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Merrymeeting Audubon's search for Sparrows tallied 11 sparrow species. Nineteen
birders lead by Derek Lovitch traveled from Yarmouth to Scarborough, finding:
Chipping, Field (1- Eastern Promenade, Vesper (1 Maxwell's Farm, Cape Elizabeth),Savannah, Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed, Song,
Lincoln's, Swamp, White-throated, White-crowned, and Dark-eyed Junco.
Other highlights included an Orange-crowned Warbler along the Eastern Rd Trail through Scarborough Marsh and a ridiculously
cooperative Yellow-billed Cuckoo sitting on a fence in the South Portland Transfer Station.
Other birds included a group of 50 American Pipets at Maxfield's Farm on Sawyer Road in South Portland, a Pied-billed
Grebe and a few probable Pectoral Sandpipers (flushed by a Northern Harrier) off Eastern Road in Scarborough. Only two
other hawk species were seen - Red-tailed and an immature Cooper's.
Three additional warbler species were spotted: Yellow-rumped, Common Yellow-throat, and Black-throated
Blue.
Here is the full species list, courtesy of Derek Lovitch. To read
his blog on the days activities see Sparrow Blog.
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Mallard
Green-winged
Teal
Common Eider
Red-breasted Merganser
Northern Harrier
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Greater Yellowlegs
Ring-billed
Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO
Yellow-bellied
Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped
Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Marsh Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Northern
Mockingbird
European Starling
American Pipit
Cedar Waxwing
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped
Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Chipping Sparrow
FIELD SPARROW
VESPER SPARROW
Savannah Sparrow (most common bird
of the day)
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow (one eventually cooperative bird along the Eastern Rd Trail)
Song Sparrow
(second most common bird of the day)
Lincoln’s Sparrow (one along the Eastern Promenade)
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated
Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Purple
Finch
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
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