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Leda Beth Gray
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47 Common Eiders
20 White Winged Scoters
5 Long-tailed Ducks
4 Red-breasted Mergansers
12 American Black Ducks
8 February 2005 - Blue Hill Reversing Falls
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Ken Crowell
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Our Song Sparrow survived the cold. Last seen Sunday. Yesterday there were several hundred Eider off Barred Island -- perhaps escaping ice on the eastern side of Deer Isle; also 5-6 Com. Loon, which now call at dawn. During the freeze about 25 Black Duck gathered to feed a low tide at the outlet to the Deer Isle village Mill Pond.
Lee Fay has reported 2 dozen Surf Scoter and 8 Loon at mouth of Crockett Cove, the pair of Bald Eagle at nest site on Barred Island, a sub-adult Harp Seal, apparently injured on the Bar Sunday; and a flock of Waxwing spp. feeding at Island Nursing Home Feb. 4.
Stan Ingram heard an early Chickadee spring song (phee-bee) Jan. 23
8 February 2005 - Deer Isle-Stonington
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Alison Dibble
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On Saturday Feb 5 while the Audubon trip was going on without me, I was consoled by a visit from a red-bellied woodpecker -- second one I've seen in just a few weeks. This was a female, in my yard, where she checked the bark of white pine, red maple, and paper birch. She sampled the corn I put in the driveway for the turkeys (15 hens, came once a few weeks ago but not seen since). She seemed to like hanging out with the purple finch and his mate, and with three blue jays. Can anyone explain why the RBW's are here this winter?
8 February 2005 - Brooklin
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Chip Moseley
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Downeast Audubon Field Trip on 1-5-2005 to Schoodic Peninsula
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The excitement of the day were the number of alcids and the Harp Seal. The seal was on an ice block that could be seen from the dock area at Frazer Point looking back toward the park road. At Frazer Point we saw our first THICK-BILLED MURRE. Unfortunately within 5 minutes a BALD EAGLE flew in and devoured the murre. We also sighted a DOVKIE and another Thick-billed Murre and two more large alcids flyovers (most likely Thick-billed Murre)during the days outing. It is quite unusual for the alcids to be so close to shore. This time of the year they are normally found in the deeper waters of the continental shelf and beyond. They are playing the extremely dangerous game of "Russian Roulette" being so close to shore but apparently willing to assume the risks because of the more abundant food source this winter (????). Also seen during the day were ~15 COMMON LOON, HORNED GREBE, GREAT CORMORANT (some in breeding plumage), CANADA GOOSE, AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, MALLARD, COMMON EIDER, LONG-TAILED DUCK, BLACK SCOTER, SURF SCOTER, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, COMMON GOLDEREYE, BUFFLEHEAD, RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, HERRING GULL, ICELAND GULL, GREAT BLCK-BACKED GULL, BLACK GUILLEMOT, ROCK PIGEON, MORNING DOVE, AMERICAN CROW, COMMON RAVEN, BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, AMERICAN ROBIN, PURPLE FINCH.
6 February 2005 - Schoodic Peninsula
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Chip Moseley
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A friend reported a possible(??) RAZORBILL at the Blue Hill Falls. This sighting was made about 4 days ago. I would like to add that Dovkies, Thick-billed Murres and even Common Murres have been sighted in the last couple of weeks in abnormally shallow waters in our neighboring peninsula's waters. We therefore have to be on the alert for the unusual. It would be appreciated by all of us, if any one has a sighting of an alcid to please report the bird here.
3 February 2005 - Blue Hill Falls, South Blue Hill
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Leslie Clapp
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The Waxwing count went up to 123 today- about a third of them were Bohemian. Again, I encourage everyone to plant crabapple trees- they seem to be the #1 draw!
3 February 2005 - Blue Hill
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Leslie Clapp
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We have had a nice flock (30+) of Bohemian Waxwings for the last few days. They have been picking at crabapples out behind the house.
2 February 2005 - Blue Hill
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Leda Beth Gray
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Pine Siskin 1/18/2005
2 Purple Finches 1/24/2005
24 January 2005 - Blue Hill
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Margaret Knutson
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A male American Wigeon is feeding today with "our" flock of 100+ Mallards and "our" male Northern Pintail (here for his second winter).
14 January 2005 - North Brooklin
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ken crowell
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On Dec. 12, Tom Nichols of Sunset reported to me that about Dec. 8 he
> had a good view of a Lapwing in the intertidal zone of Sylvester's Cove, Deer Isle.
> He gave a good description of crest and markings.
Dec. 12. Great Blue heron in Burnt Cove, Stonington. Another recent report from Sedgwick. Why do they stay? Check to see whether individuals are adults or first year immatures.
Dec. 10-12. Many flocks of Canada Goose on the move.
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18 December 2004 - Deer Isel
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