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Maine eBird Checklist S208211468

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Main Details

Location Matinicus Island
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Additional Details

People

Owner Richard MacDonald

Other Participating eBirders

Effort

Protocol:  Traveling
  • Observers:  4
  • Distance:  9.22 mi

Checklist Comments

This is a list of birds observed during the Matinicus Christmas Bird Count. Mostly clear skies with <5% cloud cover, winds 20-25 mph, temperature to 25 F.

Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 3.1.33

Totals

41
Species Observed
444 individuals

Observations

  1. American Black Duck

    Number observed:  54

    Details

    This represents a careful count of ABDU. At one location we had 48.

  2. Common Eider

    Number observed:  40

  3. Harlequin Duck

    Number observed:  10

  4. White-winged Scoter

    Number observed:  2

  5. Black Scoter

    Number observed:  27

  6. Long-tailed Duck

    Number observed:  52

  7. Bufflehead

    Number observed:  10

  8. Common Goldeneye

    Number observed:  36

  9. Red-breasted Merganser

    Number observed:  8

  10. Purple Sandpiper

    Number observed:  12

  11. Black Guillemot

    Number observed:  4

  12. American Herring Gull

    Number observed:  21

  13. Great Black-backed Gull

    Number observed:  4

  14. Horned Grebe

    Number observed:  2

  15. Red-necked Grebe

    Number observed:  1

  16. Common Loon

    Number observed:  13

  17. Great Cormorant

    Number observed:  3

  18. Northern Harrier

    Number observed:  1

  19. Bald Eagle

    Number observed:  5

  20. Snowy Owl

    Number observed:  1

  21. Downy Woodpecker

    Number observed:  1

  22. Northern Flicker

    Number observed:  6

    Details

    In recent years, we have been reliably observing NOFL. Near the harbor, where we always see them, one flew by. And then another. And another. Six in all, and all in one field of view.

  23. Peregrine Falcon

    Number observed:  1

  24. Blue Jay

    Number observed:  3

  25. American Crow

    Number observed:  9

  26. Common Raven

    Number observed:  2

  27. Black-capped Chickadee

    Number observed:  47

  28. Golden-crowned Kinglet

    Number observed:  15

  29. White-breasted Nuthatch

    Number observed:  1

  30. Red-breasted Nuthatch

    Number observed:  2

  31. Brown Creeper

    Number observed:  1

  32. Winter Wren

    Number observed:  1

  33. Carolina Wren

    Number observed:  7

  34. European Starling

    Number observed:  6

  35. American Robin

    Number observed:  4

  36. Dark-eyed Junco

    Number observed:  3

  37. White-throated Sparrow

    Number observed:  2

  38. Song Sparrow

    Number observed:  12

    Details

    SOSP were observed in seemingly every roadside thicket. 12 is an accurate count of those observed.

  39. Red-winged Blackbird

    Number observed:  1

  40. Yellow-rumped Warbler

    Number observed:  4

    Details

    4 YRWA were in one tree early in our count.

  41. Northern Cardinal

    Number observed:  10