Gilsland Farm Audubon Center, Cumberland, Maine, US
Jun 29, 2018 6:18 AM – 8:09 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.28 mile(s)
Comments: Brookline Bird Club trip. We met here to look for the little egret. It was absolute low tide at 6:50AM. We found the little egret with snowy egrets below Tidewater farm near the Route 9 bridge.
47 species
Mallard 3
Wild Turkey 6
Common Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Little Egret 1 Continuing; photos
Snowy Egret 6
Osprey 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 1
Herring Gull 12
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Mourning Dove 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Least Flycatcher 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
Warbling Vireo (Eastern) 1
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 2
Tree Swallow 4
Barn Swallow 18
Black-capped Chickadee 7
Tufted Titmouse 1
House Wren 1
Carolina Wren 1
Eastern Bluebird 1
American Robin 4
Gray Catbird 1
Common Yellowthroat 6
Yellow Warbler 4
Pine Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 10
Northern Cardinal 4
Indigo Bunting 1
Baltimore Oriole 2
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Common Grackle 15
House Finch 6
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow 35
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47314440
Deblois Blueberry Barrens, Washington, Maine, US
Jun 29, 2018 2:10 PM – 3:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.5 mile(s)
Comments: Upon Darin Hammond’s (Wyman’s of Maine) recommendation, we drove to the north esker to look and were rewarded by finding birds there. We skipped the air strip area.
7 species
Northern Harrier 1
Upland Sandpiper 12 Tally
Cedar Waxwing 6
Common Yellowthroat 1
Vesper Sparrow 2
Savannah Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47314446
Messalonskee Lake–boat ramp, Kennebec, Maine, US
Jun 29, 2018 9:30 AM – 10:39 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.58 mile(s)
Comments: Brookline Bird Club trip. We were here looking for black terns and sandhill cranes. We struck out on the sandhill cranes despite a thorough scoping of nearly the entire marsh.
30 species
Canada Goose 6
Common Loon 6
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Great Blue Heron 2
Northern Harrier 2
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Black Tern 18
Mourning Dove 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Least Flycatcher 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Warbling Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 2
American Crow 5
Purple Martin 8
Tree Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 20
American Robin 3
Gray Catbird 2
European Starling 30
Common Yellowthroat 2
American Redstart 2
Yellow Warbler 1
Swamp Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Common Grackle 6
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 4
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47314443
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