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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Quabbin Reservoir (was July 5)
Quabbin Reservoir - Gate 10 235 Daniel Shays Hwy, Pelham, MA, United StatesWith the extreme heat conditions the leader has decided to walk Gate 10 until 9:00 am and then turn back to the cars. This section of the walk is under trees and is much more comfortable than the trip back out of the Quabbin. Back at the cars we can decide to go to Quabbin
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Quabbin Reservoir (incorrect date, actual walk is July 3)
Quabbin Reservoir - Gate 10 235 Daniel Shays Hwy, Pelham, MA, United StatesDue to miscommunication, this walk was incorrectly scheduled for July 5. Please see the new and correct July 3 entry. https://www.brooklinebirdclub.org/tripevent/quabbin-reservoir-was-july-5/
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Bring Back Boblinks: Bobolinks at Heard Farm, Wayland (New!)
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Bring Back Bobolinks: Codman Estate Farm (Was Drumlin Farm) (New!)
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Fruitlands Museum, Harvard
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