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Maine eBird Checklist S17222676

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Main Details

Location Gilsland Farm Audubon Center
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Additional Details

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Owner Doug Hitchcox

Effort

Protocol:  Traveling
  • Observers:  2
  • Distance:  1.5 mi

Checklist Comments

Maine Audubon's Weekly Bird Walk | Temp ranged from 13-19°F this morning, cold but not as bad as the last few windy days. Snow cover still near 100%. More ice on the river than last Saturday, close to 70% coverage. Tide very high and rising. Mostly cloudy but bright.

Signs of woodchuck emergence detected by Chris over the last weekend but we saw our first roaming Woodchuck (Marmota monax) near the bank in the West Meadow.

Totals

22
Species Observed
225 individuals

Observations

  1. Mallard

    Number observed:  30

  2. American Black Duck

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    at least 2 dark birds mixed in with the flying MALL flock

  3. Bufflehead

    Number observed:  80

  4. Red-breasted Merganser

    Number observed:  6

    Details

    all drakes

  5. Mourning Dove

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    at the store's feeders when we started

  6. Ring-billed Gull

    Number observed:  4

  7. American Herring Gull

    Number observed:  10

  8. Downy Woodpecker

    Number observed:  6

    Details

    several birds drumming today

  9. Hairy Woodpecker

    Number observed:  1

  10. Blue Jay

    Number observed:  4

    Details

    calling from the neighborhood along the North Meadow

  11. American Crow

    Number observed:  25

    Details

    a very vocal and active bunch today | had us constantly looking for a passing raptor to no avail

  12. Common Raven

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    calling early

  13. Black-capped Chickadee

    Number observed:  10

  14. Tufted Titmouse

    Number observed:  4

  15. White-breasted Nuthatch

    Number observed:  5

  16. American Robin

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    few frugivores today, just this AMRO near the pond

  17. House Sparrow

    Number observed:  10

    Details

    10+ hard to count the roaming birds behind the pond. Already taking over the swallow boxes in the North Meadow

  18. House Finch

    Number observed:  15

  19. American Goldfinch

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    few today

  20. American Tree Sparrow

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    calls heard near the North Meadow

  21. White-throated Sparrow

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    pair along the path between the two buildings

  22. Northern Cardinal

    Number observed:  3

    Details

    very vocal