RESULTS of the Stanton Bird Club field trip to Clary Hill, Union, ME,
8-11:30
am, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2006. Fair to partly cloudy, rising
wind from the
NW, temperature in the 50s.
OBSERVERS: Club members Kathy Coriell, Joan
and Stan DeOrsey, Susan
and Tom Hayward (leader and reporter), and Michael
Reidy were joined
by Bates College biology professor Ryan Bavis and 8 Bates
students:
Mike Ambra, Greg Foos, Laura Godfrey, Dash Hibbard, William Locke,
Mallory Rosenblatt, Meagan Ryan, and Ari Waldstein.
SPECIES:
(those seen at and around Clary Hill itself marked with an *)
| *Great Blue Heron
Mallard
*Turkey
Vulture
*Osprey
*Northern Harrier (fantastic views)
*Cooper's Hawk (dramatic
encounter with a Kestrel--just after the
Bates party left--sorry guys!)
*American
Kestrel (probably at least half a dozen)
Wild Turkey
Ring-billed Gull
Rock
Dove
*Mourning Dove
Downy Woodpecker
*Blue Jay
*American Crow
*Common
Raven
*American Robin
European Starling
*Savannah Sparrow (very good
views)
House Finch
**there was a small flock of smaller-than-robin-sized
birds that flew over a couple of times while we were there; Stan DeOrsey is pretty
sure that they were American Pipits; I have to say that I'm not convinced, since
I never saw any white outer tail feathers as they flew; another possibility is
Cedar Waxwing. TOTALS: 19+ species, 15 observers.
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