1000s Tree Swallows Biddeford Pool

[Hodgkins]

There were about 2500 Tree Swallows swirling around Biddeford Pool mid-day today, seen with Andrew Gilbert....an amazing spectacle.
 
Glenn Hodgkins
Hallowell
 
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[Seth Davis]

I was at Fortune Rocks at about 6 am and they were going nuts out on the beach. Not shy at all and they'd swarm around all 2-3 of us out there. It was crazy fun!

[rob speirs]

All,

I was there, today,  as well, getting a birding fix, after a summer up north of very little birding, during the doldrums, and was not surprised by the huge swarm of Tree Swallows at Biddeford Pool, having seen them, here, in previous years, reminiscent of mosquitoes on the Leaf River in northern Quebec. 

HUGE numbers,,,,let me say..HUGE numbers of swallows.  Pardon me, but I would get nauseous if I tried to count the the swarm of swallows. hundreds, likely thousands...like mosquitoes..GET IT!!!  HUGE!

The Marbled Godwit was elusive, but Oystercatchers, Caspian Tern and Yellow-crowned Night Heron were cooperative. Photos all! 

Nice to be back south, but, already back to the north. I am looking forward to hearing about the Audubon Pelagic...early reports are of good birds..family obligations precluded a 2016 trip. 

Rob

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