Re: (Maine Birds) Mount Desert Island Birds: Snow Bunting and Red-headed Woodpecker continue
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Mount Desert Island Birds: Snow Bunting and Red-headed Woodpecker continue
Schooner Head
Road , Hancock, US-ME
Jan 2, 2013
7:55 AM - 8:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.7 mile(s)
Comments: Birding
along the road to Sand Beach when a Snow Bunting flew up and in front of me
along the road. I stopped following it when it came back at me and stopped about
where I first saw it. Sure enough there was some food of interest along the road
where I was able to Photograph it rather close up. Best shots of a Snow Bunting
for some time
2 species
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
2
Snow
Bunting
(Plectrophenax nivalis) 1 along
the Schooner Head Road foraging on the side. Strong winds are howling and
blistering cold.
Sand
Beach, Hancock, US-ME
Jan 2, 2013
8:25 AM - 8:45 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: COLD COLD COLD and more
cold is the situation at Sand Beach today. The wind is blowing from the West
today whipping the water and Sea Smoke so thick you could cut it with a knife.
13 degrees F making it well below zero along the coast. Some hardy birds
including a flock of Red-necked Grebe split into several groups.
8
species
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) 2
Common Eider (Somateria
mollissima) 5
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) 2
Common Loon (Gavia
immer) 3
Red-necked Grebe
(Podiceps grisegena) 15
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 10
Black-capped
Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)
3
Thunder Hole , Hancock, US-ME
Jan 2,
2013 8:50 AM - 9:10 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.8 mile(s)
Comments:
Cruising along the Shore Road on the north and south side of Thunderhole. Good
size flock of RNGB. Black Scoter were found here today but very windy and
cold... Bitter winter cold.
10 species
American Black Duck (Anas
rubripes) 18
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) 26
Black Scoter (Melanitta americana) 6
Male in formative plumage and beautiful yellow bill
Red-breasted Merganser
(Mergus serrator) 1
Common Loon (Gavia immer) 1
Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
64 a large flock split into 3
groups
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 2
Herring Gull (Larus
argentatus) 8
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) 4
American Crow (Corvus
brachyrhynchos) 2
Otter Point
Overlook, Hancock, US-ME
Jan 2, 2013
9:28 AM - 9:38 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: A quick last stop before
heading back to the office.
4 species
American Black Duck (Anas
rubripes) 2
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) 5
Great
Cormorant
(Phalacrocorax carbo) 1 This third year
bird ? still showed some white speckling on its belly
Golden-crowned
Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) 1
Douglas
Feeder Cricket Lane, Hancock,
US-ME
Jan 2, 2013 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: Ed
Hawkes, Jim Bright and I stopped in for a few long looks at this record bird for
MDI and Hancock Count. The distinctive plumage makes this a spectacular bird to
observe. This is the third day this bird has been observed here. Follow-up
continuing as well.
3 species
Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes
erythrocephalus) 1 CONTINUING at this
location for the third day and perhaps until the cows come home or until Ed
stops feeding it. Call 479-4256 to observe this bird
on private property.
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)
2
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 1
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