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Tom Bjorkman
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Peninsula birders had a very successful Great Backyard Bird Count, reporting sightings from February 15-18. 50 species were found in Blue Hill, including hard to find boreal species such as Gray Jay and Black-backed Woodpecker and both the Red and White-winged Crossbills. Blue Hill had the only Orange-crowned Warbler found in the state.
22 February 2007 - Blue Hill
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Chip Moseley
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Today a pair of WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were constructing a nest in Brooklin. This is a very typical nesting time for this species when there is an abundant cone crop. I watched the pair of crossbills building the nest (95% of the nest building seemed to be the female's effort)for about 3 hours. It was fascinating to watch them collecting lichens, moss and wood fibers from an old stump that was mostly decayed and other plant materials. When the female starts to incubate the eggs, the male feeds the female a regurgitated cone seed milk like substance from his crop because of the absolute necessity of keeping the eggs at the proper temperature.
21 February 2007 - Brooklin
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Chip Moseley
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The weather was spectacular with purple clear skies, moderate winter temperatures, 30 mph winds and strong 5 foot ocean waves crashing onshore. On the lee side of the peninsula there was welcomed warmth.
The high lights of the trip where at Arey Cove (the body of water which is one quarter of a mile south of the parking lot at Schoodic Point)
60+ BLACK SCOTER
HARLEQUIN DUCK (male)
THICK-BILLED MURRE
Blueberry Hill
GREAT CORMORANT
Inner harbor of Prospect Harbor (Stintson's)
GREATER SCAUP
PEREGRINE FALCON
GLAUCOUS GULL (adult)
HERRING GULL X GLAUCOUS GULL (hybrid)
and 23 other species that you would expect to see on the Schoodic Peninsula at this season.
Chip Moseley
9 February 2007 - Schoodic Peninsula on 2-3-07
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Tom Bjorkman
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Two pair of Barrow's Goldeneye mixed in with a flock of approx. 20 Common Goldeneye in the inner Bay off the Golf Course this morning
9 February 2007 - Blue Hill Bay
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Tom Bjorkman
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An Orange-crowned Warbler has been showing up periodically at our feeder near Blue Hill Falls since early January
1 February 2007 - Blue Hill Falls
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Chip Moseley
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Day after the biggest snowfall of the winter. We had 1.5 inches of white stuff and ice here in Sedgwick. High for the day was 16 degree fahrenheit The birds were hungry.
Birds at feeder that were counted at one time were:
3 AMERICAN TREE SPARROW
50 MOURNING DOVE
31 AMERICAN GOLDFINCH
7 BLUE JAY
2 HAIRY WOODPECKER
2 BLACK-CAPED CHICKADEE
56 DARK-EYED JUNCO
NORTHERN SHRIKE (1 adult trying for a feeder bird, unsuccessful so far as I know?)
16 January 2007 - Sedgwick
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Chip Moseley
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Rt. 172 near Carlton Stream. On telephone lines today and yesterday.
EASTERN BLUEBIRD
8 January 2007 - Blue Hill
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Chip Moseley
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5 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL today. Have been present for several weeks in area per Alison Dibble. All feeding on Red Spruce Cones in the tops of the trees. In full song along with other vocalizations. Other observers seeing and hearing this same species here and there in Hancock County.
4 January 2007 - Brooklin
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Tom Bjorkman and Chip Moseley
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Two Gray Jays flew in to check us out as we pished up BC Chickadees and GC Kinglets along Getta Way today
19 December 2006 - North Blue Hill
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Chip Moseley
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The Blue Hill CBC was held on 12/17/06
A few of the highlights in the delightfully warm December weather were:
2 GRAY JAY
1 SPRUCE GROUSE (came up and sat in an individuals lap for a food handout) There was a bit of excitement created by this event!
3 NORTHERN FLICKER
2 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET
50+ GOLDEN KINGLET
GREAT HORNED OWL
BARRED OWL
NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL
LONG-EARED OWL (subject to verification)
PEREGRINE FALCON (subject to verification but very probable)
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK
NORTHERN GOSHAWK
AMERICAN BITTERN
2 NORTHERN SHRIKE
PURPLE SANDPIPER
18 December 2006 - Blue Hill CBC
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