MAINE BIG YEAR 2021 GALLERY (Backup)

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While Big Year rules only require a Birder to identify a species by sight or sound (the good old fashion honor system), I’m endeavoring to photograph or record as many species as possible during the year. This can be difficult as birds are seen for fleeting moments; deep in a tangle of tree branches; while driving or at a great distance through a spotting scope. In other cases, one is seeing several new species at a time and only one can be photographed.

On this page you’ll see every bird on my Maine Big Year list along with the date and location I found it and the date and location of the "best" validation photograph or recording.

Read about my Big Year on my Blog.

Atlantic Puffin

Black Guillemot

Common Murre

Jan 13 - Ferry, Monhegan

Dovekie

Thick-billed Murre

Not Photographed

Razorbill - Jan 4 - Cape Neddick Light

Brown-headed Cowbird

Common Grackle

Red-winged Blackbird

Rusty Blackbirds

Jan 7 - 185–187 Varney Mill Rd Bath

American Crow

Common Raven

Jan 1 - I-195 W Saco
Photo: Jan 30 - Wiscasset

Fish Crow

Mar 14 - 57 Portland Rd Kennebunk ME

American Black Duck

Jan 1 - Biddeford Pool
Photo: Jan 25 - Not Posted to eBird

American Wigeon

Jan 7 - Rockland Harbor--Breakwater
Photo: Mar 28 - Messalonskee Lake--boat ramp

Barrow's Goldeneye

Jan 8 - Brunswick
Photo: Jan 28 - Damariscotta Town Landing

Black Scoter

Jan 1 - Perkins Cove, Ogunquit
Photo: Jan 24 - Not Posted to eBird

Blue-winged Teal

Apr 1 - Bisson's Farm, Topsham
Apr 3 - 219 Eddy Rd, Edgecomb

Bufflehead

Jan 1 - Perkins Cove
Photo: Feb 27 - Fort Foster Park

Common Eider

Jan 1 - Perkins Cove, Ogunquit
Photo: Jan 25 - Not Posted to eBird

Common Goldeneye

Jan 2 - Rockland Harbor--Breakwater
Photo: Jan 25 - River Point Conservation Area, Falmouth

Common Merganser

Jan 5 - Kettle Cove
Photo: Mar 7 - Not Posted to eBird

Greater Scaup

Jan 7 - Rockland--Chickawaukie Pond

Green-winged Teal

Jan 4 - Duck Pond
Photo: Feb 22 - Not entered on eBird

Harlequin Duck

Jan 1 - Perkins Cove, Ogunquit
Photo: Feb 21 - Dyer Point

Hooded Merganser

Jan 1 - Biddeford Pool
Photo: Mar 1 - Not Posted to eBird

Lesser Scaup

Jan 5 - Grondin Pond, Scarborough
Mar 30 - Sanford Lagoon

Long-tailed Duck

1st Seen: Jan 1 (I-195 W Saco)
Photo: Jan 30 (Wiscasset)

Mallard

Jan 1 - Perkins Cove, Ogunquit
Photo: Feb 23 - Not Posted to eBird

Northern Pintail

Jan 4 - Duck Pond, York
Photo: Mar 7 - Gardiner Waterfront

Northern Shoveler

Feb 6 - Maquoit Bay Conservation Land, Brunswick
Photo: Feb 20 - Cove Rd, Freeport

Red-breasted Merganser

Jan 1 - Biddeford Pool
Photo: Feb 6 - Not Posted to eBird

Ring-necked Duck

Jan 7 - Damariscotta Mills Fish Ladder
Mar 28 - Messalonskee Lake--boat ramp

Ruddy Duck

Jan 25 - Simpson's Pt. Landing
Mar 30 - Sanford Lagoons

Surf Scoter

Jan 2 - Rockland Harbor--Breakwater
Photo: Feb 22 - Fort Foster, Kittery

White-winged Scoter

Jan 1 - Biddeford Pool
Photo: Jan 3 - Ferry Beach

Wood Duck

Jan 25 - Calvary Cemetery, South Portland

Not Photographed

American Kestrel

Jan 11 - 96–98 Scottow Hill Rd Scarborough
Photo: Feb 27 - 269 St George Rd, South Thomaston

