As you may already have heard, it was a beautiful day and we had quite some success at both the New Gloucester Marsh and at the Pineland Center.
Weather: 50-63 deg. F, fairly stiff occasional breezes early, slackening as the morning went on; mostly sunny.

Observers: Sarah Andersen, Doug Boyd, Danny Danforth, Joan and Stan
DeOrsey, Cathy and Dave Griffiths, Bill Hartwell, Tom Hayward (leader
& reporter), Dan Marquis, Carol Seward, Bonnie Soper, Kate Tufts;
Lauren Tufts; Lindsey Tufts; Jim Walker.


Birds seen and/or heard:

Pied-billed Grebe
American Bittern (2)
Canada Goose
American Black Duck
Mallard
Hooded Merganser
Northern Harrier
Broad-winged Hawk
American Kestrel
Wild Turkey
Virginia Rail (1 seen, several heard)
Sora (heard)
Killdeer
Solitary Sandpiper (at least 3)
Common Snipe
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Barred Owl (heard)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker (heard)
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Kingbird
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch (heard)
House Wren (heard)
Winter Wren (heard)
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Blue-headed Vireo (good looks)
Warbling Vireo
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler (seen & heard)
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Scarlet Tanager (outstanding views)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Chipping Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch

TOTALS: 16 observers; 63 species (including 12 warblers)


Virginia Rail: Dan Marquis


Virginia Rail: Jim Walker


Scarlet Tanager: Dan Marquis


Enjoying some sun at Pineland Farms: Dan M.


View of Mt. Washington from Pineland Farms: D.M.