Northern Maine shorebirds, Lesser Black-backed Gull

[Bill Sheehan]

Hi,

This AM, on the way to work, I made a quick stop at Collins Pond in
Caribou and found 9 species of shorebirds . No too shabby for 1/2
acre of mud in an urban pond...

A midday canoe trip from Frenchville to the St. David end of Madawaska
on the St. John River was productive as well. Though the river forms
the border for northern-most Maine, I tried to list only those seen on
this side of the imaginary line that winds down the river... Migrant
gulls were numerous and a large roosting flock just upstream of the
international bridge in Madawaska included a nice adult Lesser Black-
backed. Two Merlins and a good numbers of migrant Belted Kingfishers
and Great Blue Herons were fun.

No Procellariadae were noted.

here's the lists:

Location: Collins Pond
Observation date: 8/25/10
Number of species: 25

American Black Duck 2
Mallard 27
Green-winged Teal 29
Hooded Merganser 8
Great Blue Heron 1
Semipalmated Plover 8 High count for location
Killdeer 6 numbers declining
Spotted Sandpiper 1 juv
Solitary Sandpiper 11
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 1 9
Least Sandpiper 7 lower numbers than last week
Short-billed Dowitcher 1 juvie
Wilson's Snipe 2
Rock Pigeon 4
Belted Kingfisher 3
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1 still singing
American Crow 2
Yellow Warbler 1
Song Sparrow 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Purple Finch 1
American Goldfinch 2

Location: Madawaska, Aroostook County, ME, US
Observation date: 8/25/10
Number of species: 35

Canada Goose 68
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 31
Green-winged Teal 11
Common Goldeneye 9
Common Merganser 66
Double-crested Cormorant 18 Most at mouth of Madawaska River
in Edmunston NB flew into US...
Great Blue Heron 17
Osprey 1
Bald Eagle 1 adult
Merlin 2
Killdeer 1
Spotted Sandpiper 14 one adult
Greater Yellowlegs 4 together just downstream of Madawaska
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Least Sandpiper 14
Ring-billed Gull 170
Herring Gull 280
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 adult on st john river with 400+
other gulls
Great Black-backed Gull 10
Rock Pigeon 18
Belted Kingfisher 21 many
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 31
Common Raven 1
Barn Swallow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 5
American Robin 3
European Starling 35 steeple of St. David Church
Cedar Waxwing 40
Yellow Warbler 1
Song Sparrow 4

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

Cheers
Bill