BIRDLIST FROM STEVE COLEMAN BIRDWALK
Saturday, May 14, 2005We had a good day and a good count. A very unusual sighting was a Golden Eagle, rare in Maine. And we all got to hear the insane giggle of a Sora rail shouting at us from a few feet away. Of the 41 species found, 10 were identified by sound alone. Of the others, many were noted first by sound. Most were heard at least once.
THE LIST, including numbers observed
Common Loon - 2
Wood Duck - 1
Black Duck - 2
Mallard - 1
Golden Eagle - 1
Broad-winged Hawk - 1
Osprey - 1
Sora - 2
Common Flicker - 3
Hairy Woodpecker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Yellow-breasted Sapsucker - 1
Mourning Dove - 1
Tree Swallow - 25
Barn Swallow - 1
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 2
Black-capped Chickadee - 8
Winter Wren - 1
Blue Jay - 14
Common Raven - 2
American Crow - 8
Robin - 2
Common Yellowthroat - 2
Black and White Warbler - 1
Yellow Warbler - 3
Ovenbird - 2
Myrtle Warbler - 1
Common Grackle - 10
Red-winged Blackbird - 24
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1
Bobolink - 1
Starling - 1
Goldfinch - 20
Pine Siskin - 6
Purple Finch - 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 2
Song Sparrow - 4
Swamp Sparrow - 4
Savannah Sparrow - 1
Again, our thanks to Bruce Barker for acting as recorder, Judy Markowsky and Maine Audubon for hosting us, and staff of Field's Pond Nature Center for helping us organize. Again this year, our report will be used by ornithologists to track bird movements and numbers.
