Saturday, May 6, 2006
RESULTS of the Scarborough Marsh field trip from 7:00am to noon.
It was a perfectly pleasant day for birding; mostly sunny with intermittent clouds, warm, with a gentle breeze.
The predominent bird of the day was the Willetts, which were just everywhere, feeding, flying, calling and doing display flights. Except for mallards an blacks, we struck out on marsh ducks.One particularly nice moment was the sight of four Great Blue Herons flying into the marsh in tight formation.

Participants: Dan Marquis (leader and recorder), Tom Hayward, Ari Waldstein and Tom Vining. We were also joined by Laura Turner and Erin from the Wild Birds Unlimited store in South Portland, along with two ladies from their area.

Birds seen or heard:

Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Glossy Ibis
Black Duck
Mallard
Common Eider
Long-tailed Duck
Turkey Vulture
Osprey (2)
Red-tailed Hawh (2 along I95)
Hawk Species
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Willett
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Blue Jays (often seen in flocks of 7 -10)
Crow
Raven
Chickadee
Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Robin
Catbird
Srarling
Nashville Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Pine Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Ovinbird
Common Yellowthroat
Cardinal
Chipping Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow (many on the marsh grass)
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
Goldfinch
House Sparrow

TOTALS: 8 observers, 52 species



Tom Hayward scans the marsh behind the Pelreco building
from atop his observation tower.


Photos by Dan Marquis