Maine Birds

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May 31, Owlsboro Road, Dexter - I got a late start for a morning walk. It was obvious when I started that I was the answer to the mosquitoes' breakfast prayer. The heat was rising and I almost turned back. I heard several kinds of Warblers. There are many BLUE-HEADED VIREOS in the area and one was singing conveniently from a dead tree. As I got near Lily Pond, I saw a bird on the path which flew up into a tree. It was a BARRED OWL! I watched and then it flew across in front of me and landed low in a tree a few feet away. The coloring and pattern of its feathers was beautiful. The time was 9:45 AM and I watched it for a long time.

 

            Aloyse Larrabee, Dexter

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I am still caring for my elderly mother but have gotten out to go birding as time and energy allows. Here is a list of the birds I've seen.

 

    Old Dover Road and Owlsboro Road, May 17

Green Heron

Bald Eagle

Downy Woodpecker

Tufted Titmouse

Black-and-white Warbler

Swamp Sparrow

Purple Finch

 

    Garland and on the way to Bangor, May 17

Veery

Ruffed Grouse

 

   Dover-Foxcroft Wetlands, May 23 and June 6

Canada Goose - pair with 5 goslings

Mallard

Hooded Merganser

American Kestrel - on the way back to Dexter

Solitary Sandpiper

Herring Gull

Mourning Dove

Chimney Swift

Eastern Wood Pewee

Alder Flycatcher

Willow Flycatcher

Eastern Kingbird

Warbling Vireo

Blue Jay

American Crow

Common Raven

Tree Swallow

Black-capped Chickadee

Red-breasted Nuthatch

American Robin

Gray Catbird

Cedar Waxwing

Yellow Warbler

American Redstart

Common Yellowthroat

Song Sparrow

Bobolink

Red-wing Blackbird

Common Grackle

Baltimore Oriole

American Goldfinch

 

     Corinna, May 24

Marsh Wren

Eastern Bluebird

Purple Martin

 

    Bangor, June 2

Northern Mockingbird - on Stillwater Avenue

 

I will try to report birds in a more timely fashion from now on.

 

        Aloyse Larrabee, Dexter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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    Saturday, June 9 - Good-Will Hinckley School in Hinckley and to and from

Mallard

Osprey

American Kestrel

Herring Gull

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

Chimney Swift - lots of these

Belted Kingfisher

Northern Flicker

Pileated Woodpecker

Eastern Phoebe

Eastern Kingbird

American Crow

Common Raven

Tree Swallow

Barn Swallow

Eastern Bluebird

American Robin

European Starling

Song Sparrow

Bobolink

Red-wing Blackbird

Common Grackle

House Sparrow

 

a fawn suckling from its mother - so sweet

 

Cliff Swallows have been reliable year after year at the farm, the old barn by the pond. I got dizzy checking out the Swallows and tried to make them into Cliffs but they were not there.

 

            Aloyse and Stan Larrabee, Dexter