blackpoll (1), Black-thr. Greens, N. Parulas, Yellow, etc. (but no redstarts); Veery and Swainson's Thrush; and Indigo Bunting still singing. Louis Bevier Fairfield, Maine -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Recent Monhegan Sightings From: "Tom M." <tmagarian AT alumni.unity.edu> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:37:49 -0700 (PDT) Migration seems to be picking out here. There have been a couple of recent days with shearwaters. Waterbirds have started moving down from he north. The warblers are arriving. At night it is quite easy to here call notes. (I wish I knew more of them). The last couple of days I heard dickcissels in the morning and today there may possibly be more than one around. I finally saw one perched a top a spruce across from The Trailing Yew about an hour ago. Here is a recap of the last few days. 23 Aug northern gannet - 12 greater shearwater - 1 black guillemot - 4 common eider blue-winged teal - 1 ring-billed gull - 1 belted kingfisher - 1 tree swallow - 30 american redstart - 1 yellow warbler - 1 semi-palmated plover - 7 spotted sandpiper - 1 24 Aug merlin - 1 peregrine falcon - 1 eastern kingbird - 10 northern gannet - 40 common eider great blue heron - 1 sharp-shinned hawk - 1 25 Aug sharp-shinned hawk - 1 northern gannet - 20 black - guillemot - 5 osprey - 1 common raven - 2 26 Aug DICKCISSEL - 1 (heard from The Trailing Yew while I was eating breakfast, could have been two birds?) northern gannet - 60 greater shearwater - 21 cory's shearwater - 3 red-necked grebe - 8 (one flock heading NE the same as the shearwaters) unknown large shearwater - 1 Listening to night migrants: veery - 2 wood thrush - 1 yellow warbler - 5 american redstart - 2 semi-palmated plover - 1 -numerous other call notes went unidentified 27 Aug DICKCISSEL - 2? (one heard from The Trailing Yew this morning, one heard further south along the road later, and one heard and seen mid day across form The Trailing Yew) lesser yellowlegs - 1 bobolink - 7 tree swallow - 25 red-breasted nuthatch - 6 cape may warbler - 1 white-winged scoter - 1 purple finch - 4 eastern kingbird - 2 eastern phoebe - 2 blue-winged teal - 1 wilson's warbler - 3 common raven - 2 red-eyed vireo - 1 merlin - 1 semi-palmated sandpiper - 1 Harbor porpoise - 3 harbor seal - 2 grey seal - 1 Cheers! -Tom M. -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Sanford Sewage Plant , 8/26/10, and 8/27/10 From: "Andrew" <aaldrich1 AT maine.rr.com> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:42:54 -0400 The last reported sighting of the Eared Grebe was 8-12-2010, for those who keep records. If anyone has seen it since let me knew offline, Thanks Location: Sanford Sewage Plant Observation date: 8/26/10 8:45 to 11:10 AM Number of species: 18 Wood Duck Mallard Blue-winged Teal Green-winged Teal Double-crested Cormorant 48 Turkey Vulture 1 Broad-winged Hawk 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 American Kestrel 2 Both where sitting on the fence with the two Kingfishers Merlin 2 one sat on the power pole for the 2 hours that I was there Peregrine Falcon 1 Common Moorhen 1 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 8 Least Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher 1 Herring Gull 3 unusual for gulls to be here in the summer Belted Kingfisher 2 One chased the Broadwing Hawk Location: Sanford Sewage Plant Observation date: 8/27/10 6:40 AM to 8:40 Number of species: 28 Mallard Blue-winged Teal 12 Green-winged Teal Double-crested Cormorant 25 Little Blue Heron 2 Northern Harrier 1 American Kestrel 1 Virginia Rail 2 one was in the open where the C. Moorhens are normally seen Common Moorhen 2 Spotted Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper 2 Least Sandpiper Herring Gull 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Eastern Phoebe 4 Red-eyed Vireo 4 Tree Swallow Barn Swallow Black-capped Chickadee White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren 1 sang for me, after listening to it scold only 6 feet away, out of sight Gray Catbird 2 Cedar Waxwing 35 Prairie Warbler 4 Black-and-white Warbler 1 American Redstart 1 Song Sparrow 6 American Goldfinch Happy birding Andy Aldrich North Berwick Directions: take Gavel Rd. east off of Rte. 4 at blinking light, 3.7 miles south of jct. of Rtes. 4 and 111, (in Alfred) or 0.7 miles north of jct. of Rtes. 4 and 109., (in S. Sanford) Hours as posted: 6-4:30 MON-FRI, 7-8:30 SAT+SUN -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: RE: Re: [Maine-birds Semi-palmated Plovers?? From: <rich AT thenaturalhistorycenter.com> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:27:26 -0400 I have had good numbers of Semipalmated Plovers around Mount Desert Island and Downeast during the