Not Photographed

American Goldfinch

Jan 1 - Perkins Cove, Ogunquit
Photo: Feb 2 - Not Posted to eBird

Common Redpoll

Jan 12 - Rachel Carson NWR--Batson River Marsh/Tidal Flats
Photo: Feb 14 - Not Posted to eBird

Hoary Redpoll

Feb 1 - River Rd, Clinton

House Finch

Photo: Jan 23 - Capisic Park

Red Crossbill

Jan 12 - Arundel Cemetery

Photo: Mar 12 - Arundel Cemetery

Pine Siskin

Jan 24 - Acadia NP--Schoodic Loop Road (Mt. Desert Narrows)

White-winged Crossbill

Jan 12 - Arundel Cemetery

Not Photographed

Purple Finch: Jan 11 - University of Maine--Orono campus (general area)

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Cormorant

Jan 1 - Biddeford Pool
Photo: Jan 4 - Cape Neddick Light

Northern Gannet

Jan 13 - Ferry, Monhegan

Brant

Jan 5 - Kettle Cove

Canada Goose

Jan 1 - 180 Evans St South Portland
Photo: Jan 5 - Not Posted to eBird

Snow Goose

Jan 18 - Deptula Lane, Wells Marsh

Black-headed Grosbeak

Feb 3 - Capisic Pond Park

Evening Grosbeak

Jan 17 - Evening Grosbeak Stakeout
Photo: Feb 10 - 46 N Main Ave Orono ME

Pine Grosbeak

Jan 2 - 220 Warrenton St Rockport

Bonaparte's Gull

Jan 7 - Rockland--Chickawaukie Pond

Glaucous Gull

Jan 19 - 497 Marginal Way Portland

Great Black-backed Gull

Jan 2 - Rockland Harbor--Breakwater
Photo: Feb 3 - Ferry Beach

Herring Gull

Jan 1 - 120 Evans St South Portland
Photo: Feb 3 - Ferry Beach

Iceland Gull

Jan 12 - Mill Creek Cove
Photo: Jan 13 - Monhegan Island

Laughing Gull

Apr 6 - Pemaquid Harbor

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Jan 2 - Rockland Harbor--Fales St

Ring-billed Gull

Jan 2 - 359 Atlantic Hwy Waldoboro ME
Photo: Jan 30 - Not Posted to eBird

Not Photographed

Cooper's Hawk

Jan 1 -Biddeford Pool
Feb 3 - Capisic Pond Park

Northern Harrier

Northern Harrier - Jan 11 (South Thomaston)
Photo: Mar 30 - Pelreco Building

Osprey

Mar 28 - Brunswick
Photo: Apr 1 - Cobbosseecontee Lake, causeway

Red-shouldered Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Jan 1 - 480 Shore Rd Ogunquit
Photo: Mar 11 - Rustlewood Land Trust (Johnson Farm)

Rough-legged Hawk

Jan 8 - 264–298 River Rd Windham

Not Photographed

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Mar 3 -Trout Brook Nature Preserve, South Portland

Cattle Egret

Mar 6 - 139 Moosehead Trail Newport

Great Blue Heron

Jan 5 - Scarborough Marsh--Dunstan Landing
Photo: Feb 8 - Not Posted to eBird

Great Egret

Mar 22 - Spurwink Marsh
Apr 9 - Fore River Sanctuary

Snowy Egret

Mar 3 - Gilsland Farm Audubon Center
Apr 9 - Fore River Sanctuary

Eastern Meadowlark

Mar 25 - Brunswick Executive Airport
Apr 14 - Kennebunk Plains

Horned Lark

Jan 7 - 601–695 Beedle Rd, Richmond
Photo: Feb 19 - Flood Brothers Dairy

Lapland Longspur

Feb 1 - Flood Brothers Dairy

Common Loon

Jan 1 - Biddeford Pool
Photo: Feb 3 - Ferry Beach

Horned Grebe

Jan 1 - Biddeford Pool
Photo: Jan 20 - Ferry Beach

Red-necked Grebe

Jan 4 - Cape Neddick Light
Jan 6 - Not Posted to eBird

Red-throated Loon

Jan 11 - Sears Island

Peid-billed Grebe

Reid-billed Grebe - Mar 15 - Dunstan Landing

American Pipit

Apr 13 - Biddeford Pool--East Point Sanctuary

European Starling

Jan 1 - 1108 Post Rd Wells
Photo: Jan 27 - Not Posted to eBird

Northern Mockingbird

Jan 1 - Biddeford Pool
Photo: Mar 11 - Fort Foster

No Photograph

Brown Thrasher - Apr 18 - 158–250 McNeil Rd, Fryeburg

Barred Owl

Feb 10 - 818 Gardiner Rd Dresden
Photo: Mar 3 - Eagles Way Preserve/Beaver Dam Farm

