Kennebunk Plains, York, Maine, US
Jun 27, 2018 7:15 AM – 9:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Comments:     BBC trip, Eddie G leader, Eddie G, Kathy R, Rob F
28 species

Great Blue Heron (Blue form)  1
Turkey Vulture  1
Upland Sandpiper  3
Mourning Dove  6
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
Eastern Kingbird  4
Red-eyed Vireo  2
Blue Jay  1
American Crow  3
Tree Swallow  1
American Robin  5
Gray Catbird  2
Brown Thrasher  5
Northern Mockingbird  2
Cedar Waxwing  11
Ovenbird  1
Common Yellowthroat  1
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Prairie Warbler  4
Grasshopper Sparrow  7
Chipping Sparrow  8
Field Sparrow  5
Vesper Sparrow  3
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  3
Eastern Towhee  11
Eastern Meadowlark (Eastern)  3
Purple Finch (Eastern)  2
American Goldfinch  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47277782


Belgrade, Maine, Messalonskee Lake, Kennebec, Maine, US
Jun 27, 2018 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments:     BBC trip, Eddie G leader, Eddie G, Kathy R, Rob F
20 species

Wood Duck  2
Common Loon  2     ad w/ 2 young
Pied-billed Grebe  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Sandhill Crane  3     2 ad, 1 colt
Black Tern  12
Least Flycatcher  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Warbling Vireo  1
Purple Martin  13
Barn Swallow  7
American Robin  3
European Starling  X
Common Yellowthroat  1
Yellow Warbler  1
Chipping Sparrow  2
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  1
Song Sparrow  2
Swamp Sparrow  3
Red-winged Blackbird  10

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47277787


Kennebago River–Boy Scout Road, Franklin, Maine, US
Jun 27, 2018 3:45 PM – 5:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Comments:     BBC trip, Eddie G leader, Paul I, Kathy R, Rob F
21 species

Osprey  1
Hairy Woodpecker  2
Blue-headed Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  3
Red-breasted Nuthatch  2
Golden-crowned Kinglet  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Veery  3
Swainson’s Thrush  1
Hermit Thrush  2
American Robin  5
Ovenbird  2
Common Yellowthroat  1
Northern Parula  2
Blackburnian Warbler  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  1
White-throated Sparrow  3
Song Sparrow  1
Swamp Sparrow  3
Common Grackle  1
Purple Finch  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47277785


Rangeley, ME, Franklin, Maine, US
Jun 27, 2018
Protocol: Incidental
Comments:     BBC trip, Eddie G leader, 13 participants
2 species

Mallard  10
Herring Gull (American)  X

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47277779

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