Maine Birds

[Aloyse Larrabee]

April 2 - County Woods Road, Sebasticook Lake, Newport - Hooded and Common Mergansers, Mallard and Black Duck, Canada Goose, Ring-necked Duck, and Common Goldeneye

Also seen - Turkeys and possible Eastern Phoebe

Aloyse Larrabee, Dexter

[Aloyse Larrabee]

April 6 - On my walk this morning in Dexter, I saw a pair of House Finch. The male was singing.   Aloyse Larrabee, Dexter

[Aloyse Larrabee]

Dexter, April 13 - My early morning walk started out dry but didn't end up that way! I saw a pair of Eastern Bluebird and Eastern Phoebe.. I also heard a White-throated Sparrow.

Aloyse Larrabee, Dexter

[Aloyse Larrabee]

April 14, Dexter - I saw a good variety of birds this morning. New for this year are Northern Flicker and Ruby-crowned Kinglet.

Aloyse Larrabee, Dexter

[Aloyse Larrabee]

April 18, 5 pm - It was nice to see a pair of Common Loon on Lake Wasookeag in Dexter and also many Common Grackle in the trees.

Aloyse Larrabee, Dexter

[Aloyse Larrabee]

April 27 - I didn't see many birds on my morning walk. They were probably hiding from the elements. But I heard a bird in a thick evergreen which was unfamiliar to me. I know it's hard to describe a song so others understand but I would like to try. It was quite loud and repetitive, no variation. The first part on a scale was do re, do re. Think of it as pretty, pretty. Then the song returned to do with many staccato notes with emphasis on the last note, holding it a little. So it sounded like "pretty, pretty, tttttttttttt." Any ideas? Maybe it was an imitation but didn't vary and I listened a long time. I know the songs of most common birds.

Aloyse Larrabee, Dexter

[Marion Sprague]

I feel like this time of year everytime I go hunting down a loud, clear song I have never heard it always turns out to be a Tufted Titmouse singing some weird variation of their song.

I just had this happen last week.

Happy Birding.

Marion

[Ken in Hancock]

If not a titmouse, it might well have been a cardinal..Ken in Hancock

[Aloyse Larrabee]

May 3, 8 am - A tree was cut down at the back of our property, leaving a stump a few feet high. A Pileated Woodpecker announced his presence and landed on this stump. Beautiful and a nice start to the day!

[Aloyse Larrabee]

Forgot to sign! Aloyse Larrabee, Dexter

[Aloyse Larrabee]

May 4, 2020 - This morning I saw a pair of Savannah Sparrows on the Old Dover Road in Dexter. I also saw a Broad-winged Hawk and flying American Kestrel on the Rec Trail in Dexter.

Aloyse Larrabee, Dexter

[Aloyse Larrabee]

May 6, 2020 - I walked north from Dexter on the Rec Trail. Some of the bird I saw:

Ruffed Grouse 

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Ruby-crowned Kinglet - several singing

Black-and-white Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

White-throated Sparrow

Purple Finch - males singing but I saw only females

Non-bird - turtle

Aloyse Larrabee, Dexter

[Aloyse Larrabee]

May 7, 2020 - Today was birding by car in different areas in Dexter, Corinna, St Albans, Newport, and Plymouth. Some of the birds seen:

Wood Duck - one pair were in a tree

Double-crested Cormorant

Bald Eagle

American Kestrel

Killdeer

Belted Kingfisher

Pileated Woodpecker

Veery

And the Purple Martins have returned to Corinna and are busy with nesting!

Aloyse Larrabee, Dexter