Birds at Bay of Fundy's Grand Manan Island

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Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:46:57 -0300
From: Roger Burrows NatureNB
Subject: Grand Manan & White Head birds, inc. GYRFALCON, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, PRAIRIE WARBLEWR & LARK SPARROWS

September 25
Grand Harbour 17:45-18:35
Great Blue Heron, 290 Canada Geese, 8 Red-breasted Mergansers, 55 Black-bellied Plovers, Greater Yellowlegs, 2 Ruddy Turnstones, 2 Red Knots, adult LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER (identified by plain terials and narrow white tail bands), Belted Kingfisher

Thoroughfare Road 18:40-19:10
2 Great Blue Herons, juvenile Northern Harrier, immature Peregrine Falcon, 30 Black-bellied, 2 Amerion Golden & 6 Semipalmated Plovers, 2 Whimbrels, Ruddy Turnstone, Semipalmated & 3 White-rumped Sandpipers

September 26

Ingalls Head 07:35-08:15
Great Blue Heron

White Head Ferry 08:15-08:45
19 Double-crested & 4 Great Cormorants, 198 Common Eiders, Black-legged Kittiwake, 6 Black Guillemots

White Head Island 08:45-12:45
8 Great Blue Herons, Green-winged Teal, 13 Common Eiders, immature intermediate GYRFALCON, immature "tundrius" Peregrine Falcon, female Merlin, 16 Semipalmated Plovers, Greater Yellowlegs, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 10 Northern Flickers, 2 Eastern Phoebes, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, 3 Boreal Chickadees, 6 Ruby-crowned Kinglets, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, 9 wood-warblers, inc. Northern Parula, Nashville, Black-throated Blue & immature PRAIRIE Warblers, 2 Chipping Sparrows, 2 adult LARK SPARROWS, first fall White-crowned Sparrow

White Head Ferry 13:00-13:30
39 Double-crested & 2 Great Cormorants, Great Blue Heron, male Surf & White-winged Scoters, 29 Common Eiders, 3 Razorbills, 10 Black Guillemots

Also seen: a MONARCH, EASTERN BLACK SWALLOWTAIL, PINK-EDGED SULPHUR &  EYED BROWN Butterflies

Roger Burrows
Ingalls Head
Grand Manan

Photo Credit Long-billed Dowitcher: wikipedia.com