This Week's Highlights and Shorebird High Counts, 8/11-17.

42 views
Skip to first unread message

Derek and Jeannette Lovitch

unread,
Aug 17, 2018, 6:09:36 PM8/17/18
to Maine-birds
My observations of note over the past seven days included:
- 3 Cory's Shearwaters, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, etc, Hardy Boat from Monhegan to New Harbor, 8/12 (with Marion Sprague).
- 8 Fish Crows, Pine Point, Scarborugh, 8/13 (with Jeannette).
- 2 adult Red-necked Grebes, Ocean Avenue, Biddeford Pool, 8/14 (with Jeannette). Still present on 8/16 (with clients from TX/CT).
- 1 GIANT SWALLOWTAIL butterfly, Biddeford Pool neighborhood, 8/14 (I believe this is my first in Maine; with Jeannette). 
- 1 very early female BUFFLEHEAD and 1 Blue-winged Teal (FOF), Sanford Lagoons, 8/16 (with clients from TX/CT).
- 1 continuing TRICOLORED HERON and 1 probable WHITE-FACED IBIS (hard to confidently rule out a hybrid in this non-breeding plumage), Eastern Road Trail, Scarborough Marsh, 8/16 (with clients).
- 1 DICKCISSEL (FOF), Old Town House Park, North Yarmouth, 8/17.

And my shorebird high counts this week were as follows:
Black-bellied Plover: 106, Pine Point, Scarborough, 8/13 (with Jeannette).
Semipalmated Plover: 238, Hill's Beach, Biddeford, 8/14 (with Jeannette).
Piping Plover: 6, Hill's Beach, 8/14 (with Jeannette). 5 still present on 8/16 (with clients from TX/CT).
Killdeer: 17, Mayall Road, Gray/New Gloucester, 8/14 (with Jeannette).
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER: 6, Pine Point, Scarborough, 8/13 (with Jeannette). 
Spotted Sandpiper: 3, Ocean Avenue, Biddeford Pool, 8/14 (with Jeannette) and 8/16 (with clients).
Solitary Sandpiper: 1, Royal River Park, Yarmouth, 8/11 (with Saturday Morning Birdwalk group).
Greater Yellowlegs: 34, Pine Point, 8/13 (with Jeannette).
"Eastern" Willet: 9, Pine Point, 8/13 (with Jeannette).
Lesser Yellowlegs: 7, Eastern Road Trail, Scarborough Marsh, 8/13 (with Jeannette).
UPLAND SANDPIPER: 1, flyover at the store at 6:10pm on 8/25 (with Jeannette). A most unexpected yard bird (#123)!
Whimbrel: 1, Pine Point, 8/13 (with Jeannette) and Hill's Beach, 8/16 (with clients)
Ruddy Turnstone: 57, Biddeford Pool Beach, Biddeford, 8/14 (with Jeannette). 
RED KNOT (FOF): 2, Hill's Beach, 8/14 (with Jeannette).
Sanderling: 51, Biddeford Pool Beach, 8/14 (with Jeannette).
Semipalmated Sandpiper: 1800, Biddeford Pool Beach, 8/14.
Least Sandpiper: 19, Eastern Road Trail, 8/13 (with Jeannette).
White-rumped Sandpiper: 15, Biddeford Pool Beach, 8/14 (with Jeannette).
Pectoral Sandpiper (FOF): 1, Hill's Beach, 8/14 (with Jeannette).
Short-billed Dowitcher: ~60, Hill's Beach, 8/16 (with clients).
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE (FOY): 18, Hardy Boat from New Harbor to Monhegan, 8/12 (with Marion Sprague).

-Derek

*****************************************

 Derek and Jeannette Lovitch

 Freeport Wild Bird Supply

 541 Route One, Suite 10

 Freeport, ME 04032

 207-865-6000

 www.freeportwildbirdsupply.com  

 ****************************************



Sent from my iPhone
Reply all
Reply to author
Forward
0 new messages