Great Horned Owl

Jan 1 - 2–18 Charles E Jordan Rd, Cape Elizabeth
Photo: Mar 8 - Dragon Fields, Cumberland, Maine

Short-eared Owl

Short-eared Owl - Jan 7 - Messalonskee Lake--boat ramp
Photo: Mar 24 - Brunswick Sand Plains

Snowy Owl

Jan 1 - Biddeford Pool

Audio Only

No Photograph

Dunlin

Jan 20 - Wells Beach Jetty

Greater Yellowlegs

Apr 13 - Scarborough Marsh -- Pelecro Building

Killdeer

Mar 8 - Kate Furbish Preserve
Mar 12 - Buffalo Ranch

Sanderling

Jan 6 - Reid SP

Piping Plover

Mar 30 - Wells Beach

Purple Sandpiper

Jan 3 - Perkins Cove, Ogunquit
Feb 21 - Dyer Point

Wilson's Snipe

Mar 24 - Rustlewood Land Trust

Audio Only

No Photograph

American Tree Sparrow

Jan 1 - Cannon Towel Outlet feeders

Dark-eyed Junco

Jan 2 - Cushman Point/Back River
Photo: Jan 6 - Cumberland/Falmouth Foreside

Field Sparrow

Fox Sparrow

House Sparrow

Jan 1 - Perkins Cove, Ogunquit
Photo: Jan 1 - Cannon Towel Outlet feeders

Savannah Sparrow

Feb 1 - Flood Brothers Dairy
Photo: Feb 19 - Flood Brothers Dairy

Song Sparrow

Jan 4 - Fort Foster Park, Kittery
Photo: Jan 31 - Capisic Pond Park

Swamp Sparrow

Apr 5 - Fort Foster
Photo: Apr 10 - Florida Lake

White-throated Sparrow

Jan 5 - Gilsland Farm Audubon Center
Photo: Jan 6 - Cumberland/Falmouth Foreside

Vesper Sparrow

Apr 4 - Great Salt Bay Farm Wildlife Preserve

No Photograph

American Robin

Jan 5 - 10 Stornoway Rd Cumberland Foreside

Eastern Bluebird

Jan 1 - 734–768 Shore Rd Cape Neddick
Photo: Feb 21 - Pleasant Hill Preserve

Hermit Thrush

Mar 11 - Eliot

Redwing

Jan 29 - Capisic Pond Park

Louisiana Waterthrush

Mar 18 - Outlet Rd, Poland

Orange-crowned Warbler

Jan 6 - Cumberland/Falmouth Foreside

Palm Warbler

Apr 8 - Florida Lake
Photo: Apr 10 - Florida Lake

Pine Warbler

Mar 11 - Kennebunkport

Yellow-breasted Chat

Jan 2 - Thomaston

Yellow-throated Warbler

Feb 7 - Waldoboro

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Jan 6 - Reid SP, Georgetown

No Photograph

Prairie Warbler - Apr 11 - Captain Fitzgerald, Brunswick

Downy Woodpecker

Jan 1 - Biddeford Pool
Photo: Jan 11 - Not Posted to eBird

Hairy Woodpecker

Jan 1 - Perkins Cove, Ogunquit
Photo: Jan 19 - Carl & Barbara Segerstrom Preserve at Squam Creek

Northern Flicker

Jan 5 - 63 Pine Point Rd Scarborough
Photo: Mar 24 - Gilsland Farm Audubon Center

Pileated Woodpecker

Pileated Woodpecker - Jan 6 (Reid SP, Georgetown)
Photo: Apr 2 - Sanford Lagoons

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Jan 2 - Cushman Point/Back River
Photo: Jan 25 - River Point Conservation Area, Falmouth

No Photograph

Carolina Wren

Jan 1 - Cliff House, York
Photo: Jan 31 - Capisic Park Pond

Marsh Wren

Apr 2 - Sanford Lagoons

Rock Wren

Jan 4 - Perkins Cove, Ogunquit

Winter Wren

Apr 5 - Trout Brook Nature Preserve, South Portland

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