Bay of Fundy - Red-throated Loon and other Grand Manan Birds

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Date:    Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:09:00 -0400
From:    Roger Burrows 
Subject: Grand Manan birds, inc. RED-THROATED LOONS, SOOTY & GREATER SHEARWATERS, GADWALL, GYRFALCON & LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL

November 15

Ingalls Head Feeders    07:45-09:45
61 Mourning Doves, 13 Blue Jays, 6 Black-capped Chickadees, female
Red-breasted Nuthatch, female Northern Cardinal

November 16

Grand Harbour    08:40-08:55
230 American Black Ducks, female GADWALL, 15+ Mallards, 18+ Buffleheads

Castalia Marsh    09:10-09:35
adult Bald Eagle

Ashburton Head Trails    09:45-10:20
GYRFALCON, 24+ Black-capped Chickadees, 4+ Golden-crowned Kinglets, American
Robin

Long Eddy Point    10:25-10:55
7+ RED-THROATED LOONS, SOOTY & 5 GREATER SHEARWATERS, 20 Northern Gannets (1
1st-year bird), adult Double-crested Cormorant, adult Bald Eagle, 24+
Black-legged Kittiwakes, 215 Bonaparte's Gulls, adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED

GULL, Black Guillemot

Subject: additional Grand Manan birds, inc. NORTHERN HARRIER, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, DUNLIN & RING-BILLED GULL

November 16

Ingalls Head    14:35-15:00
20 American Black Ducks

Ox Head     15:00-15:40
22 American Black Ducks, 12 Buffleheads, immature female NORTHERN HARRIER,
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, DUNLIN, RING-BILLED GULL

Roger Burrows
Ingalls Head

Grand Manan

Photo Credit: red-throated loon, wikipedia.com

Frigatebird in Bay of Fundy's Grand Manan Channel

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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:25:38 -0400
Subject: [Maine-birds] Downeast pelagics

While this may be a little east of the list's territory, our sighting of the day while on a whale watch boat out of Campbello, NB (just over the bridge from Lubec, ME), was a Magnificent Frigatebird flying over the Grand Manan Channel. Hopefully, it will be heading south into ME waters, so coastal birders should be on the alert. (Unfortunately, we were the only birders on board, so no one quiteunderstood our excitement over the Frigatebird. It was, well, magnificent! )

Also seen from the boat were:1 Pomarine Jaeger, Sooty Shearwaters (many), 1 Arctic Tern, 1 Common Tern; and Black-legged Kittiwakes (5-6?).

Naomi& Jim Honeth
Portland, ME

Photo Credit: wikipedia.com