We had a fantastic tour out of Boothbay Harbor on the season's first "mini-pelagic". A visit to Eastern Egg Rock was supplemented with late Northern Fulmar and the first of the year's tubenoses in Maine waters. The full report is here.
It was a delightful morning, and the fields at the OTP were delightfully un-mowed. Combined, we had a wonderful outing. A post-breeding flock of 25-35 BOBOLINKS were foraging in the field - in perfect
23 species visited the feeding station this week. Rock Pigeon: 18 European Starling: 14 House Sparrow: 14 Red-winged Blackbird: 14 House Finch: 10 Mourning Dove: 8 American Goldfinch: 8 Common Grackle
Derek was interviewed by Mallory Brooke for her Outside Edge series on WCSH6. You can see the piece here.