past month; at times as many as 60. While Semipalmated Sandpipers are the most abundant of the shorebirds, as expected, I have been pleasantly surprised by the good numbers of Semipalmated Plovers I have been seeing. Richard MacDonald The Natural History Center 6 Firefly Lane, "On the Village Green" P.O. Box 6 Bar Harbor, Maine 04609 207/801-2617 (store) 207/266-9461 (mobile) Rich AT TheNaturalHistoryCenter.com www.TheNaturalHistoryCenter.com From: maine-birds AT googlegroups.com [mailto:maine-birds AT googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Down East Nature Tours Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 5:08 PM To: Bob Duchesne; 'Maine-birds' Subject: [Maine-birds] Re: [Maine-birds Semi-palmated Plovers?? Hello all, I have not had a single Semi-palmated Plover yet this season and was going to ask a similar question as Bob.... Where are the SP Plovers this year??? Perhaps they have not yet released in big numbers or they took an other route?? A little baffling and/or worrisome? MJ Good PS Just got back from a trip to Bangor... not much happening: 1 Kestrel 1 nighthawk in a flock of 50+ Ring-billed Gulls hawking for insects in Trenton. a few gt. Blues Happily a day off. MJG ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Duchesne To: 'Maine-birds' Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 9:49 PM Subject: [Maine-birds] Lubec It's always fun to follow such good birders as Derek and Jeanette Lovitch to a particular hot spot. I spent yesterday afternoon all alone on South Lubec Sand Flats. A strong northerly breeze on Monday night sent some of the peeps southward before the next tide, but the numbers were roughly the same as Derek reported. I found one of the Baird's Sandpipers and got my best-ever digiscope photos of the little fella and a White-rumped. I also found exactly one Semipalmated Plover, which is the reason for my post. I've noticed a significant decrease in numbers at this site over the last few years, which has me concerned. They've always been abundant there. I did have good numbers at the Little Machias Bay roost today, though Whimbrels were missing completely at this usually reliable site. Strange year. Bob Duchesne -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: Sandy Point morning flight, 27 August From: Luke Seitz <birdfreak007 AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:04:27 -0700 (PDT) Hi all, The morning flight at Sandy Point this morning was unfortunately quite light; winds were nearly nonexistent.  Here's the tally of birds seen crossing (0550-0715): Eastern Wood-Pewee (1) Traill's Flycatcher (1) Red-breasted Nuthatch (2) Northern Parula (7) Nashville Warbler (1) Yellow Warbler (1) Magnolia Warbler (3) Blackburnian Warbler (1) Black-throated Green Warbler (9) Black-throated Blue Warbler (1) Yellow-rumped Warbler (2) Blackpoll Warbler (16) American Redstart (12) Black-and-white Warbler (1) Ovenbird (1) Northern Waterthrush (2) Bobolink (2) unidentified warbler sp. (54) There was also an adult Peregrine Falcon early in the morning, and an immature later on (both seemed to be males).  Derek Lovitch might have some birds to add; he was working the edge of the parking lot with two other birders. The flight last night/pre-dawn this morning was quite good, with a similar species composition to this morning (though 5+ Black-throated Blue and one Canada).  Additionally, there were several (6+) Swainson's Thrushes, a couple Veery, and at least one presumed Rose-breasted Grosbeak in just five minutes of listening at around 5:00 this morning. Good birding, Luke Seitz W Falmouth www.seitzart.com -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds Subject: semi plovers From: Joel and Sandy Wilcox-Fairbanks <joelandsandy AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:25:08 -0400 I am now wilting in the heat and humidity of south florida, but before I left Maine last week I had seen quite a few semi-palmated plovers, both at the head of Pinkham Bay and in the little bay on the Hollingsworth Trail at Petit Manan NWR. I arrived at the Petit Manan location at high tide once and thought shorebirds were out of the question, but after a while found 2-3 dozen semi plovers sitting on the rocks on the far side of the bay from the trail, along with a smaller number of semi sandpipers; even one willet perched on a rock waiting for sand. BTW a regular there says there have been a couple of American Oystercatchers hanging around the rocks at the mouth of this bay for a couple of summers; I have not seen them yet. I look forward to reading Maine-birds posts while I wait to get back in December. -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds AT googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds