Results of Warren Warbler Walk, Auburn, ME, 5/16/10, 7 - 10:40 am.
Weather clear, 53-64 deg F., wind NW 0-15 mph. A cool, breezy,
beautiful morning.
Highlights included all 3 sandpipers and the yellowlegs on one sandbar
in the Androscoggin River; close looks at the adult eagle and immature
hawk; and nice encounters with the grosbeak and the Savannah Sparrow.
Nine warbler species.

Observers: Owen Buck, Eileen Coyne, Danny Danforth, Tom Hayward
(leader and recorder), Laura Juraska, Dan Marquis, Nancy Muir, Linda
Seamans.

SPECIES seen and/or heard

Canada Goose
Mallard
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe (heard)
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Black-billed Cuckoo (heard only)
Chimney Swift
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (heard)
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher (heard)
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
American Crow
Blue Jay
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
House Wren (heard)
Eastern Bluebird
Veery (heard)
Hermit Thrush (heard)
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler (abundant)
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Pine Warbler (heard)
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird (heard)
Common Yellowthroat
Chipping Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (great views)
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

TOTALS: 8 observers, 59 species.



Photos by Dan Marquis


Eagle being harassed by crows. Notice the crow careening down at the upper right.


Scanning the river

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Chickadee on a wire


Song Sparrow on a wire


Immature Red-tailed Hawk


Red Fox kits