Date: 12/19/24 12:52 pm From: Louis Bevier <lrbevier...> Subject: [Maine-birds] Honoring Davis Finch
I am relaying the below, which is a call for contributions to support a special issue of New Hampshire Bird Records. Many in the Maine birding community knew Davis, and I think would be interested in honoring his memory this way.
Louis Bevier, Fairfield
We would like to sponsor an issue of New Hampshire Bird Records in memory and honor of Davis Finch and are seeking contributions to help us do that. Please help spread the word to anyone you think might like to honor Davis in this way. Feel free to forward this email or let me know if there’s someone you think I should send it to.
How to Contribute You can contribute either online or by check.
Online Contributions:
• Visit: NH Audubon Donation Page
• Under Gift Designation, select “NH Bird Records & eBird Project Support.”
• In the Comment Box, enter “Davis Finch.”
Check Contributions:
• Make checks payable to NH Audubon, with “NHBR – Davis Finch” written in the memo line.
• Mail checks to:
NH Audubon – attn. Grace McCulloch 84 Silk Farm Rd.
Concord, NH 03301
Your support will help us celebrate Davis Finch’s legacy and his profound impact on the birding community. Thank you for considering this opportunity to honor his memory.
Thank you!
Becky Suomala and
Grace McCulloch
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Date: 12/13/24 1:48 pm From: Nancy W. Dickinson <nwd1...> Subject: [Maine-birds] fox sparrow
Out with the dog at dawn, I heard a sweet, familiar whistled song, shook my head and thought, "No, must be a titmouse."
But this afternoon, a handsome Fox Sparrow did indeed come to hop around under my feeders, and I thought "You're late getting out of here! Deep freeze tonight."
Countable for the Pemaquid CBC tomorrow?
Nancy
Nancy Dickinson
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?—Mary Oliver
Date: 12/12/24 9:39 am From: <joshawk...> Subject: [Maine-birds] White-fronted Goose and Snow Goose Portland
There is a White-fronted Goose with the immature Snow Goose and Canada Geese at Stroudwater Crossing, Fore River along outer Congress St., observed 11:30-12:00 today. Also a Greater Yellowlegs. Joanne StevensKathy Donahue
Date: 12/6/24 1:29 pm From: 'Derek and Jeannette Lovitch' via Maine birds <maine-birds...> Subject: [Maine-birds] This Week's Highlights, 11/30-12/6
Hi all,My observations of note over the past seven days can be found here:https://mebirdingfieldnotes.blog/2024/12/06/this-weeks-highlights-11-30-12-6-2024/
-Derek
Date: 11/30/24 6:29 pm From: <cathie......> <cathie.murray...> Subject: [Maine-birds] Hudsonian Godwit still at Pine Point/OOB today
Hello all, Around 1:30 this afternoon (November 30) we planned to just walk the beach from Pine Point to OOB but when we saw 100+ Dunlins we had to slow down and pull out the binocs. A group of 9 Black-bellied plovers flew in. Then we saw a Great Black-backed gull drowning a sea duck close to shore (appeared to be a White-winged scoter). While we watched that drama the Hudsonian godwit flew right in front of us. It landed nearby and started feeding. We noticed one leg had a ragged end. It often picked up that leg and appeared to scratch itself with it. We only had an old iPhone for pictures. Did post one to eBird. Location of sighting was near the first set of tall condos as you walk from Pine Point to OOB. That part of the beach smells like sewage. The Dunlins were foraging there as well.
Date: 11/23/24 5:31 am From: Daniel B. Carr <carrpediem1...> Subject: Re: [Maine-birds] Osprey or Red-tail?
Thanks for sharing the wonderful photo. While Red Tails look pretty large, they are remarkably light. A few years ago I stopped along the Maine Turnpike to pick up what appeared to be a deceased Red Tail on the rumble strip right hand lane. I just couldn’t bear to see such a beautiful bird along the road. When I picked it up it was alive and I was surprised how light it was. Sibley says they may weigh about 2.4 pounds.
I took the bird to the Center for Wildlife in York and about a month later they called me to pick it up and release it. So fun!
Daniel B. Carr
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> On Nov 22, 2024, at 11:50 PM, 'New Email' via Maine birds <maine-birds...> wrote:
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> Thanks, everyone, for your help! I’ll go with young Red-tail. I knew it seemed like an hawk, but also seemed larger and my raptor ID app had pictures that looked so much like my husband’s photo (camera with zoom lens, not my phone) that I figured it must be an Osprey, even though neither are exactly common in our area at this time. We live near water so get Ospreys very often, Red-tails not too often. It never turned around so we didn’t get any front body looks. Anyway, thanks!
> Lynn
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>> On Nov 22, 2024, at 10:27 PM, Jennifer Miller <foundnatureblog...> wrote:
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>> Immature hawks can be tricky! This is an immature Red-tailed Hawk. Start with the white dots on the back that form a wide “V”; this narrows it down to a Buteo. The light colored eye and barred tail with wider light bands and narrower dark bands help narrow it down to a Red-tail. An immature Red-shouldered Hawk will have chocolate colored eyes and a barred tail with wide dark bands and narrow light bands. Notice how the wing tips end midway down the tail. An Osprey’s wings are longer than its tail when perched. Great picture!
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>> Jennifer
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>>> On Nov 22, 2024, at 7:28 PM, 'Lynn Feindel' via Maine birds <maine-birds...> wrote:
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>>> Taken 11/3/24 from our house in Harpswell - it hung out in a tree across the street for several minutes. I know Osprey are rare by this date, but it seemed too big to be a red-tail and several pictures I looked at on raptor websites showed osprey looking just like this.
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