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Wildlife Sightings
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| The Baltimore Oriole is back today at the feeder. Last seen here in
late December. |
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| I had a beautiful male Cowbird here at my feeder for the last few days
of this very warm December. At the Nervous Nellies feeder we had a
Baltimore Oriole! Just as pretty as the pictures. |
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| A grackle and a redbellied woodpecker here at the trust this morning -
Monday Nov 21. The woodpecker has be around since last week. |
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11-12-11
Near Campbell's Island: 2 surf scoters, rafting Eiders, rafting
buffleheads, several guillemots, several loons, a bald eagle.
Scott's Landing: pair of mallards, rafting Eiders.
Causeway across from Scott's Landing: half a dozen semi-palmated
sandpipers. |
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| Scott's Landing-8:30 to 10:00AM- 9.26.2011- 1 Lincoln's
Sparrow, ~1000 Yellow-rump Warber, 2 BT Green Warbler, 1 Nasville
Warbler, 2 Red-eyed Vireo, 1 Blue-headed Vireo, 3 Common Yellowthroat
Warbler, a movement of 50 Blue Jays going in a southerly direction.
On and on but just just a spectacular movement of highly intelligent
beings! |
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Greenlaw Neck (west side) Causeway, Hancock, US-ME
Aug 29, 2011 11:30 AM - 11:50 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: High tide, day after tropical storm Irene
1 species
Whimbrel 2
Deer Isle Causeway, Hancock, US-ME
Aug 29, 2011 10:15 AM - 10:54 AM
Protocol: Stationary
10 species
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Osprey 2
Semipalmated Plover 71
Ruddy Turnstone 1
Sanderling 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper 30
Least Sandpiper 20
Ring-billed Gull 150
Herring Gull 21
Great Black-backed Gull 2 |
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| Had a black bear at our bird feeder, @11:30PM on May 21st- for at
least 30 min.- just about 8-10 ft from the house. He devoured the
sunflower seeds. has not been back since then.. |
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On June 3 I had a beautiful Eastern Bluebird!!
I'm quite sure there is a couple". Lovely CUR-Wiii song
...quick and short
Im hoping they will pick one of my " homes" to live in.
Very Exciting |
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| An eaglet and parent eagles on 'cupcake' island off Deer
Isle and also a seal nursing a seal pup on a shoal off the same
location. A loon was also spotted off Campbell's island towards
the west end going towards the reach. |
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| Eight days ago a birding friend, Shep Krech, located a very probable
PACIFIC LOON in the Reach. It was last seen near the bridge. He and
I would like to know if anybody else relocates this bird? It was seen
at a long distance. We would like to confirm this sighting with a
good photo. |
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North Main St., Stonington, April 30, 2011
ospreys noisily nesting on tower again; male Baltimore oriole
lingering in bare shrubbery; yellow warblers galore in thickets/trees
on Indian Pt Road; blue heron in flight |
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| Saturday March 19th - Green Wing Teal in the cove behind the Bowcat
Area on Little Deer Isle. |
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| PlumbPoint, Sunshine: saw an otter on the beach a few weeks ago. And
saw a gray seal riding on an ice floe at the mouth of Greenlaw Cove
north of the Sunshine causeway 2-3 weeks ago. Aslo, the Deer are back
in the yard as the snow is melting. |
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| On Plumb Point in Sunshine: Our birds finally came back- They arrived
today- including Chick-a-Dees, Nuthatches, Gold Finch and a flock of
Red Polls. They've all been gone for a couple of months. Also saw
a Robin on the Sunshine Road! |
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| Flock of several dozen red polls here yesterday at the feeder, along
with chickadees, juncos, red-breasted nuthatches. A healthy fox in
the nieghborhood, too: small, but with a busy black tail. |
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| 1 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS seen at feeder in front of the Island Herritage
Trust building, 420 Sunset Rd. by Mike Little (executive director of
trust) |
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| January 25 - the chickadees are singing their spring song this morning
- in spite of the 0 degrees temperature! |
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| Sunday, January 16, Ken Crowell saw otter tracks at Barred Island
Preserve. |
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| Barred owl at Mariners Park, then again the next day on utility wires
near junction of Sunshine Rd and 15. |
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| Flock of 7 Common Redpolls at the Island Heritage Trust office
(Heritage House) in Sunset. |
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| 2 hooded mergansers and 5 greater yellow legs at Bagaduce river in
Penobscot |
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two horned grebe, one red-necked grebe, one com. loon, 4 hen com.
eider
Goose Cove from Barred Island Preserve |
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Location: Scott's Landing
Observation date: 10/3/10 7:45-8:45 AM
Notes: ~1500-2000 migrating passerines
American Black Duck 1, Common Eider 6, Double-crested Cormorant 2,
Turkey Vulture 2, Black-bellied Plover 1, Ring-billed Gull X, Herring
Gull X, Black Guillemot 2, Rock Pigeon 7, Hairy Woodpecker 2, Northern
Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 10, Red-eyed Vireo 2, Blue Jay 23, American
Crow X, Common Raven 2, Black-capped Chickadee 51, Golden-crowned
Kinglet 4, Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2, American Robin 20, Gray Catbird 3,
Nashville Warbler 1, Black-throated Blue Warbler 2, Yellow-rumped
Warbler (Myrtle) 72, Black-throated Green Warbler 2, Palm Warbler
(Yellow) 6. Bay-breasted Warbler 1, Blackpoll Warbler 1,Common
Yellowthroat 14, Song Sparrow 2, Swamp Sparrow 7, White-throated
Sparrow 6, Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)16, Scarlet Tanager
1,blackbird sp. 16 |
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Pine Hill 9-21-10 9:30-10:30 am
77 Broadwing Hawks, 1 Merlin, 1 Osprey, 3 Turkey Vultures, Blue jays,
Redbreasted Nuthatch, Blackcapped Chickadee, Cedar Waxwing, Crow,
Raven, Herring Gulls, Robin, Double-crested Cormorants, Goldfinch,
Canada Geese |
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Scott's Landing 9-21-10
Cedar Waxwing, Blue Jays (dozens - migrating),
Mourning Dove, Blackcapped Chickadee, Flickers (100s - migrating),
Crow, Whitethroated Sparrows, Herring Gulls, Double-crested
Cormorants, Broadwing Hawks (14 - hunting Jays and Flickers), Song
Sparrow, Yellow-rummped Warblers, Bonaparte's Gull, Raven, Junco,
Robin, Merlin, Ringbill Gull |
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Island
Heritage Trust
420 Sunset Road ~ Deer Isle, Maine
Mail: P.O. Box 42 / Deer Isle, ME 04627
Phone: 207-348-2455
FAX: 207-348-2455
E-mail: iht@islandheritagetrust.org
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