RESULTS of the field trip by the Stanton Bird Club to the New Gloucester
and Gray marshes, Sunday, 5/14/06, 7 am to 12:10 pm; weather was cold
(48-59 deg F) and windy (E-SE, 5-15 mph) and cloudy, but at least it
didn't rain. Warblers were hard to come by, but the rails cooperated.

Observers: Danny Danforth, Joan and Stan DeOrsey, Tom Hayward (leader and
recorder), Dan Marquis, Jim Walker.



Birds seen or heard:

Canada Goose
Wood Duck
American Black Duck
Mallard
Hooded Merganser
Wild Turkey
American Bittern
Turkey Vulture
Northern Harrier
Virginia Rail (seen & heard at NG, heard at Gray)
Sora (seen very well & heard at least 3 at Gray)
Greater Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Wilson's (Common) Snipe
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Tree Swallow (abundant)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Marsh Wren (Gray)
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Pine Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird (seen & heard)
Common Yellowthroat
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow (good views)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (female, seen)
Red-winged Blackbird (abundant)
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
(Dan heard Northern Cardinal and Baltimore Oriole at the New Gloucester
School before the rest of us arrived.)

TOTALS: 6 observers, 54 (56) species.


Photos by Dan Marquis


I've been birding on the Railroad,
all the live-long day.


Canada Geese


Canada Goose


Tree Swallows

muskrat
Muskrat

Red-winged Blackbird Video
Muskrat Video

Photos by Jim Walker


Sora

swamp sparrow
Swamp Sparrow

virginia rail
Virginia Rail

virginia rail
Virginia Rail

muskrat
Muskrat