Wilson’s Phalarope
Drove north the Thomaston Maine to get a rare (for Maine) Wilson’s Phalarope [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”339″ display=”pro_mosaic”]
Yearly Archives: 2018
Salt Marsh Sparrow
A visit to Scarborough Marsh yielded First of the year Salt Marsh Sparrow and Glossy Ibis. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”338″ display=”pro_mosaic”]
Tree Swallow
A trip to central Maine for a family meeting yielded some birds in Mt. Vernon. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”337″ display=”pro_mosaic”]
Pine Warbler on Bird Feeder Cam
Warblers are bug eaters . . . but at certain times of the year . . . they will turn to seeds to supplement their diet. For the last week we have had a pair of warblers showing up on one of our platform feeders . . . probably with young in the nest. [ngg […]
Timber Trail
With Ingrid tied up with a class I spent the day birding . . . hitting Capisic Park in Portland and then traveling to Timber Trail in Biddeford Pool, Maine. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”335″ display=”pro_mosaic”]
Lunch at Eaton Farm
Today I took a break from lunch to bird at nearby Eaton Farm and saw a nice variety of birds and even a White-tailed Deer. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”334″ display=”pro_mosaic”]
Warblers Galore at Butler
Warblers Galore at Butler Head in Bath, Maine [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”333″ display=”pro_mosaic”]
Tennessee Warbler
Got a Tennessee Warbler today at Great Salt Bay . . . got a bunch of ticks as well . . . but at least we got a lifer!!!
Black-billed Cuckoo
Saw Black-billed Cuckoos in two different locations on the same day. [ngg src=”galleries” display=”pro_mosaic”]
Yellow Warbler
During a Maine summer . . . the Yellow Warbler is an omnipresent resident . . . starting to see them in full force. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”331″ display=”pro_mosaic”]
Scarlet Tanager
A singing Scarlet Tanager was the highlight of the many birds today at Butler Head in Bath, Maine [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”331″ display=”pro_mosaic”]
Blackburnian Warblers
Ingrid went for a run and called me on her phone . . . she had heard a strange bird at the end of our long driveway. I rushed out and was delighted to find two Blackburnian Warblers moving through the tree tops. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”330″ display=”pro_mosaic”]
Capisic Park and Evergreen Cemetery
Ingrid and I went birding at two of Portland, Maine’s premier birding locations . . . Capisic Park and Evergreen Cemetery. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”329″ display=”pro_mosaic”]
Green Point
A visit to Green Point Nature Preserve in Durham, Maine [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”328″ display=”pro_mosaic”]
Butler Head and Eaton Farm
A mid-afternoon trip to two of my favorite mid-coast Maine birding spots . . . yielded lots of birds. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”327″ display=”pro_mosaic”]
Day Two in Plum Island
Day Two in Plum Island at Plum Island, Massachusetts [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”326″ display=”pro_mosaic”]
Three Northeast Birding Spots
Today Ingrid and I visited Pond Cove in Cape Elizabeth; Timber Trail in Biddeford Pool and then Plum Island in Massachusetts. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”325″ display=”pro_mosaic”]
Butler Head
A visit to Butler Head in Bath, Maine [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”324″ display=”pro_mosaic”]
The Great Greater Yellowlegs Influx
Each fall, we see lots of Greater (and Lesser) Yellowlegs migrating through. The first travel will appear in mid August and we’re still seeing them in October. But like a lot of shorebirds, they don’t seem to dawdle in during their north bound spring migration . . . we might see one or two most […]
The Cusp of Spring Migration
You can feel them coming . . . birds are moving north. Our friends in High Island, Texas reported 23 different warblers yesterday. Further north the mid-Atlantic hummingbird feeders are mobbed by Ruby-throated Hummers. But in Maine, we are just feeling the tip of the spear with early arrivers like Palm and Pine Warblers; a […]
Penny Lake in Boothbay
This evening after work, Ingrid and I rushed over to Penny Lake in nearby Boothbay Harbor . . . a place where we’ve had great success during spring migrations. Its still only April 24 so its early to see a lot of warblers . . . a bit like putting up the Christmas Tree before […]
Swamp Sparrow – Bird #200 of the Year
With my replaced knee healing and the birds migrating through . . . I am anxious to get out in the field as much as possible. In the unfortunate timing department, Ingrid’s daughter and her boyfriend visited this weekend and for some strange reason Ingrid didn’t think they’d enjoy plodding through cold wet marshes […]
First Warblers and Hermit Thrush Arrive in Maine
It still doesn’t feel much like spring in Maine . . . overcast, windy and cold . . . but the birds of spring continue to arrive. This morning I heard the musical chime like sound of a Hermit Thrush in the yard. I looked around for a bit and found him posing on a […]
Wilson’s Snipes
On the way back from a short afternoon meeting in a nearby town, Ingrid and I stopped at the Buffalo Ranch in Bath, Maine for a little birding. The Buffalo Ranch used to . . . you guessed it . . . have dozens of buffalo roaming through it’s meadows. Several years ago, the […]
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