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

ANNUAL REPORT 2008

2008 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2008, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 190 reported trips, three species less than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2007

2007 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2007, the Brookline Bird Club listed 309 species of birds on 213 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2006

2006 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2006, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 208 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2004

2004 Statistical and Year-End Report By Bob Stymiest, Club Statistician During 2004, the Brookline Bird Club listed 311 species of birds on 243 reported trips, 17 species more than last year. To put this in

ANNUAL REPORT 2003

2003 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2003, the Brookline Bird Club listed 294 species of birds on 242 reported trips, 13 species fewer than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2002

2002 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Styrneist, Statistician   During 2002, the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 species of birds on 249 reported trips, five more than last year. A total of

ANNUAL REPORT 2008

2008 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2008, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 190 reported trips, three species less than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2007

2007 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2007, the Brookline Bird Club listed 309 species of birds on 213 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2006

2006 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2006, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 208 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2004

2004 Statistical and Year-End Report By Bob Stymiest, Club Statistician During 2004, the Brookline Bird Club listed 311 species of birds on 243 reported trips, 17 species more than last year. To put this in

ANNUAL REPORT 2003

2003 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2003, the Brookline Bird Club listed 294 species of birds on 242 reported trips, 13 species fewer than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2002

2002 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Styrneist, Statistician   During 2002, the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 species of birds on 249 reported trips, five more than last year. A total of

ANNUAL REPORT 2008

2008 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2008, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 190 reported trips, three species less than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2007

2007 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2007, the Brookline Bird Club listed 309 species of birds on 213 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2006

2006 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2006, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 208 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2004

2004 Statistical and Year-End Report By Bob Stymiest, Club Statistician During 2004, the Brookline Bird Club listed 311 species of birds on 243 reported trips, 17 species more than last year. To put this in

ANNUAL REPORT 2003

2003 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2003, the Brookline Bird Club listed 294 species of birds on 242 reported trips, 13 species fewer than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2002

2002 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Styrneist, Statistician   During 2002, the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 species of birds on 249 reported trips, five more than last year. A total of

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