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Maine eBird Checklist S9634265

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Main Details

Location Hatch Hill Landfill (currently closed to birders)
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Additional Details

People

Owner Peter Vickery

Effort

Protocol:  Stationary
  • Observers:  3

Checklist Comments

I joined Louis Bevier and Luke Seitz at the Hatch Hill dump looking for the Slaty-backed Gull. Lovely morning with no wind but also - no Slaty-back.

Totals

13
Species Observed
+1 other taxa, 820 individuals

Observations

  1. American Herring Gull

    Number observed:  400

  2. Great Black-backed Gull

    Number observed:  50

  3. Glaucous Gull

    Number observed:  5

  4. American Herring x Glaucous Gull (hybrid)

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    One second year bird.

  5. Iceland Gull (kumlieni)

    Number observed:  11

    Details

    Lovely variation among the first-cycle Kumlien's Gulls, from black speckly birds to dark brown-gray individuals to the standard pale birds.

    Age & Sex:

    Age Juvenile Immature Adult Age Unknown
    Male
    Female
    Sex Unknown 7 2 2

  6. Bald Eagle

    Number observed:  3

    Details

    All immature.

  7. Red-tailed Hawk

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    One adult.

  8. American Crow

    Number observed:  80

  9. Common Raven

    Number observed:  2

  10. Black-capped Chickadee

    Number observed:  2

  11. European Starling

    Number observed:  250

  12. American Robin

    Number observed:  12

  13. Pine Siskin

    Number observed:  1

  14. Snow Bunting

    Number observed:  2