Rangeley, Franklin, Maine, US
19-Jun-2022 05:00 – 21:00
Protocol: Traveling
500.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    25th Annual BBC Rangeley Lakes Trip, June 23-26, 2022.  It includes all of the species recorded from the following locations:
    Kennebunk Plains, Kennebunk, ME (Trip Extension)
    Lake Messalonskee & vicinity, Belgrade, ME (Trip Extension)
    Rangeley Lakes Region & vicinity, Rangeley, ME
122 species
Canada Goose  10
Wood Duck  2
Mallard  1
American Black Duck  1
Common Goldeneye  1
Hooded Merganser  3
Common Merganser  46
Wild Turkey  1
Ruffed Grouse  1
Spruce Grouse  5    (1) hen with (4) chicks
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  10
Mourning Dove  4
Chimney Swift  14
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  6
Sandhill Crane  6    Lake Messalonskee
Killdeer  11
Upland Sandpiper  2    Kennebunk Plains trip extension
Wilson’s Snipe  3
Ring-billed Gull  15
Herring Gull  3
Black Tern  1
Common Loon  7
Double-crested Cormorant  4
American Bittern  1
Great Blue Heron  8
Turkey Vulture  12
Osprey  1
Bald Eagle  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Broad-winged Hawk  2
Red-tailed Hawk  4
Belted Kingfisher  2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  23
Downy Woodpecker  3
Hairy Woodpecker  7
Pileated Woodpecker  10
Northern Flicker  16
American Kestrel  1
Merlin  1
Peregrine Falcon  1
Olive-sided Flycatcher  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  2
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher  8
Alder Flycatcher  10
Least Flycatcher  11
Eastern Phoebe  6
Eastern Kingbird  6
Blue-headed Vireo  46
Warbling Vireo  1    Lake Messalonskee
Red-eyed Vireo  97
Canada Jay  12
Blue Jay  19
American Crow  26
Common Raven  5
Black-capped Chickadee  51
Boreal Chickadee  4
Tufted Titmouse  3
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  2
Tree Swallow  27
Barn Swallow  68
Cliff Swallow  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  20
Golden-crowned Kinglet  38
Red-breasted Nuthatch  55
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
Brown Creeper  3
House Wren  1
Winter Wren  47
European Starling  5
Gray Catbird  7
Brown Thrasher  3    (2) at Kenebunk Plains, (1) in Rangeley
Eastern Bluebird  4
Veery  13
Bicknell’s Thrush  2    Saddleback Mountain
Swainson’s Thrush  55
Hermit Thrush  28
American Robin  48
Cedar Waxwing  62
House Sparrow  5
Purple Finch  19
Red Crossbill  36
Pine Siskin  1
American Goldfinch  18
Chipping Sparrow  9
Field Sparrow  11    Kennebunk Plains trip extension
Fox Sparrow  1
Dark-eyed Junco  21
White-throated Sparrow  123
Vesper Sparrow  9    Kennebunk Plains trip extension
Savannah Sparrow  7
Song Sparrow  23
Swamp Sparrow  22
Eastern Towhee  10    Kennebunk Plains trip extension
Bobolink  12
Eastern Meadowlark  2    Kennebunk Plains trip extension
Baltimore Oriole  2    Kennebunk Plains trip extension.
Red-winged Blackbird  42
Common Grackle  11
Ovenbird  44
Northern Waterthrush  8
Black-and-white Warbler  7
Nashville Warbler  38
Mourning Warbler  8
Common Yellowthroat  63
American Redstart  29
Northern Parula  55
Magnolia Warbler  45
Bay-breasted Warbler  2
Blackburnian Warbler  21
Yellow Warbler  5
Chestnut-sided Warbler  31
Blackpoll Warbler  13
Black-throated Blue Warbler  33
Palm Warbler  4
Pine Warbler  8
Yellow-rumped Warbler  54
Black-throated Green Warbler  52
Canada Warbler  13
Scarlet Tanager  1
Northern Cardinal  1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  3
Indigo Bunting  6
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S119784726

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