27th Annual Brookline Bird Club trip to the Rangeley Lakes Region, June 23 – June 30, 2024. Eddie Giles and Glenn d’Entremont, trip leaders. This list encompasses all of our sightings from the Kennebunk Plains, Lake Messalonskee in Belgrade, and throughout Rangeley and the mountains of western Maine.
The trip actively birds locations across the following five counties in Maine:
York County, Kennebec County, Oxford County, Franklin County, Somerset County
119 species
Canada Goose 33
Wood Duck 16
Mallard 1
Common Goldeneye 1
Hooded Merganser 4
Wild Turkey 1
Ruffed Grouse 6
Spruce Grouse 4
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 26 25 in downtown Kingfield
Mourning Dove 14
Chimney Swift 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6
Sandhill Crane 3 Lake Messalonskee, Belgrade
Killdeer 3
Upland Sandpiper 3 Kennebunk Plains
Wilson’s Snipe 6 Gilman Pond Road, New Portland
Ring-billed Gull 2
Black Tern 8 Lake Messalonskee, Belgrade
Pied-billed Grebe 1 Lake Messalonskee, Belgrade
Common Loon 8
Double-crested Cormorant 6
American Bittern 3
Great Blue Heron 3
Turkey Vulture 32
Osprey 1
Cooper’s Hawk 2
Bald Eagle 2
Broad-winged Hawk 5
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Belted Kingfisher 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 32
Downy Woodpecker 7
Hairy Woodpecker 6
Pileated Woodpecker 14
Northern Flicker 20
American Kestrel 2
Merlin 3
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 10
Alder Flycatcher 6
Least Flycatcher 9
Eastern Phoebe 10
Eastern Kingbird 10
Blue-headed Vireo 45
Warbling Vireo 1 Lake Messalonskee, Belgrade
Red-eyed Vireo 116
Canada Jay 4
Blue Jay 31
American Crow 26
Common Raven 21
Black-capped Chickadee 70
Boreal Chickadee 2
Tree Swallow 45
Purple Martin 12 Lake Messalonskee, Belgrade
Barn Swallow 43
Cliff Swallow 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5
Golden-crowned Kinglet 57
Red-breasted Nuthatch 60
Brown Creeper 1
Northern House Wren 1
Winter Wren 41
European Starling 1
Gray Catbird 10
Brown Thrasher 2 Kennebunk Plains
Northern Mockingbird 2 Kennebunk Plains
Eastern Bluebird 11
Veery 19
Swainson’s Thrush 53
Hermit Thrush 49
American Robin 41
Cedar Waxwing 76
House Sparrow 1
Evening Grosbeak 1
Purple Finch 18
Red Crossbill 6
American Goldfinch 39
Grasshopper Sparrow 8 Kennebunk Plains
Chipping Sparrow 14
Field Sparrow 4 Kennebunk Plains
Dark-eyed Junco 20
White-throated Sparrow 140
Vesper Sparrow 12 Kennebunk Plains
Savannah Sparrow 16
Song Sparrow 32
Lincoln’s Sparrow 3
Swamp Sparrow 29
Eastern Towhee 10
Bobolink 5 Gilman Pond Road, New Portland
Eastern Meadowlark 6 Kennebunk Plains
Baltimore Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird 49
Rusty Blackbird 4 Parmachenee Road, Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy Grant, NH
Common Grackle 10
Ovenbird 42
Northern Waterthrush 8
Black-and-white Warbler 8
Nashville Warbler 24
Mourning Warbler 10
Common Yellowthroat 74
American Redstart 30
Northern Parula 77
Magnolia Warbler 60
Blackburnian Warbler 34
Yellow Warbler 7
Chestnut-sided Warbler 48
Blackpoll Warbler 3
Black-throated Blue Warbler 34
Palm Warbler 3
Pine Warbler 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler 24
Prairie Warbler 8 Kennebunk Plains
Black-throated Green Warbler 55
Canada Warbler 7
Scarlet Tanager 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 9
Indigo Bunting 7
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Plum Island
Parker River NWR - Lot #1 Refuge Rd., Newbury, MA, MA, United StatesWe will be walking the North Pool dike as well as visiting other spots. Note that an entrance fee or pass is required. Restrooms available.
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Barretts Mill Farmland
Concord - Barretts Mill Farmland Barrett's Mill Road, Concord, MA, United StatesThis is often a great place for fall sparrows including Savannah, Field, and White-crowned, as well as Pipit and occasional Dickcissel. Loaner binoculars available; please email trip leader to reserve a pair! If the weather doens't look good, contact the leader to check status.
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Hellcat at Parker River NWR
Parker River NWR - Lot #4 Newbury, MA, United StatesDuring the past few years the refuge has opened the dike to hiking during National Wildlife Refuge Week. We will plan to do that hike if the dike is again open this year. Otherwise we hike the boardwalk and normal dike area.
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Arlington Reservoir
Lexington - Arlington Reservoir 210 Lowell Street, Arlington, MA, United StatesIn the fall water levels are lowered creating good conditions for ducks and shorebirds. We will also visit the adjacent Lexington community farm. Birds are found feasting on the remains of the crops planted there. We will walk about a mile on wide paths and some uneven ground (possibly muddy). Note that the reservoir area [...]
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Fruitlands Museum, Harvard
Harvard - Fruitlands Museum 102 Prospect Hill Rd., Harvard, MA, United StatesCosponsored with Boxborough Birders. We will look for fall migrants and resident birds. Expect to walk about 2 miles on trails through meadow and woods, with some steep sections. Heavy rain cancels the trip.