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Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:40:58 -0300
From: Roger Burrows NatureNB
Subject: White Head birds, inc. YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, EASTERN MEADOWLARK
August 28
Ingalls Head 08:45-09:00
adult Bald Eagle, 34 Semipalmated Plovers, 12Semipalmated Sandpipers
White Head Ferry 09:00-09:30
20 Double-crested Cormorants, 53 Common Eiders, 2 Black-bellied & 4 Semipalmated Plovers, Greater Yellowlegs, 8+ Semipalmated Sandpipers, 3 Black Guillemots
White Head Marsh & Flats
immature YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (at White Head Ferry Terminal), 8+ Great Blue Herons, Merlin, 35+ Black-bellied & 16 Semipalmated Plovers, 6+ Ruddy Turnstones, 12+ Semipalmated, 15+ Least & 1+ White-rumped Sandpipers, Black Guillemot, female Belted Kingfisher, EASTERN MEADOWLARK (seen by Jim Leslie & Elderhostelers)
White Head Main Road 10:20-11:00
16 Double-crested Cormorants, 18 Common Eiders, juvenile female Northern Harrier, adult Bald Eagle, subadult RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, male American
Kestrel, 3 Chimney Swifts, male Belted Kingfisher, 2+ Boreal Chickadees, Chipping Sparrow, Brown-headed Cowbird
White Head Dumpsite 11:10-12:00
2 female Northern Harriers, adult Bald Eagle, Sharp-shinned Hawk, immature Northern Goshawk, subadult Red-tailed Hawk, adult female Peregrine Falcon, Solitary Sandpiper, Chimney Swift, female Ruby-throated Hummingbird (nectaring on Bull Thistle), Least Flycatcher, Red-eyed Vireo, Tennessee Warbler, Lincoln's Sparrow
Gull Cove 13:00
Osprey, Belted Kingfisher
White Head Ferry Terminal 13:30-14:00
immature YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, adult male Merlin (capturing sandpiper/plover), 65 Semipalmated Plovers, 2 Whimbrels, 100 Semipalmated & 7 White-rumped Sandpipers
White Head Ferry 14:00-14:30
adult Common Loon, 5 Common Eiders, 21 Semipalmated Plovers, 6 Black Guillemots
Marathon Inn afternoon
Philadelphia Vireo
Roger Burrows
Ingalls Head
Grand Manan
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