RESULTS of the Stanton Bird Club trip to the Rangeley Lakes area, Saturday, June 12, 2010, 6 am to 4 pm.

Observers: Joan DeOrsey, Stan DeOrsey (leader), Katherine Dewar and Rob Gallant, Tom Hayward (recorder), Dan Marquis, Bruce & Susan Marsdon, Alan and Linda Seamans, Jim Walker.

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Birds Seen or Heard:

Canada Goose
Mallard
Ruffed Grouse
Common Loon
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Broad-winged Hawk
Solitary Sandpiper
Ring-billed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Alder Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird (Auburn)
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

TOTALS: 11 observers, 62 species (including 14 warbler species).




Although many birds were seen or heard, only one was photographed. So this month, mos photos are of the flora and other fauna that was seen.

broad-winged hawk
Broad-winged Hawk (Dan Marquis)

bunchberry flowers
Bunchberries in bloom (Dan Marquis)

Wood Turtle
A Wood Turtle, a threatened species (Jim Walker)


Common Garter Snake (Dan Marquis)

Eastern Swallowtails
Eastern Tiger Swallowtails (Dan Marquis)


Scanning the waters edge for water species (Dan Marquis)


The group examines some Pileated holes (Dan Marquis)

twinflowers
Twinflowers growing on log (Dan Marquis)

Frosted Admiral Dragonfly
Chalk-fronted Corporal Dragonfly (Dan Marquis)

common garter snane
Common Garter Snake (Jim Walker)

skippers on hawkweed
Three Skippers on Hawkweed (Dan Marquis)


Some of the group having lunch (Rob Gallant)