Grand Manan Birds - August 11, 2009

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Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:22:05 -0300
From: Roger Burrows - NatureNB
Subject: Grand Manan birds, inc. Snowy Egret

August 11

Marathon Inn early morning & lunchtime
Veery, 6 wood-warblers

Castalia Marsh 08:45-10:30
immature SNOWY EGRET, 2 Great Blue Herons, adult Bald Eagle, Peregrine Falcon, Blackbellied Plover, Greater Yellowlegs, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Short-billed Dowitcher, Ring-billed Gull, 2 fledged Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrows

Ox Head beach 11:00-12:15
immature Bald Eagle, Merlin family, Peregrine Falcon (chasing Mourning Dove), 4 Black-bellied & 150 Semipalmated Plovers, 2 Whimbrels, 6+ Sanderlings, 124 Semipalmated & 2+ Least Sandpipers, singing Winter Wren, 5 wood-warblers, inc. female Cape May Warbler

Thoroughfare Road 15:05-15:20
adult Bald Eagle, 26 Semipalmated Plovers, White-rumped & 8 Semipalmated Sandpipers

Roger Burrows
Ingalls Head
Grand Manan

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