Indigo Buntings and other birds at Grand Manan

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Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:33:10 -0300
From: Roger Burrows, Nature NB
Subject: Grand Manan birds, inc. KING EIDER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, EASTERN PHOEBE, BROWN THRASHER, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, CLAY-COLORED & LARK SPARROWS, INDIGO BUNTINGS

October 12
Thoroughfare Road 08:30-09:15
Great Blue Heron, immature male KING EIDER (pink bill), 19 Black-bellied Plovers, 2 Greater Yellowlegs

Castalia Marsh 09:20-10:10
48 Green-winged Teals, 23 Black-bellied Plovers, 2 American Golden-plovers Semipalmated Plover, 2 Greater Yellowlegs, 2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS (late), 2 Dunlins, 3 White-rumped Sandpipers, 4 American pipits

North Head 10:25-11:35
adult Bald Eagle, adult male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 5 Northern Flickers, EASTERN PHOEBE, 9+ Yellow-rumped Warblers, 39 Chipping, 2 Savannah, 14 Song & 5 White-throated Sparrows, immature CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, adult LARK SPARROW, female Northern Cardinal, 4+ INDIGO BUNTINGS, 29+ Common Grackles

Whistle Road & Old Dumpsite 12:00-12:45 & 13:40-13:45
Merlin, 5 immature Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, 2 Hermit Thrushes, BROWN THRASHER (by Eel Brook), ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, Common Yellowthroat, 16 Chipping, 22 Sparrows, immature LARK SPARROW, 3+ Dark-eyed Juncos

The Whistle 12:45-12:55
6 Common Eiders, 5+ Black-legged Kittiwakes, 150+ Bonaparte's Gulls, White-crowned & 16 Chipping Sparrows

Ashburton Head Trail 12:55-13:40
immature Bald Eagle, 6 Golden-crowned & 8 Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Hermit Thrush, Blackpoll Warbler, 18 Chipping & 16 White-throated Sparrows, 18 Dark-eyed Juncos

Also a few late SULPHUR butterflies.

Roger Burrows
Ingalls Head
Grand Manan

Photo Credit Indigo Bunting: wikipedia.com